Size of Data in Pages


  • CD = 650 MB = 50,000 pages. DVD = 4.7 GB = 350,000 pages. DLT Tape = 40/80 GB = 3 to 6 Million pages.
    Super DLT Tape = 60/120 GB = 4 to 9 Million pages.
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    Page Estimates:
    1 MB is about 75 pages;
    1 GB is about 75,000 pages (pick-up truck full of documents).
    Aver. pgs. per email: 1.5 (100,099 pages per GB).
    Aver. pgs. per word document: 8 (64,782 pages per GB).
    Aver. pgs. per spreadsheet: 50 (165,791 pages per GB).
    Aver. pgs. per power point: 14 (17,552 pages per GB).
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    For the average .PST or .NSF Email File:
    100 MB .PST file is 900 emails and 300 attachments.
    400 MB .PST file is 3,500 emails and 1,200 attachments.
    600 MB .PST file is 5,500 emails and 1,600 attachments.
    A 1.00 GB .NSF file is 9,000 emails and 3,000 attachments.
    A 1.5 GB .NSF file is 13,500 emails and 4,500 attachments.
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    Note: Many variables will affect ALL of the actual numbers above, including especially large image and video files, and recursive files.
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    Bits and Bytes Sizes:
    •8 bits are equal to 1 byte (one or two words),
    •1,024 bytes are equal to 1kilobyte (KB).
    •1,024 kilobytes (KB) are equal to 1 megabyte (MB or Meg).
    •1,024 megabytes are equal to 1gigabyte (GB or Gig) (truck full of paper).
    •1,024 gigabytes are equal to 1terabyte (TB) (50,000 trees of paper).
    •1,024 terabytes are equal to 1petabyte (PB) (250 Billion Pgs. of Text).
    •1,024 petabytes are equal to 1exabytes (EB) (1 000 000 000 000 000 000 bytes).
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