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diff --git a/blog/What_would_it_cost_to_store_all_phone_calls_in_Norway_.html b/blog/What_would_it_cost_to_store_all_phone_calls_in_Norway_.html
index 0a78c1242e85a16d898e35402de5ef760bc4ff3f..4a4202469eb139af24f69eebbfee0a4e335dd875 100644 (file)
--- a/blog/What_would_it_cost_to_store_all_phone_calls_in_Norway_.html
+++ b/blog/What_would_it_cost_to_store_all_phone_calls_in_Norway_.html
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@
       <div class="date"> 1st May 2015</div>
       <div class="body"><p>Many years ago, a friend of mine calculated how much it would cost
 to store the sound of all phone calls in Norway, and came up with the
-cost of around 20 million NOK for all the calls in a year.  I got
-curious and wondered what the same calculation would look like today.
-To do so one need an idea of how much data storage is needed for each
-minute of sound, how many minutes all the calls in Norway sums up to,
-and the cost of data storage.</p>
+cost of around 20 million NOK (2.4 mill EUR) for all the calls in a
+year.  I got curious and wondered what the same calculation would look
+like today.  To do so one need an idea of how much data storage is
+needed for each minute of sound, how many minutes all the calls in
+Norway sums up to, and the cost of data storage.</p>
 
 <p>The 2005 numbers are from
 <a href="http://www.digi.no/analyser/2005/10/04/vi-prater-stadig-mindre-i-roret">digi.no</a>,
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@ to get the storage requirements.</p>
 
 <p>Storage prices varies a lot, depending on speed, backup strategies,
 availability requirements etc.  But a simple way to calculate can be
-to use the price of a TiB-disk (around 1000 NOK) and double it to take
-space, power and redundancy.  It could be much higher with high speed
-and good redundancy requirements.</p>
+to use the price of a TiB-disk (around 1000 NOK / 120 EUR) and double
+it to take space, power and redundancy.  It could be much higher with
+high speed and good redundancy requirements.</p>
 
 <p>But back to the question, What would it cost to store all phone
 calls in Norway?  Not much.  Here is a small table showing the
@@ -59,10 +59,10 @@ estimated cost, which is within the budget constraint of most medium
 and large organisations:</p>
 
 <table border="1">
-<tr><th>Year</th><th>Call minutes</th><th>Size</th><th>Price in NOK</th></tr>
-<tr><td>2005</td><td align="right">24 000 000 000</td><td align="right">1.3 PiB</td><td align="right">3 mill</td></tr>
-<tr><td>2012</td><td align="right">18 000 000 000</td><td align="right">1.0 PiB</td><td align="right">2.2 mill</td></tr>
-<tr><td>2013</td><td align="right">17 000 000 000</td><td align="right">950 TiB</td><td align="right">2.1 mill</td></tr>
+<tr><th>Year</th><th>Call minutes</th><th>Size</th><th>Price in NOK / EUR</th></tr>
+<tr><td>2005</td><td align="right">24 000 000 000</td><td align="right">1.3 PiB</td><td align="right">3 mill / 358k</td></tr>
+<tr><td>2012</td><td align="right">18 000 000 000</td><td align="right">1.0 PiB</td><td align="right">2.2 mill / 262k EUR</td></tr>
+<tr><td>2013</td><td align="right">17 000 000 000</td><td align="right">950 TiB</td><td align="right">2.1 mill/ 250k EUR</td></tr>
 </table>
 
 <p>This is the cost of buying the storage.  Maintenance need to be

diff --git a/blog/index.html b/blog/index.html
index dc9d6d069c1a31f2ca8ffc753c766901106b7626..7f4c0ee16ee6b816f63ae27ec70792aaca0cb0ca 100644 (file)
--- a/blog/index.html
+++ b/blog/index.html
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@
       <div class="date"> 1st May 2015</div>
       <div class="body"><p>Many years ago, a friend of mine calculated how much it would cost
 to store the sound of all phone calls in Norway, and came up with the
-cost of around 20 million NOK for all the calls in a year.  I got
-curious and wondered what the same calculation would look like today.
-To do so one need an idea of how much data storage is needed for each
-minute of sound, how many minutes all the calls in Norway sums up to,
-and the cost of data storage.</p>
+cost of around 20 million NOK (2.4 mill EUR) for all the calls in a
+year.  I got curious and wondered what the same calculation would look
+like today.  To do so one need an idea of how much data storage is
+needed for each minute of sound, how many minutes all the calls in
+Norway sums up to, and the cost of data storage.</p>
 
