Petabyte (PB)
The petabyte is a unit of data, used for data center capacity, scientific datasets (genomics, astronomy), and cloud archives. Its symbol is PB.
PB
GB
1 petabyte equals
| Gigabytes | 1,000,000 GB |
| Megabytes | 1,000,000,000 MB |
| Terabytes | 1,000 TB |
About the petabyte
The petabyte entered common usage with the rise of big data and cloud computing. Major internet companies process petabytes of data daily.
In everyday use the petabyte appears in data center capacity, scientific datasets (genomics, astronomy), and cloud archives. As a point of reference: google processes over 20 petabytes of data per day.