Eric M Russell (3/21/2013)
majorbloodnock (3/21/2013)
What I'd like to know is how much the sum of human knowledge has grown in the same time.. . .
Good point.
How percentage of total data consists of the following?
denormalized table design, improper data types, markup tags, duplicate data, replicated data, indexes (both used and not used), unfilled pages, table fragmentation, temp space, transaction log space, etc.
Even after eliminating all of the above, a huge percentage of actual data that's left consists of digital junkfood like email spam, cat videos, and pornography. There are even some companies that accumulate TB of data recording things like web page visits and mouse clicks.
I guess it could eventually becomes usable information for someone, but the total size of our collective databases are hardly a benchmark for measuring the ever expanding body of human knowledge.
I recall more than a few nights spent in front of the TV with Seinfeld and M*A*S*H, a shoebox full single sided 5.25 diskettes, notching a little hole in the corner of each one, and re-formatting them my new double density drive.
"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho