Storage Capacity
I began to wonder one day just how much storage I have in the house, so just for fun, I decided to take a note of everything (and obviously knocked up some more PHP so that I didn't have to keep count any time that I changed things):
Main Computers | ||||
RAM | Storage | Usage | ||
The Server | 32GiB |
64GB 64GB 240GB 240GB 3TB 3TB 3TB 3TB |
SSD SSD SSD SSD HDD HDD HDD HDD |
Mirrored Root filesystem (FreeNAS)
Mirrored VM storage RAID-Z2 storage array |
Desktop PC | 32GiB |
500GB 1TB |
SSD SSD |
Root filesystem (Xubuntu / Win 10) Local filesystem |
Kids PC 1 | 16GiB |
120GB 1TB |
SSD HDD |
Root filesystem (Xubuntu) Local filesystem |
Kids PC 2 | 8GiB |
60GB 320GB |
SSD HDD |
Root filesystem (Xubuntu) Local filesystem |
Mini-ITX PC | 8GiB |
120GB 1TB |
SSD HDD |
Root filesystem (Xubuntu) Local filesystem |
Acer Aspire R3700 | 4GiB | 32GB | MicroSD | Root filesystem (LibreELEC) |
Inspiron 14 5485 Laptop | 32GiB |
256GB 500GB |
SSD SSD |
Root filesystem (Xubuntu / Win 10)
Home filesystem (and D: on Win 10) |
Sony Vaio Laptop | 1GiB | 40GB | HDD | Root filesystem (Xubuntu) |
Tiny Computers | ||||
RAM | Storage | Usage | ||
Chromecast 1 (1st gen) | 512MiB | 2GB | Flash | Root filesystem |
Chromecast 2 (1st gen) | 512MiB | 2GB | Flash | Root filesystem |
Fire TV Stick (1st gen) | 1GiB | 8GB | Flash | Root filesystem |
Raspberry Pis (only active ones listed) | ||||
RAM | Storage | Usage | ||
Car Media Server v2.0 | 1GiB |
8GB 64GB 128GB |
MicroSD USB USB |
Root filesystem (Rasberry Pi OS Lite)
Music (Sandisk Ultra Fit) Videos (Sandisk Ultra Fit) |
Cluster Pi Controller | 1GiB | 16GB | MicroSD | Root filesystem (Cluster CTRL) |
Cluster Pi Worker P1 | 512MiB | 16GB | MicroSD | Root filesystem (Cluster CTRL) |
Cluster Pi Worker P2 | 512MiB | 16GB | MicroSD | Root filesystem (Cluster CTRL) |
Cluster Pi Worker P3 | 512MiB | 16GB | MicroSD | Root filesystem (Cluster CTRL) |
Cluster Pi Worker P4 | 512MiB | 16GB | MicroSD | Root filesystem (Cluster CTRL) |
Desktop Pi 1 | 1GiB | 32GB | MicroSD | Root filesystem (Rasberry Pi OS) |
Desktop Pi 2 | 1GiB | 32GB | MicroSD | Root filesystem (Rasberry Pi OS) |
Kitchen Jukebox | 512MiB | 8GB | MicroSD | Root filesystem (Rasberry Pi OS Lite) |
Picade | 1GiB | 32GB | MicroSD | Root filesystem (RetroPie) |
Wee Red Masq | 1GiB | 8GB | MicroSD | Root filesystem (Rasberry Pi OS) |
Experimentarium | 4GiB | 240GB | SSD | Root filesystem (Rasberry Pi OS) |
Keyboard Pi | 4GiB |
32GB 256GB |
MicroSD
MicroSD |
Root filesystem (Rasberry Pi OS) |
Hand-helds | ||||
RAM | Storage | Usage | ||
Nexus 7 (2013) | 2GiB | 32GB | Flash | Root filesystem |
Asus ZenPad Z580C 8" | 1GiB |
32GB 32GB |
Flash MicroSD |
Root filesystem User data |
Lenovo Tab 7 Essential #1 | 1GiB | 16GB | Flash | Root filesystem |
Lenovo Tab 7 Essential #2 | 1GiB | 16GB | Flash | Root filesystem |
Kindle Paper White (7th gen) | 256MiB | 4GB | Flash | Root filesystem / books |
Kindle (7th gen) | 256MiB | 4GB | Flash | Root filesystem / books |
Kindle (7th gen) | 256MiB | 4GB | Flash | Root filesystem / books |
Phones | ||||
RAM | Storage | Usage | ||
Google Pixel 4a | 6GiB | 128GB | Flash | Root filesystem |
Google Pixel 4a | 6GiB | 128GB | Flash | Root filesystem |
OnePlus Two | 4GiB | 64GB | Flash | Root filesystem |
Huawei P10 | 4GiB | 64GB | Flash | Root filesystem |
Cameras | ||||
RAM | Storage | Type | ||
Canon EOS 40D | Unknown |
4GB 1GB 1GB |
Flash |
Compact Flash (Sandisk Extreme III)
Compact Flash (Sandisk Extreme III) Compact Flash (Sandisk Extreme III) |
Canon Powershot A720IS | Unknown | 4GB | Flash | SDHC (Sandisk Extreme III) |
Canon Ixus 50 | Unknown | 2GB | Flash | SD (Sandisk Ultra II) |
Canon Legria HF R406 | Unknown |
32GB 32GB |
Flash |
Micro SDHC (Sandisk Ultra, class 10)
Micro SDHC (Sandisk Ultra, class 10) |
Olympus Tough TG-6 | Unknown | 32GB | Flash | Micro SDHC (Sandisk Ultra, class 10) |
Miscellaneous | ||||
RAM | Storage | Type | ||
USB Sticks | N/A |
32GB 32GB 8GB 8GB 8GB 8GB |
Flash |
SanDisk Ultra (USB3)
SanDisk Ultra (USB3) Corsair Flash Voyager Corsair Voyager Mini Corsair Voyager Mini Sandisk Cruzer Micro |
Spare Cards (SD) | N/A |
16GB 8GB 8GB 256MB |
Flash |
SDHC (Canon)
SDHC (Samsung, class 10) SDHC (Samsung, class 10) SD (PNY Technologies) |
Spare Cards (µSD) | N/A |
32GB 2GB 2GB 2GB 128MB |
Flash |
Micro SDHC (Unbranded, class 10)
Micro SDHC (Sandisk, class 10) Micro SDHC (Sandisk, class 10) Micro SDHC (Transcend) Micro SD (Unbranded) |
Spare Cards (CF) | N/A | 8GB | Flash | Compact Flash (Unbranded) |
Spare Drives | N/A |
3TB 250GB 160GB 2.2GB |
HDD HDD HDD HDD |
3½" SATA - WD Red
3½" SATA - WD Blue 2½" SATA - Hitachi 5K500 1" Microdrive - Magicstor |
So that's over 177GiB of working memory (RAM), over 3934GB of solid state storage and over 17TB of spinning rust (hard drive) storage (over 21TB of storage in total)... just saying, that's all ;-)
So what's the difference between a GB and a GiB?
Well basically...
- a GB (gigabyte), an SI prefix is 109 bytes (or a 1 and 9 0s)
- a GiB (gibibyte), an IEC binary prefix is 230 bytes (or 1024 * 1024 * 1024)
The SI prefix is generally used in storage terms as it allows manufacturers some flexibility in bad sector marking and SSD manufacturers the extra sectors for wear levelling. It is also very often mis-used as meaning a binary prefix.
The binary prefix is mainy used in digital electronics and more commonly in RAM figures as for every address bit you add to a device, you double its size.









