Convert Petabyte (10^15 bytes) (PB (10^15)) to DVD (2 layer, 1 side) (DVD (2L, 1S)) instantly.
About these units
Petabyte (10^15 bytes) (PB (10^15))
A decimal petabyte equals 1 quadrillion bytes, a capacity used in cloud data centers, AI training sets, and global archival projects. Organizations like scientific research institutes, major cloud providers, and financial institutions routinely manage petabyte-scale data, requiring specialized infrastructure, redundancy strategies, and data governance. The shift from terabytes to petabytes marks a tipping point where storage strategy must incorporate distributed systems, advanced compression, and scalable metadata management.
DVD (2 layer, 1 side) (DVD (2L, 1S))
A dual-layer, single-sided DVD stores 8.5 GB using a semi-transparent layer that allows the laser to focus at two depths. This innovation enabled longer movies, higher-quality video, and special editions packed with supplemental content. Dual-layer DVDs became standard for commercial video distribution and professional data storage. Although burning DL DVDs at home was initially slow and expensive, they played a crucial role during the transition to higher-capacity optical storage.