Gmail: Inbox Size Growing !
You might have noticed the gmail welcome page (if you have not set it to automatically log you in every time you key in www.gmail.com). Among many other things, a number is printed somewhere in the left mid of the screen. For me, it says 2757.***** MB (and still counting) and soon it changes to a number 5200.***** MB (and still counting)
Why this happens everytime, shouldnt be a concern to us, coz we know the actual storage size we have is the bigger number. So we should be happy about it. Let google engineers figure out why it prints 2500 odd MB's short, in the first place :)
The interesting point is not this. Yesterday, after having finished all the 'required-to-be-read' mails, and having re-set the 'number of unread mails' to the reset value of '516', I logged out of gmail. There it is, the welcome screen. The ticking caught my attention. Now that I have got nothing else to do, counting the MB's getting added was a good enough thing to do. (Our ancestors used to spend time in a similar fashion - counting the waves at the seashore. Computer was an unfamiliar word then!)
So, the ticking rate....lets talk about that.
Forgetting the 'lower significant bits', and concentrating only the first 2 digits after the decimal point (5200.**), it increments by .01 MB every 30s
That is .02MB per minute
0.1MB per 5 minutes.
1MB per 50 minutes.
Lets be a little liberal, and give 10 more minutes for google to plug 1MB hard disk into our account.
Hence it becomes 1MB added per user for every 1 hour !
If you forget to check gmail one day, and check the next day, you should not be surprised to see 24 MB added to your account! Over a week, 100MB would get added without doubt.
It is Nov 25 today. 5 weeks to a new year.
And at the end of the year, your gmail would smile at you with 5700MB of storage space (if not more) at your disposal :-)
Lets see !
Tail:
1. At the gmail welcome page, even if you unplug your n/w cable (disconnect from internet), you still see the numbers ticking :-P
2. These pages may make an interesting read -> official , unofficial
Why this happens everytime, shouldnt be a concern to us, coz we know the actual storage size we have is the bigger number. So we should be happy about it. Let google engineers figure out why it prints 2500 odd MB's short, in the first place :)
The interesting point is not this. Yesterday, after having finished all the 'required-to-be-read' mails, and having re-set the 'number of unread mails' to the reset value of '516', I logged out of gmail. There it is, the welcome screen. The ticking caught my attention. Now that I have got nothing else to do, counting the MB's getting added was a good enough thing to do. (Our ancestors used to spend time in a similar fashion - counting the waves at the seashore. Computer was an unfamiliar word then!)
So, the ticking rate....lets talk about that.
Forgetting the 'lower significant bits', and concentrating only the first 2 digits after the decimal point (5200.**), it increments by .01 MB every 30s
That is .02MB per minute
0.1MB per 5 minutes.
1MB per 50 minutes.
Lets be a little liberal, and give 10 more minutes for google to plug 1MB hard disk into our account.
Hence it becomes 1MB added per user for every 1 hour !
If you forget to check gmail one day, and check the next day, you should not be surprised to see 24 MB added to your account! Over a week, 100MB would get added without doubt.
It is Nov 25 today. 5 weeks to a new year.
And at the end of the year, your gmail would smile at you with 5700MB of storage space (if not more) at your disposal :-)
Lets see !
Tail:
1. At the gmail welcome page, even if you unplug your n/w cable (disconnect from internet), you still see the numbers ticking :-P
2. These pages may make an interesting read -> official , unofficial
posted by Rat at 10:58 AM
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