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Wowzers. Based on data from [http://defensesystems.com/Articles/2011/01/07/NSA-spy-cyber-intelligence-data-center-Utah.aspx http://defensesystems.com/Articles/
by aaronsnoswell 13y ago
Wowzers.
Based on data from [http://defensesystems.com/Articles/2011/01/07/NSA-spy-cyber-intelligence-data-center-Utah.aspx http://defensesystems.com/Articles/2011/01/07/NSA-spy-cyber-...], a back of the envelope calculation shows that if the Utah data centre was really storing even a single Yottabyte using SD cards, they'd need 90 floors of servers.
Going off the only public images I could find of the Utah centre, it appears to only be 2 or 3 floors. If this is the case, then NSA electronic storage is at least 30 times denser than current commercial tech.
- aaronsnoswell 13y agoI'm continually amazed by the human brain's inability to intuitively grapple with exponential growth. E.g. see [http://rense.com/general87/onetrillion.htm http://rense.com/general87/onetrillion.htm]