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	A '''petabyte''' is 10<sup>15</sup> ]s of ]. The unit symbol for the petabyte is '''PB'''.

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	A related unit, the ] (PiB), using a ], is equal to 1024<sup>5</sup> bytes, which is more than 12% greater (2<sup>50</sup> ]s = {{gaps\|1\|125\|899\|906\|842\|624\|bytes}}).

	==Usage examples==
	Examples of the use of the petabyte to describe data sizes in different fields are:
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	* Telecommunications (capacity): The world's effective capacity to exchange information through two-way ] networks was 281 petabytes of information in 1986, 471 petabytes in 1993, 2,200 petabytes in 2000, and 65,000 petabytes in 2007 (this is the informational equivalent to every person exchanging 6 newspapers per day).<ref name="HilbertLopez2011">, Martin Hilbert and Priscila López (2011), ], 332(6025), 60-65; see also and .</ref>
	* Telecommunications (usage): In 2008, ] transferred about 30 petabytes of data through its networks each day.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=4800&cdvn=news&newsarticleid=30623 \|title=AT&T- News Room \|publisher=Att.com \|date=23 October 2008 \|accessdate=16 August 2009}}</ref> That number grew to 197 petabytes daily by March 2018.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://theintercept.com/2018/06/25/att-internet-nsa-spy-hubs/ \|quote=As of March 2018, some 197 petabytes of data – the equivalent of more than 49 trillion pages of text, or 60 billion average-sized mp3 files – traveled across its networks every business day. \|title=The NSA's Hidden Spy Hubs in Eight U.S. Cities \|website=] \|first=Ryan \|last=Gallagher \|first2=Henrik \|last2=Moltke \|date=June 25, 2018}}</ref>
	* Internet: ] processed about 24 petabytes of data per day in 2009.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=1327452.1327492 \|title=MapReduce \|publisher=Portal.acm.org \|accessdate=16 August 2009}}</ref> The ]'s ] is reported to have transferred up to 7 petabytes each month in 2010.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://crave.cnet.co.uk/software/iplayer-uncovered-what-powers-the-bbcs-epic-creation-49302215/ \|title=Article \|publisher=CNET UK \|accessdate=11 January 2010 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615225805/http://crave.cnet.co.uk/software/iplayer-uncovered-what-powers-the-bbcs-epic-creation-49302215/ \|archive-date=15 June 2011 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2012, ] transferred about 4 petabytes of data per month.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/y81ju/i_created_imgur_ama/ \|title=I created Imgur. AMA. \|publisher=Alan Schaaf \|accessdate=15 August 2012}}</ref>
	* Supercomputers: In January 2012, Cray began construction of the ], which has "up to 500 petabytes of tape storage".<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.ncsa.illinois.edu/enabling/bluewaters\|title=About Blue Waters}}</ref>
	* Data storage system: In August 2011, IBM was reported to have built the largest storage array ever, with a capacity of 120 petabytes.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/38440/\|title=IBM Builds Biggest Data Drive Ever\|last=Simonite\|first=Tom\|date=25 August 2011\|work=Technology Review\|accessdate=18 October 2011}}</ref>
	* Databases: ] Database 12 has a capacity of 50 petabytes of compressed data.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.teradata.com/t/products-and-services/database/teradata-12/ \|title=Teradata Database 12.0 - Database Management - SQL Database \|publisher=Teradata.com \|accessdate=16 August 2009}}</ref><ref name=BBC20040920>{{Cite news\|title=Thanks for memory (but I need more) \|first=Paul \| last=Rubens \|date=20 September 2004 \|newspaper=BBC News \|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3673262.stm \|quote=Of course there's no such thing as a petabyte iPod, but the good news is that we may not have too long to wait for one. Hitachi Data Systems already sells a product called the TagmaStore Universal Storage Platform which can manage up to 32 petabytes of storage for the very largest corporations, so you'd have to conclude that a pocket-sized consumer version isn't out of the question in a decade or so.}}</ref>
