Question

As of the moment I am writing this question, the population of the United States is 326,891,705 people. You are building an app that targets the US population and expect to get 1/10 of 1% of the population using your app in the first 4 months. The estimated data you need to store per user averages 10 GB. What is the minimum storage you must plan to have in place for app to serve the users in the first 4 months

Answer 1

3.3 PB

Explanation:

It is given tat the population of the U.S = 326,891,705 people.

Population expected to use the app in first 4 months = 1/10 of 1%

Storage capacity of an user is = 10 GB

Therefore,

`$(1)/(10) \text{ of}\ 1$` % = 0.1%

= 0.001

The user content = 0.001 x 326,891,705

= 326891.705 users

10 GB storage per user.

Therefore,

Size = 326891.705 x 10

= 3268917.05 GB

= 3.26 PB

Hence size of the minimum storage would be 3.3 PB.