Indian DEITY plans 14 Exabyte cloud storage rig

India last week launched a national Digital locker, a kind of Dropbox clone it hopes will simplify citizens' interactions with government. The service offers a Gigabyte for eligible citizens, which isn't a lot. Until you multiply it by India's 1.4 billion citizens and get to a potential for 14 Exabytes if the system ever fills …

[Malik01]

1.4 billion people x 1GB = 1.4 Exabytes or 1.3 Exbibytes.

Not 14 Exabytes

[Pen-y-gors]

Wonderful!

Many of their citizens don't have clean drinking water, sanitation or adequate housing, but they've all got a Gigabyte of cloud storage. Job done. Treble lassis all round.

[Finder Keeper]

Re: Wonderful!

A. It's actually far cheaper to provision 1 GB per person than a year's worth of water or sanitation for that same person.

B. It is quite possible that when people have access to the government, and vice-versa, that some of these services could be prioritized more efficiently.

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: Wonderful!

You don't seem to have any inkling about macroeconomics, do you?