	* Data mining: In August 2012, ]'s ] clusters include the largest single ] cluster known, with more than 100 PB physical disk space in a single HDFS filesystem.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.facebook.com/notes/facebook-engineering/under-the-hood-hadoop-distributed-filesystem-reliability-with-namenode-and-avata/10150888759153920 \|title=Under the Hood: Hadoop Distributed Filesystem reliability with Namenode and Avatarnode \|publisher=Facebook \|date= \|accessdate=14 April 2013}}</ref> Yahoo stores 2 petabytes of data on behavior.<ref>{{cite web\|last=Lai\|first=Eric\|title=Size matters: Yahoo claims 2-petabyte database is world's biggest, busiest\|url=http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9087918/Size_matters_Yahoo_claims_2_petabyte_database_is_world_s_biggest_busiest?taxonomyId=18&intsrc=hm_topic\|work=Computerworld\|accessdate=13 March 2013}}</ref>
	* Digital archives: The ] surpassed 15 petabytes, {{as of\|2014\|05\|lc=on}}.<ref>{{cite news\|last=Brownell\|first=Brett\|title=Meet the People Behind the Wayback Machine, One of Our Favorite Things About the Internet\|url=https://www.motherjones.com/media/2014/05/internet-archive-wayback-machine-brewster-kahle\|accessdate=29 May 2014\|newspaper=Mother Jones\|date=22 May 2014}}</ref>
	* Email: In May 2013, ] announces that as part of their migration of Hotmail accounts to the new Outlook.com email service, they migrated over 150 petabytes of user data in six weeks.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-outlook/archive/2013/05/02/outlook-com-400-million-active-accounts-hotmail-upgrade-complete-and-more-features-on-the-way.aspx\|title=Outlook.com: 400 million active accounts, Hotmail upgrade complete and more features on the way}}</ref>
	* File sharing (centralized): At its 2012 closure of file storage services, ] held ~28 petabytes of user uploaded data.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://tech.wp.pl/kat,1009785,title,Byc-moze-odzyskasz-swoje-pliki-z-Megaupload,wid,14990730,wiadomosc.html \|title=Być może odzyskasz swoje pliki z Megaupload - Tech - WP.PL \|newspaper=Tech \|accessdate=14 April 2013}}</ref>
	* File sharing (]): 2013 - BitTorrent Sync has transferred over 30 petabytes of data since its pre-alpha release in January 2013.<ref name="nofilmschool.com">{{cite web\|url=http://nofilmschool.com/2013/11/bittorrent-sync-1-million-users-version-1-2-free-file-syncing/\|title=Version 1.2 of BitTorrent Sync Now Available as Free File Syncing Tool Reaches 1 Million Users\|date=6 November 2013\|accessdate=19 February 2018}}</ref>
	* National Library: The ] digital archive of public domain resources hosted by the United States ] contained 15 million digital objects in 2016, comprising over 7 petabytes of digital data.<ref name="loc">{{Cite web\|url=https://nplusonemag.com/online-only/online-only/the-library-of-last-resort/\|title=The Library of Last Resort\|last=Chayka\|first=Kyle\|date=2016-07-14\|website=\|publisher=n+1 Magazine\|language=en-US\|access-date=2016-07-19}}</ref>
	* Film: The 2009 film ] is reported to have taken over 1 petabyte of local storage at ] for the rendering of the 3D CGI effects.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://thenextweb.com/2010/01/01/avatar-takes-1-petabyte-storage-space-equivalent-32-year-long-mp3/ \|title=Believe it or not: Avatar takes 1 petabyte of storage space \|publisher=Thenextweb.com \|date=1 January 2010 \|first=Zee\|last=Kane\|accessdate=14 January 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.information-management.com/newsletters/avatar_data_processing-10016774-1.html \|title=Processing AVATAR \|publisher=Information-management.com \|date=21 December 2009 \|first=Jim\|last=Ericson\|accessdate=14 January 2010}}</ref>
