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On 5/24/06, McGrath, Barbara <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Hi, I want to illustrate the volume of digitally borne (eg WORD, PDF, jpgs) > in a physical form i.e. what would 1.5 million documents stored on a shared > network drive look like or another comparison is what would 400Gb of > documents stored on a shared network drive look like. I am looking for a > physical comparison to what this would look like in paper form. if each of the 1.5 million documents is a single sheet, and 1500 sheets can be placed in a standard records storage carton (15x12x10 here in the US) then you would have 1000 boxes If stacked on a football field the paper would reach a height of X. here in the states an American football field is used for analogous purposes a lot because people can visualize it easily. that is the main thing you want is to create a comparison that folks can relate to. 1.5 million documents stacked vertically will create a stack equal to ? -- Peter Kurilecz CRM CA Richmond, Va