In a Digital Age you have to know your Bits!

Almost everything we interact with today has some sort of digital footprint. That footprint is stored in various containers, whether locally on a machine, or a server that is accessed remotely. As with physical storage, you have to know how big of a container you will need for your digital storage needs.

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Types of Storage

Solid State Drives vs. Hard Disk Drives

SSDs offer faster performance, better durability, lower power consumption, and quieter operation compared to HDDs, but at a higher cost per gigabyte. HDDs, on the other hand, provide larger storage capacities at a lower cost but are slower and more susceptible to physical damage. The choice between SSDs and HDDs often depends on factors such as budget, performance requirements, and storage needs.

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Storage Size Terminology

Megabyte vs Gigabyte vs Terabyte. What do they mean?

Megabyte (MB), Gigabyte (GB), and Terabyte (TB) are units of digital information storage capacity. 1 Megabyte is equal to 1,000,000 bytes or 1,024 kilobytes (KB). It is commonly used to measure the size of files, documents, images, and small applications. 1 Gigabyte is equal to 1,024 megabytes and is used to measure larger amounts of data such as videos, music collections, large applications, and operating systems. 1 Teragyte is equal to 1,024 gigabytes. It is used to measure very large amounts of data such as high-definition video, databases, server or computer storage, and backups.

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File Sizes. What do I need?

How much storage is needed?

It will depend on what you expect to store, just as mentioned at the beginning of this website! Now that we have a basic understanding of what storage is, and how the terminology translates, lets look at average file sizes.

Documents range from a few kilobytes to just a few megabytes, depending on the content. Photos range from 1-10 megabytes, depending on resolution. Videos of 1-5 minutes in high definition can range from 200MB to 2GB, while full-length movies can get up to 20GB. Applications and games can range from a few gigabytes to over 100GB. So you'll want to have plenty of room to store everything!

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Convert your storage from Megabytes to Gigabytes

Convert your Storage from Gigabytes to Terabytes