	* Video streaming: {{As of\|2013\|05}}, ] had 3.14 petabytes of video "master copies", which it compresses and converts into 100 different formats for streaming.<ref>{{cite news\|last=Vance\|first=Ashlee\|title=Netflix, Reed Hastings Survive Missteps to Join Silicon Valley's Elite\|url=http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-05-09/netflix-reed-hastings-survive-missteps-to-join-silicon-valleys-elite#p4\|accessdate=22 May 2014\|newspaper=Businessweek\|date=9 May 2013}}</ref>
	* Photos: {{As of\|2013\|01}}, ] users had uploaded over 240 billion photos,<ref>{{cite web\|last=Miller\|first=Rich\|title=Facebook Builds Exabyte Data Centers for Cold Storage\|url=http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2013/01/18/facebook-builds-new-data-centers-for-cold-storage/ \|publisher=Datacenterknowledge.com\|accessdate=21 May 2014}}</ref> with 350 million new photos every day. For each uploaded photo, Facebook generates and stores four images of different sizes, which translated to a total of 960 billion images and an estimated 357 petabytes of storage.<ref>{{cite web\|last=Leung\|first=Leo\|title=How much data does x store?\|url=http://techexpectations.org/2014/05/17/hovsdaDSqwrmwqwfEqw-much-data-does-x-store/\|publisher=Techexpectations.org\|accessdate=21 May 2014}}{{deadlink\|date=November 2018}}</ref>
	* Music: One petabyte of average ]-encoded songs (for mobile, roughly one megabyte per minute), would require 2000 years to play.<ref name="computerweekly.com">{{cite web\|url=http://www.computerweekly.com/feature/What-does-a-petabyte-look-like\|title=What does a petabyte look like?\|accessdate=19 February 2018}}</ref>
	* Games: {{as of\|2009}}, '']'' uses 1.3 petabytes of storage to maintain its game.<ref>{{cite web\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090922235430/http://www.industrygamers.com/news/blizzard-drops-world-of-warcraft-stat-bomb \| archivedate=22 September 2009\| url=http://www.industrygamers.com/news/blizzard-drops-world-of-warcraft-stat-bomb/ \|title=Blizzard Drops World of Warcraft Stat Bomb \|publisher=Industrygamers.com \|date=18 September 2009 \|first=David\|last=Radd\|accessdate=18 September 2009}}</ref>
	* ], a digital distribution service, delivers over 16 petabytes of content to American users weekly.<ref>{{cite magazine\|title=Steam ISP stats lay Australia's dire internet connectivity bare\|url=http://www.pcgamer.com/steam-isp-stats-lay-australias-dire-internet-connectivity-bare/\|magazine=PC Gamer}}</ref>
	* Cloud backup: Multiple backup vendors, including ], ], and ] claim to store 90 or more petabytes of user backup data.<ref>{{cite web\|last=Leung\|first=Leo\|title=How much data does x store?\|url=http://techexpectations.org/2014/05/17/how-much-data-does-x-store/\|publisher=Techexpectations.org\|accessdate=29 May 2014\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140522002448/http://techexpectations.org/2014/05/17/how-much-data-does-x-store/#\|archive-date=22 May 2014\|url-status=dead\|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
	* Physics: The ] in the ] produce about 15 petabytes of data per year, which are distributed over the ].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.interactions.org/cms/?pid=1027032 \|title=3 October 2008 - CERN: Let the number-crunching begin: the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid celebrates first data \|publisher=Interactions.org \|accessdate=16 August 2009}}</ref> In July 2012 it was revealed that ] amassed about 200 petabytes of data from the more than 800 trillion collisions looking for the ].<ref>{{cite news\| url=http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/lawson/the-big-data-software-problem-behind-cerns-higgs-boson-hunt/?cs=50736\|title=Big Data Software Problem Behind CERN's Higgs Boson Hunt}}</ref> The Large Hadron Collider is also able to produce 1 petabyte of data per second, but most of it is filtered out.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://home.cern/about/updates/2017/07/cern-data-centre-passes-200-petabyte-milestone\|title=CERN Data Centre passes the 200-petabyte milestone\|publisher=CERN\|accessdate=6 July 2017}}</ref>
	* Neurology: It is estimated that the ]'s ability to store memories is equivalent to about 2.5 petabytes of binary data.<ref>{{cite magazine\|last=Reber \|first=Paul \|url=http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=what-is-the-memory-capacity \|title=What Is the Memory Capacity of the Human Brain? \|magazine=Scientific American \|date=2 April 2013 \|accessdate=14 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/explainer/2012/04/north_korea_s_2_mb_of_knowledge_taunt_how_many_megabytes_does_the_human_brain_hold_.html\|title=Your Brain's Technical Specs\|last=Wickman\|first=Forrest\|date=2012-04-24\|work=Slate\|access-date=2017-03-31\|language=en-US\|issn=1091-2339}}</ref>
	* Climate science: The ] (DKRZ) has a storage capacity of 60 petabytes of climate data.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/12/meet-the-worlds-most-powerful-weather-supercomputer.php\|title=Meet the World's Most Powerful Weather Supercomputer\|accessdate=19 February 2018}}</ref>
	* Folding@home (Scientific Data): Folding@home has generated 0.5 petabytes of simulated data.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://folding.stanford.edu/home/donate/ \|title=Folding@home\|date=2011-02-02 \|accessdate=2011-02-02}}</ref>
	* Google Photos uploaded an estimated 13.7 PB of photos in the first year of its existence.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://googleblog.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/google-photos-one-year-200-million.html\|title=Google Photos: One year, 200 million users, and a whole lot of selfies\|website=Official Google Blog\|language=en-US\|access-date=2016-05-29}}</ref>
	*Astronomy: When the first ] image was recorded by the Event Horizon Team, the data they collected was 4 PB.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/04/black-hole \|title=For the first time, you can see what a black hole looks like \|last1=Clery \|first1=Daniel \|date=April 10, 2019 \|website=Science \|publisher=AAAS \|accessdate=April 10, 2019 }}</ref>

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	==Usage examples==
	Examples of the use of the petabyte to describe data sizes in different fields are:
	<!-- To avoid an infinitely long list, limited to one example per field-->
	* Telecommunications (capacity): The world's effective capacity to exchange information through two-way ] networks was 281 petabytes of information in 1986, 471 petabytes in 1993, 2,200 petabytes in 2000, and 65,000 petabytes in 2007 (this is the informational equivalent to every person exchanging 6 newspapers per day).<ref name="HilbertLopez2011">, Martin Hilbert and Priscila López (2011), ], 332(6025), 60-65; see also and .</ref>
	* Telecommunications (usage): In 2008, ] transferred about 30 petabytes of data through its networks each day.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=4800&cdvn=news&newsarticleid=30623 \|title=AT&T- News Room \|publisher=Att.com \|date=23 October 2008 \|accessdate=16 August 2009}}</ref> That number grew to 197 petabytes daily by March 2018.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://theintercept.com/2018/06/25/att-internet-nsa-spy-hubs/ \|quote=As of March 2018, some 197 petabytes of data – the equivalent of more than 49 trillion pages of text, or 60 billion average-sized mp3 files – traveled across its networks every business day. \|title=The NSA's Hidden Spy Hubs in Eight U.S. Cities \|website=] \|first=Ryan \|last=Gallagher \|first2=Henrik \|last2=Moltke \|date=June 25, 2018}}</ref>