 <p>The 2005 numbers are from
 <a href="http://www.digi.no/analyser/2005/10/04/vi-prater-stadig-mindre-i-roret">digi.no</a>,
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@ to get the storage requirements.</p>
 
 <p>Storage prices varies a lot, depending on speed, backup strategies,
 availability requirements etc.  But a simple way to calculate can be
-to use the price of a TiB-disk (around 1000 NOK) and double it to take
-space, power and redundancy.  It could be much higher with high speed
-and good redundancy requirements.</p>
+to use the price of a TiB-disk (around 1000 NOK / 120 EUR) and double
+it to take space, power and redundancy.  It could be much higher with
+high speed and good redundancy requirements.</p>
 
 <p>But back to the question, What would it cost to store all phone
 calls in Norway?  Not much.  Here is a small table showing the
@@ -59,10 +59,10 @@ estimated cost, which is within the budget constraint of most medium
 and large organisations:</p>
 
 <table border="1">
-<tr><th>Year</th><th>Call minutes</th><th>Size</th><th>Price in NOK</th></tr>
-<tr><td>2005</td><td align="right">24 000 000 000</td><td align="right">1.3 PiB</td><td align="right">3 mill</td></tr>
-<tr><td>2012</td><td align="right">18 000 000 000</td><td align="right">1.0 PiB</td><td align="right">2.2 mill</td></tr>
-<tr><td>2013</td><td align="right">17 000 000 000</td><td align="right">950 TiB</td><td align="right">2.1 mill</td></tr>
+<tr><th>Year</th><th>Call minutes</th><th>Size</th><th>Price in NOK / EUR</th></tr>
+<tr><td>2005</td><td align="right">24 000 000 000</td><td align="right">1.3 PiB</td><td align="right">3 mill / 358k</td></tr>
+<tr><td>2012</td><td align="right">18 000 000 000</td><td align="right">1.0 PiB</td><td align="right">2.2 mill / 262k EUR</td></tr>
+<tr><td>2013</td><td align="right">17 000 000 000</td><td align="right">950 TiB</td><td align="right">2.1 mill/ 250k EUR</td></tr>
 </table>
 
 <p>This is the cost of buying the storage.  Maintenance need to be

diff --git a/blog/index.rss b/blog/index.rss
index 66d2de85e052137246689f7b0bf38175658541ec..72c1e07793fb53e00c06a1803b376c7e91fc7c52 100644 (file)
--- a/blog/index.rss
+++ b/blog/index.rss
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@
                 <pubDate>Fri, 1 May 2015 19:30:00 +0200</pubDate>
                <description>&lt;p&gt;Many years ago, a friend of mine calculated how much it would cost
 to store the sound of all phone calls in Norway, and came up with the
-cost of around 20 million NOK for all the calls in a year.  I got
-curious and wondered what the same calculation would look like today.
-To do so one need an idea of how much data storage is needed for each
-minute of sound, how many minutes all the calls in Norway sums up to,
-and the cost of data storage.&lt;/p&gt;
+cost of around 20 million NOK (2.4 mill EUR) for all the calls in a
+year.  I got curious and wondered what the same calculation would look
+like today.  To do so one need an idea of how much data storage is
+needed for each minute of sound, how many minutes all the calls in
+Norway sums up to, and the cost of data storage.&lt;/p&gt;
 
 &lt;p&gt;The 2005 numbers are from
 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.digi.no/analyser/2005/10/04/vi-prater-stadig-mindre-i-roret&quot;&gt;digi.no&lt;/a&gt;,
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ to get the storage requirements.&lt;/p&gt;
 
 &lt;p&gt;Storage prices varies a lot, depending on speed, backup strategies,
 availability requirements etc.  But a simple way to calculate can be
-to use the price of a TiB-disk (around 1000 NOK) and double it to take
-space, power and redundancy.  It could be much higher with high speed
-and good redundancy requirements.&lt;/p&gt;
+to use the price of a TiB-disk (around 1000 NOK / 120 EUR) and double
+it to take space, power and redundancy.  It could be much higher with
+high speed and good redundancy requirements.&lt;/p&gt;
 
 &lt;p&gt;But back to the question, What would it cost to store all phone
 calls in Norway?  Not much.  Here is a small table showing the
@@ -48,10 +48,10 @@ estimated cost, which is within the budget constraint of most medium
 and large organisations:&lt;/p&gt;
 
