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With increasing development of computers and filing systems, people are now able to store massive amounts of data with ease. Data today is exponentially cheaper than it was compared with when computers were first introduced in the 1980’s. In an article on mkomo.com, the cost of data per Gigabyte was just under one million dollars but, compared to 2010, the cost of data per Gigabyte has dropped to less than ten cents. This massive drop in cost per Gig has created a necessity for hard drives that are able to hold enormous amounts of data and new systems within the hard drives that allow the user to access information quickly. With data becoming so cheap, it became critical that technology catch up to be able to handle so much information.
With the capacity to store exponentially more data than could be done in the past, computer scientists must make sure that the data collected does not disappear due to a crashed computer. In the article “What is a File?” the authors state that because computers can fail “in part” and “in totality,” “data within this system are so arranged that if part of them is destroyed or even the whole, this event does not catastrophically affect the system’s functioning, its utility.” This necessity to create systems that are able to not only store data but also retain it in case of a total system failure. “Filing” has evolved over time, just as data has, and it will continue to be adjusted to fit the need at the time.
Bibliography:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/MSR-TR-2011-109.pdf
http://www.mkomo.com/cost-per-gigabyte