Internet Archive trying to raise funds to buy 3 petabytes storage

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By Harrison Weber - 16 December 2012 - thenextweb

The Internet Archive is trying to raise enough funds to buy 3 petabytes of storage in 17 days

Non-profit digital library and creator of the WayBack Machine, the Internet Archive, is attempting to raise enough funds to buy 4 petabytes of storage before the year’s end. So far, the archive has only brought in 25% of its total goal, or one petabyte of storage.

As of October 2012, the Internet Archive maintained approximately 10 petabytes of material, and if the service continues at its rate of storing ~190 terabytes per month, it will be able to continue storing data for a little under two more years (5.4 months = ~ 1 petabyte).

Whether or not you’re interested in donating to this cause, it’s important to remember that the Internet Archive has played an incredible role in chronicling the Web’s evolution over the past 16 years.

As we’ve detailed before, the Wayback Machine is still the absolute best resource for revealing the ghosts of the Internet’s past. Spend some time searching and you’ll find many lost and defunct websites that heavily influenced the modern web. A 1997 snapshot of Apple.com feels like a scamming knock-off, while Amazon’s earliest iterations aren’t much different from its latest design. Google.com’s first iterations aren’t pretty either, especially the horrific 3D logo from 1998, while Google was still hosted on Stanford’s servers.

Luckily, an anonymous donor has agreed to match all donations three-to-one through the end of the year. Head to the donation page via the link below to learn more.

http://thenextweb.com/insider/2012/12/16/the-internet-archive-is-trying-to-raise-enough-funds-to-buy-3-petabytes-of-storage-in-17-days/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheNextWeb+%28The+Next+Web+All+Stories%29

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Although I cannot afford to donate anything at this time, I think this would be a very worthy donation.

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From linux-magazine

The recent EMC2-sponsored IDC study anticipates that the digital universe – a measure of all the digital data created, replicated, and consumed in a single year – will reach 40ZB by 2020, which is equivalent to 5,247 GB per person worldwide.

In just the past two years, the digital universe has doubled to 2.8 zettabytes – a zettabyte (ZB) equals a trillion gigabytes. And, the IDC survey, titled “Big Data, Bigger Digital Shadows, and Biggest Growth in the Far East,” projects that the digital universe will continue to double every two years between now and 2020. According to the study, a major factor behind the expansion of the digital universe is the growth of machine-generated data, which is expected to increase from 11% as recorded in 2005 to more than 40% in 2020.

http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Digital-Universe-Projected-to-Reach-40ZB-by-2020

From emc

December 2012

The Digital Universe in 2020: Big Data, Bigger Digital Shadows, and Biggest Growth in the Far East

The Geography of the Digital Universe

It is possible to assign a place of origin to digital information and chart the map of the digital universe.

Big Data in 2020

IDC believes only 3% of the potentially useful data in 2012 is tagged, and even less is analyzed.

Information Security in 2020

Only about half the information in the digital universe that needs protection has protection.

Cloud Computing in 2020

There won't be one cloud, but many, bounded by geography, technology, different standards, industry, and perhaps even vendor.

Call to Action

Are you ready to create, consume, and manage 40 trillion gigabytes of data?

http://www.emc.com/leadership/digital-universe/iview/index.htm