Measuring the Growth of Cloud Computing: Some Fun Stats

[Jason Dunn]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://blogs.amd.com/work/2010/06/21/how-do-you-measure-the-growth-of-the-cloud/' target='_blank'>http://blogs.amd.com/work/2010/06/2...h-of-the-cloud/</a><br /><br /></div><p><object width="600" height="360" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/k8SmkneuE9A&amp;ap=&fmt=18" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"><param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/k8SmkneuE9A&amp;ap=&fmt=18" /></object></p><p>The amount of data we're generating now as a civilization is truly staggering, and it's only going to increase - this video has some really mind-boggling data and is a fun look at some cool stats. Did you know that Google has an estimated 1 million servers worldwide? Be sure to check out the <a href="http://blogs.amd.com/work/2010/06/21/how-do-you-measure-the-growth-of-the-cloud/" target="_blank">blog post that goes with the video</a>.</p>

[Reid Kistler]

Interesting promo for AMD - with almost shocking statistics on the amount of data we are generating, let alone what we are projected to do in the future! :eek:

The sad part is that most of the collected data is being saved simply because it CAN be saved - that is, it is saved without regard to its quality, present or future relevance, or even whether it is likely to ever be referred to again.

In even the fairly recent past, it took a concentrated prolonged effort, a fair amount of money, and a reasonably large physical space to accumulate more books, or movies, or music than one could possibly "consume" during the course of a normal life: now nearly anyone with a high speed internet connection can obtain a similar (albeit "virtual") collection in a matter of months - or perhaps even weeks.

And to what Practical End?