I remember where I was when I put my first 8 Exobyte drive online.
Here is the crazy part. It registers as 8 Exobytes, because the Operating System I am using here can’t concieve of a drive being any larger. When I update the OS, the available size goes up to the next maximum the operating system can access.
I know what you are thinking, and yes, it comes with a price, but before you even consider the ramifications of fixing the ‘floppy’ challenge, it is already a very reasonable price. Then you start to see the effect of providing on demand limitless storage, to the business applications. For my data analysis needs, it is a trivial cost. I decided to crank up my data analytic collections since the first month only cost $40.
