How many images can be stored in a gigabyte?

We often get inquiries about how much storage is needed for different media forms. A rule of thumb would be to estimate 25,000 pages per gigabyte of electronic storage. When you consider that a typical PC comes with a 20 GB hard drive, you could store about 375,000 pages or 75 file drawers worth of paper and still have room for the software to manage it.

Megabyte, gigabyte, terabyte, petabyte, and exabyte. Sounds more like an eating disorder than measures of storage, but this represents the amounts of storage now needed to handle today's business needs. Here are some quick definitions:

• 1000 megabytes equals one gigabyte
• 1000 gigabytes equals one terabyte
• 1000 terabytes equals one petabyte
• 1000 petabytes equals one exabyte

Sounds simple, doesn't it?