Drowning in data

摘要

Ever heard of a yottabyte? That's one septillion bytes of data (or 10~(24) which is practically tiny compared to a googol, 10~(100)) and it's about to come your way according to the Futurist Magazine's Outlook for 2009 and Beyond. But in the meantime, how do you store your data and retrieve it easily and what can you do to make sure your precious files don't become lost or corrupted? Emma Reilly throws you a lifeline in the tumultuous sea of data.