| Here are some numbers to give you and idea of what it would take to record your entire life on video. Assumed Parameters:
- 80 years (average life span)
- 1000 kbits/sec (YouTube video datarate)
- $50.00/TeraByte Solution:
- 80 yrs * 365 days/year * 24 hours/day * 3600 sec/hour
= 2,522,880,000 secs/yr
- Total Secs in 80 yrs * data/sec = Total Storage required to store 80 yrs
so:
Total Storage = 2,522,880,000 secs/80yr * 1000 kbits/sec =
2.5 e+12 kbits for 80 yrs
(1 GB = 8,589,934.59 kbits)
in GB would be 293,701.89 GB for 80 years totalling about 287 TeraBytes (about 3.6 TB/year) COST/Yr:
at 3.6TB/year * $50/TB = $179/yr TOTAL STORAGE REQUIRED TO RECORD YOUR ENTIRE LIFE:
######### 287 TeraBytes ########### TOTAL STORAGE COST TO RECORD YOUR ENTIRE LIFE:
$179/yr * 80 years = ######### $14.340 ########### NOTE: This is an approximate value not considering that storage prices would be dramatically lower 80 yrs from today.
Probably, to record your entire life 80 years from now would cost less than $1000. |