	* Internet: ] processed about 24 petabytes of data per day in 2009.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=1327452.1327492 \|title=MapReduce \|publisher=Portal.acm.org \|accessdate=16 August 2009}}</ref> The ]'s ] is reported to have transferred up to 7 petabytes each month in 2010.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://crave.cnet.co.uk/software/iplayer-uncovered-what-powers-the-bbcs-epic-creation-49302215/ \|title=Article \|publisher=CNET UK \|accessdate=11 January 2010 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615225805/http://crave.cnet.co.uk/software/iplayer-uncovered-what-powers-the-bbcs-epic-creation-49302215/ \|archive-date=15 June 2011 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2012, ] transferred about 4 petabytes of data per month.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/y81ju/i_created_imgur_ama/ \|title=I created Imgur. AMA. \|publisher=Alan Schaaf \|accessdate=15 August 2012}}</ref>
	* Supercomputers: In January 2012, Cray began construction of the ], which has "up to 500 petabytes of tape storage".<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.ncsa.illinois.edu/enabling/bluewaters\|title=About Blue Waters}}</ref>
	* Data storage system: In August 2011, IBM was reported to have built the largest storage array ever, with a capacity of 120 petabytes.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/38440/\|title=IBM Builds Biggest Data Drive Ever\|last=Simonite\|first=Tom\|date=25 August 2011\|work=Technology Review\|accessdate=18 October 2011}}</ref>
	* Databases: ] Database 12 has a capacity of 50 petabytes of compressed data.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.teradata.com/t/products-and-services/database/teradata-12/ \|title=Teradata Database 12.0 - Database Management - SQL Database \|publisher=Teradata.com \|accessdate=16 August 2009}}</ref><ref name=BBC20040920>{{Cite news\|title=Thanks for memory (but I need more) \|first=Paul \| last=Rubens \|date=20 September 2004 \|newspaper=BBC News \|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3673262.stm \|quote=Of course there's no such thing as a petabyte iPod, but the good news is that we may not have too long to wait for one. Hitachi Data Systems already sells a product called the TagmaStore Universal Storage Platform which can manage up to 32 petabytes of storage for the very largest corporations, so you'd have to conclude that a pocket-sized consumer version isn't out of the question in a decade or so.}}</ref>
	* Data mining: In August 2012, ]'s ] clusters include the largest single ] cluster known, with more than 100 PB physical disk space in a single HDFS filesystem.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.facebook.com/notes/facebook-engineering/under-the-hood-hadoop-distributed-filesystem-reliability-with-namenode-and-avata/10150888759153920 \|title=Under the Hood: Hadoop Distributed Filesystem reliability with Namenode and Avatarnode \|publisher=Facebook \|date= \|accessdate=14 April 2013}}</ref> Yahoo stores 2 petabytes of data on behavior.<ref>{{cite web\|last=Lai\|first=Eric\|title=Size matters: Yahoo claims 2-petabyte database is world's biggest, busiest\|url=http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9087918/Size_matters_Yahoo_claims_2_petabyte_database_is_world_s_biggest_busiest?taxonomyId=18&intsrc=hm_topic\|work=Computerworld\|accessdate=13 March 2013}}</ref>
	* Digital archives: The ] surpassed 15 petabytes, {{as of\|2014\|05\|lc=on}}.<ref>{{cite news\|last=Brownell\|first=Brett\|title=Meet the People Behind the Wayback Machine, One of Our Favorite Things About the Internet\|url=https://www.motherjones.com/media/2014/05/internet-archive-wayback-machine-brewster-kahle\|accessdate=29 May 2014\|newspaper=Mother Jones\|date=22 May 2014}}</ref>
	* Email: In May 2013, ] announces that as part of their migration of Hotmail accounts to the new Outlook.com email service, they migrated over 150 petabytes of user data in six weeks.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-outlook/archive/2013/05/02/outlook-com-400-million-active-accounts-hotmail-upgrade-complete-and-more-features-on-the-way.aspx\|title=Outlook.com: 400 million active accounts, Hotmail upgrade complete and more features on the way}}</ref>
	* File sharing (centralized): At its 2012 closure of file storage services, ] held ~28 petabytes of user uploaded data.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://tech.wp.pl/kat,1009785,title,Byc-moze-odzyskasz-swoje-pliki-z-Megaupload,wid,14990730,wiadomosc.html \|title=Być może odzyskasz swoje pliki z Megaupload - Tech - WP.PL \|newspaper=Tech \|accessdate=14 April 2013}}</ref>
	* File sharing (]): 2013 - BitTorrent Sync has transferred over 30 petabytes of data since its pre-alpha release in January 2013.<ref name="nofilmschool.com">{{cite web\|url=http://nofilmschool.com/2013/11/bittorrent-sync-1-million-users-version-1-2-free-file-syncing/\|title=Version 1.2 of BitTorrent Sync Now Available as Free File Syncing Tool Reaches 1 Million Users\|date=6 November 2013\|accessdate=19 February 2018}}</ref>
	* National Library: The ] digital archive of public domain resources hosted by the United States ] contained 15 million digital objects in 2016, comprising over 7 petabytes of digital data.<ref name="loc">{{Cite web\|url=https://nplusonemag.com/online-only/online-only/the-library-of-last-resort/\|title=The Library of Last Resort\|last=Chayka\|first=Kyle\|date=2016-07-14\|website=\|publisher=n+1 Magazine\|language=en-US\|access-date=2016-07-19}}</ref>
	* Film: The 2009 film ] is reported to have taken over 1 petabyte of local storage at ] for the rendering of the 3D CGI effects.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://thenextweb.com/2010/01/01/avatar-takes-1-petabyte-storage-space-equivalent-32-year-long-mp3/ \|title=Believe it or not: Avatar takes 1 petabyte of storage space \|publisher=Thenextweb.com \|date=1 January 2010 \|first=Zee\|last=Kane\|accessdate=14 January 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.information-management.com/newsletters/avatar_data_processing-10016774-1.html \|title=Processing AVATAR \|publisher=Information-management.com \|date=21 December 2009 \|first=Jim\|last=Ericson\|accessdate=14 January 2010}}</ref>
	* Video streaming: {{As of\|2013\|05}}, ] had 3.14 petabytes of video "master copies", which it compresses and converts into 100 different formats for streaming.<ref>{{cite news\|last=Vance\|first=Ashlee\|title=Netflix, Reed Hastings Survive Missteps to Join Silicon Valley's Elite\|url=http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-05-09/netflix-reed-hastings-survive-missteps-to-join-silicon-valleys-elite#p4\|accessdate=22 May 2014\|newspaper=Businessweek\|date=9 May 2013}}</ref>
	* Photos: {{As of\|2013\|01}}, ] users had uploaded over 240 billion photos,<ref>{{cite web\|last=Miller\|first=Rich\|title=Facebook Builds Exabyte Data Centers for Cold Storage\|url=http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2013/01/18/facebook-builds-new-data-centers-for-cold-storage/ \|publisher=Datacenterknowledge.com\|accessdate=21 May 2014}}</ref> with 350 million new photos every day. For each uploaded photo, Facebook generates and stores four images of different sizes, which translated to a total of 960 billion images and an estimated 357 petabytes of storage.<ref>{{cite web\|last=Leung\|first=Leo\|title=How much data does x store?\|url=http://techexpectations.org/2014/05/17/hovsdaDSqwrmwqwfEqw-much-data-does-x-store/\|publisher=Techexpectations.org\|accessdate=21 May 2014}}{{deadlink\|date=November 2018}}</ref>
	* Music: One petabyte of average ]-encoded songs (for mobile, roughly one megabyte per minute), would require 2000 years to play.<ref name="computerweekly.com">{{cite web\|url=http://www.computerweekly.com/feature/What-does-a-petabyte-look-like\|title=What does a petabyte look like?\|accessdate=19 February 2018}}</ref>
	* Games: {{as of\|2009}}, '']'' uses 1.3 petabytes of storage to maintain its game.<ref>{{cite web\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090922235430/http://www.industrygamers.com/news/blizzard-drops-world-of-warcraft-stat-bomb \| archivedate=22 September 2009\| url=http://www.industrygamers.com/news/blizzard-drops-world-of-warcraft-stat-bomb/ \|title=Blizzard Drops World of Warcraft Stat Bomb \|publisher=Industrygamers.com \|date=18 September 2009 \|first=David\|last=Radd\|accessdate=18 September 2009}}</ref>
