What is this file size?

[howthe]

Hi,

Just backing up a friends 250GB drive when I came across one file that won't move. I checked its info and found this:

File Size: 4.25 PB (4,785,074,605,654,016 bytes)

What exactly is a PB? I know what a TB is and what it stands for but never heard of a PB before!

 

[asim18]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petabyte - basically the next one up after TB.

 

[benjo]

How is that possible? 4.25 thousand terabytes?

 

[howthe]

thanks, i searched for PB but got loads of Punkbuster info

Its an old IDE drive he is swapping out for an new 1tb sata drive, the IDE is on its way out so I was backing everything up for him until his new drive arrives.

 

[MikeHunt79]

You could always split that file up onto 1018101 DVD's

 

[helmutcheese]

That a Big Pron Dump.

 

[howthe]

actually i found another file the same size, both Mega drive ROMs! Who says technology advances?

 

[VaderDSL]

Screenshot it sounds intriguing

 

[VaderDSL]

wow that is indeed strange.

 

[hp7909]

4,456,000Gb This thread's from the future

 

[SpAceD]

Been downloading that since 1901?

 

[Liquidfox]

Run ChkDsk

 

[bledd]

never seen that happen

 

[Nitristion]

Whoa... cool. o .o

 

[Dano]

Heh, and people moan about modern code being bloatware

 

[Mr-White]

is it a mistake or is the file really that size ?

MW

 

[bledd]

is it a mistake or is the file really that size ?

MW

he has a 1000 drive raid 0 array

 

[howthe]

is it a mistake or is the file really that size ?

MW

I'd be really impressed if he managed to get a file that size on to a 250GB drive

The drive is failing so backing it up before it goes

 

[Mr-White]

that'll be some awesome compression

MW

 

[Tomsk]

What's really amazing is that Windows is able to report a petabyte size file!