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      1Movie Video Storage by the Numbers

      By Chris Preimesberger

      25 million: The number of CPU hours it took to make DreamWorks’ latest computer graphics film, “Kung Fu Panda,” which debuted June 6. “Kung Fu Panda” was created in a three-dimensional-like style and took about three years to make. That compares to about 5 million CPU hours and four years to make the original “Shrek” (2001), which was the last of the 8-terabyte movies. CG movies now commonly take more than 40TB of storage.

      2Movie Video Storage by the Numbers – Approximately 10,000

      Approximately 10,000: The number of processor cores in the DreamWorks data center at the moment. DreamWorks Senior Technologist Skottie Miller said that, in 1999, when he arrived at the company, “we had a total of 140 cores, and now we have more than 10,000 of them-

      3Movie Video Storage by the Numbers – 129,600

      129,600: The number of video frames in one 90-minute movie. Most scenes are 5 minutes or less in length. But there’s much more artwork created that goes into the process before it’s finally cut down and melded together into a cohesive movie. Basically, DreamWorks artists do file-based supercomputing every day.

      4Movie Video Storage by the Numbers – 500

      500: At both Industrial Light & Magic and at DreamWorks, this is the number of full- and part-time artists who pour out a terabyte or more of raw video each week. This data will eventually be edited into video entertainment for one medium or another. It all has to be saved somewhere-

      5Movie Video Storage by the Numbers – 90

      90: The average number of days in between each new storage hardware purchase by most CG companies.

      6Movie Video Storage by the Numbers – 25MB

      25MB: Approximate amount of digital space that 1 second of high-definition video consumes.

      7Movie Video Storage by the Numbers – 96 hours

      96 hours: Approximate amount of digital video that fills 1TB of storage.

      8Movie Video Storage by the Numbers – 50 to 60 percent per year

      50 to 60 percent per year: Rate at which data is accumulating for storage in the video business-

      9Movie Video Storage by the Numbers – $20 billion

      $20 billion: Estimated size of worldwide external disk storage market in 2006, according to IDC.

      10Movie Video Storage by the Numbers – $65 billion

      $65 billion: Estimated size of worldwide external disk storage market in 2010, according to IDC. This market is expected to triple its size in a mere four years.

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