Apple orders 12 petabytes of storage for iTunes video content - report - Page 2

blu-ray is a highly compressed format. 5MB/s is highly compressed compared to uncompressed 1080p 24fps, which is 95MB/s for 8-bit color and 127MB/s for 10-bit color. This is 334 or 445GB/hr. Yeah Blu-ray is pretty damn compressed.

It will be this big: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lily5555/371625360/

If this is for iTunes then it is mostly for the store. Which just needs to host files for users to download/stream copies of.

Also it's a bad idea to assume that Apple is going to do the same as Amazon. They likely won't. It will be 20gb for the current cost to be shared across all systems or knowing them they will say that most folks only use 5-6 GB of space so they are dropping the price down to $49 with only 5-10 gb of space per person across all systems

Yeah it sounds a little on the low side for personal data. I mean.. 20GB.. That's like my iphoto library. They'll probably be adding more space as it becomes needed though. Very exciting though, nonetheless!

how many drives and how much space
mobile me is world wide
itunes is "world wide"
maybe this is just first installment
how much does netflix and amazon have

doesn't tell much only that apple is close to opening the data center which has been discussed many times before

like i said before---someone drive by the data center open trash bins count boxes

I'm surprised that I'm the first person to point out the following:

Isilon provides highly-scalable RAID-based storage arrays. While the USABLE storage might be 12 petabytes (which is absolutely massive by any measure), the arrays are setup in an array of striped or blocked storage with parity and/or protection discs (depending upon the RAID method used, such as RAID5, RAID10, etc). Typically it is about a 1.3 X to 1.5X factor above the USABLE storage that ultimately comprises the actual raw storage, spread out across many redundant discs.

Point is, that arrays are not measured in RAW storage but USABLE storage. The amount of storage composing these arrays is probably closer to 18 petabytes, if not higher, depending on the RAID method employed.

Again, for those that are saying that even 12 PB is not "impressive", I have no idea where you are getting your benchmark. It is absolutely friggin' HUGE, and only compounded when you consider the additional protection overhead which takes the figure even higher.

The last mile. Say it with me.

Should be the same fun same-old with the telcos and ISPs as their systems sag under the load.

No one has mentioned the cost of streaming the data to your iPhone via 3G(or4G). Obviously, there is no cost streaming to your home network & using wifi. But recently, many gave up their $30 'unlimited' AT&T to save $5 a month for a 2Gig cap, which may have made sense based on past usage. However, with streaming your movies & music from the cloud in 3G while a passenger in a car, lunch break at work, waiting at the airport to put the roof back on a plane, will you soon see a trend to go over your cap & begin paying for additional MB's or GB's?

I've mentioned before about the great app "Simplify Media" which allowed you to stream music from your home computer. However, Google bought the company & killed off the Mac compatability, leaving those who paid for the app with no service (ethical I'm sure in their own eyes). Other companies like Orb appear to provide a similar service now, but it seemed expensive & wanted access to too much personal information & contents of nearly my whole computer.

What advantages are there to streaming from Apple's servers rather than from your home computer, & do you feel that streaming data in the future will increase your costs? I can understand if you are talking about streaming a rental that you don't own. But, there is discussion here about streaming a song that you already own, that's on your home's iTunes library, but (I guess, you didn't sync it to your phone) now you want to hear it, so you can now stream it & go over your cap? What am I missing?

Enjoy not being able to see a difference between 720 and 1080. I can.