I dream of the day...

when I will own a 100 TB array.

some geek poetry for you.

But seriously - I figure that if there have been about 3,000 anime since the beginning, and on average each anime series has 26 episodes, and each episode compresses down to roughly 200 MB, then:

3,000 x 26 x 200 = 15,600,000 MB

Which is roughly 15,200 GB or 15 TB.

So if I had 100 TB, it's conceivable to think that I could store locally every single anime ever to exist in my lifetime.

Next, about 2 years ago it cost about £200 (probably an underestimate) for a 120GB harddrive. Today I've found them for about £50. So if prices continue to drop at that rate (25% every 2 years):

15 TB would cost me about £30,000 today but will only cost me about £500 in 6 years!

So in 6 years -- I should have the capacity to store every anime that has been and will ever be created in my lifetime.

Is that cool, or what?