This statistic provides a forecast of the amount of data center storage consumed by big data worldwide, from 2015 to 2021. In 2018, big data was forecast to require 124 exabytes of data center storage space globally, growing to 403 exabytes by 2021.
Volume of big data in data center storage worldwide from 2015 to 2021
(in exabytes)
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Cisco Systems. (February 1, 2018). Volume of big data in data center storage worldwide from 2015 to 2021 (in exabytes) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 02, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/638621/worldwide-data-center-storage-used-by-big-data/
Cisco Systems. "Volume of big data in data center storage worldwide from 2015 to 2021 (in exabytes)." Chart. February 1, 2018. Statista. Accessed July 02, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/638621/worldwide-data-center-storage-used-by-big-data/
Cisco Systems. (2018). Volume of big data in data center storage worldwide from 2015 to 2021 (in exabytes). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 02, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/638621/worldwide-data-center-storage-used-by-big-data/
Cisco Systems. "Volume of Big Data in Data Center Storage Worldwide from 2015 to 2021 (in Exabytes)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Feb 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/638621/worldwide-data-center-storage-used-by-big-data/
Cisco Systems, Volume of big data in data center storage worldwide from 2015 to 2021 (in exabytes) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/638621/worldwide-data-center-storage-used-by-big-data/ (last visited July 02, 2020)
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