04-25-2005, 06:37 PM | #1 | |
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Google Gmail Account Sizes Are Growing
I've accidently stumbled upon a fun fact about Google's gmail site... they have a rolling counter of the size of email account storage, and it's growing continuously. Here's the latest quote from the front page... (If you are a registered user, you'll need to log out first to see it.)
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04-25-2005, 10:59 PM | #2 |
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What you're seeing no-doubt, is their algorithm calculating how much space is saved by consolidating pointers to duplicate messages/files/material stored on their shards. Its all basically a shared pool of free space that anyone has available to them... interesting idea though, and it gives me an idea for a project I've been working on. </stealthmode>
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04-26-2005, 03:14 PM | #3 |
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Just as a quick note, that counter's been running since April 1st continuously. It ran up a gig on Apr. 1st, and slowly ever since.
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04-30-2005, 01:07 AM | #4 |
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It's actually growing faster than the email I keep at the moment, so if it continues, I may never run out of space, lol
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