	* ], a digital distribution service, delivers over 16 petabytes of content to American users weekly.<ref>{{cite magazine\|title=Steam ISP stats lay Australia's dire internet connectivity bare\|url=http://www.pcgamer.com/steam-isp-stats-lay-australias-dire-internet-connectivity-bare/\|magazine=PC Gamer}}</ref>
	* Cloud backup: Multiple backup vendors, including ], ], and ] claim to store 90 or more petabytes of user backup data.<ref>{{cite web\|last=Leung\|first=Leo\|title=How much data does x store?\|url=http://techexpectations.org/2014/05/17/how-much-data-does-x-store/\|publisher=Techexpectations.org\|accessdate=29 May 2014\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140522002448/http://techexpectations.org/2014/05/17/how-much-data-does-x-store/#\|archive-date=22 May 2014\|url-status=dead\|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
	* Physics: The ] in the ] produce about 15 petabytes of data per year, which are distributed over the ].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.interactions.org/cms/?pid=1027032 \|title=3 October 2008 - CERN: Let the number-crunching begin: the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid celebrates first data \|publisher=Interactions.org \|accessdate=16 August 2009}}</ref> In July 2012 it was revealed that ] amassed about 200 petabytes of data from the more than 800 trillion collisions looking for the ].<ref>{{cite news\| url=http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/lawson/the-big-data-software-problem-behind-cerns-higgs-boson-hunt/?cs=50736\|title=Big Data Software Problem Behind CERN's Higgs Boson Hunt}}</ref> The Large Hadron Collider is also able to produce 1 petabyte of data per second, but most of it is filtered out.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://home.cern/about/updates/2017/07/cern-data-centre-passes-200-petabyte-milestone\|title=CERN Data Centre passes the 200-petabyte milestone\|publisher=CERN\|accessdate=6 July 2017}}</ref>
	* Neurology: It is estimated that the ]'s ability to store memories is equivalent to about 2.5 petabytes of binary data.<ref>{{cite magazine\|last=Reber \|first=Paul \|url=http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=what-is-the-memory-capacity \|title=What Is the Memory Capacity of the Human Brain? \|magazine=Scientific American \|date=2 April 2013 \|accessdate=14 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/explainer/2012/04/north_korea_s_2_mb_of_knowledge_taunt_how_many_megabytes_does_the_human_brain_hold_.html\|title=Your Brain's Technical Specs\|last=Wickman\|first=Forrest\|date=2012-04-24\|work=Slate\|access-date=2017-03-31\|language=en-US\|issn=1091-2339}}</ref>
	* Climate science: The ] (DKRZ) has a storage capacity of 60 petabytes of climate data.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/12/meet-the-worlds-most-powerful-weather-supercomputer.php\|title=Meet the World's Most Powerful Weather Supercomputer\|accessdate=19 February 2018}}</ref>
	* Folding@home (Scientific Data): Folding@home has generated 0.5 petabytes of simulated data.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://folding.stanford.edu/home/donate/ \|title=Folding@home\|date=2011-02-02 \|accessdate=2011-02-02}}</ref>
	* Google Photos uploaded an estimated 13.7 PB of photos in the first year of its existence.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://googleblog.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/google-photos-one-year-200-million.html\|title=Google Photos: One year, 200 million users, and a whole lot of selfies\|website=Official Google Blog\|language=en-US\|access-date=2016-05-29}}</ref>
	*Astronomy: When the first ] image was recorded by the Event Horizon Team, the data they collected was 4 PB.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/04/black-hole \|title=For the first time, you can see what a black hole looks like \|last1=Clery \|first1=Daniel \|date=April 10, 2019 \|website=Science \|publisher=AAAS \|accessdate=April 10, 2019 }}</ref>

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