 &lt;table border=&quot;1&quot;&gt;
-&lt;tr&gt;&lt;th&gt;Year&lt;/th&gt;&lt;th&gt;Call minutes&lt;/th&gt;&lt;th&gt;Size&lt;/th&gt;&lt;th&gt;Price in NOK&lt;/th&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
-&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;2005&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;24 000 000 000&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.3 PiB&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3 mill&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
-&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;2012&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;18 000 000 000&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.0 PiB&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.2 mill&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
-&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;2013&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;17 000 000 000&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;950 TiB&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.1 mill&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
+&lt;tr&gt;&lt;th&gt;Year&lt;/th&gt;&lt;th&gt;Call minutes&lt;/th&gt;&lt;th&gt;Size&lt;/th&gt;&lt;th&gt;Price in NOK / EUR&lt;/th&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
+&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;2005&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;24 000 000 000&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.3 PiB&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3 mill / 358k&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
+&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;2012&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;18 000 000 000&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.0 PiB&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.2 mill / 262k EUR&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
+&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;2013&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;17 000 000 000&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;950 TiB&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.1 mill/ 250k EUR&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;/table&gt;
 
 &lt;p&gt;This is the cost of buying the storage.  Maintenance need to be

diff --git a/blog/tags/english/english.rss b/blog/tags/english/english.rss
index 02929ef54fe5d4d9651835439c56b4e66f66c914..4f4023e7b626f67e7473d258c9ddc1efa1edd7f7 100644 (file)
--- a/blog/tags/english/english.rss
+++ b/blog/tags/english/english.rss
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@
                 <pubDate>Fri, 1 May 2015 19:30:00 +0200</pubDate>
                <description>&lt;p&gt;Many years ago, a friend of mine calculated how much it would cost
 to store the sound of all phone calls in Norway, and came up with the
-cost of around 20 million NOK for all the calls in a year.  I got
-curious and wondered what the same calculation would look like today.
-To do so one need an idea of how much data storage is needed for each
-minute of sound, how many minutes all the calls in Norway sums up to,
-and the cost of data storage.&lt;/p&gt;
+cost of around 20 million NOK (2.4 mill EUR) for all the calls in a
+year.  I got curious and wondered what the same calculation would look
+like today.  To do so one need an idea of how much data storage is
+needed for each minute of sound, how many minutes all the calls in
+Norway sums up to, and the cost of data storage.&lt;/p&gt;
 
 &lt;p&gt;The 2005 numbers are from
 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.digi.no/analyser/2005/10/04/vi-prater-stadig-mindre-i-roret&quot;&gt;digi.no&lt;/a&gt;,
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ to get the storage requirements.&lt;/p&gt;
 
 &lt;p&gt;Storage prices varies a lot, depending on speed, backup strategies,
 availability requirements etc.  But a simple way to calculate can be
-to use the price of a TiB-disk (around 1000 NOK) and double it to take
-space, power and redundancy.  It could be much higher with high speed
-and good redundancy requirements.&lt;/p&gt;
+to use the price of a TiB-disk (around 1000 NOK / 120 EUR) and double
+it to take space, power and redundancy.  It could be much higher with
+high speed and good redundancy requirements.&lt;/p&gt;
 
 &lt;p&gt;But back to the question, What would it cost to store all phone
 calls in Norway?  Not much.  Here is a small table showing the
@@ -48,10 +48,10 @@ estimated cost, which is within the budget constraint of most medium
 and large organisations:&lt;/p&gt;
 
 &lt;table border=&quot;1&quot;&gt;
-&lt;tr&gt;&lt;th&gt;Year&lt;/th&gt;&lt;th&gt;Call minutes&lt;/th&gt;&lt;th&gt;Size&lt;/th&gt;&lt;th&gt;Price in NOK&lt;/th&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
-&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;2005&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;24 000 000 000&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.3 PiB&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3 mill&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
-&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;2012&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;18 000 000 000&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.0 PiB&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.2 mill&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
-&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;2013&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;17 000 000 000&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;950 TiB&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.1 mill&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
+&lt;tr&gt;&lt;th&gt;Year&lt;/th&gt;&lt;th&gt;Call minutes&lt;/th&gt;&lt;th&gt;Size&lt;/th&gt;&lt;th&gt;Price in NOK / EUR&lt;/th&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
+&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;2005&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;24 000 000 000&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.3 PiB&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3 mill / 358k&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
+&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;2012&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;18 000 000 000&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.0 PiB&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.2 mill / 262k EUR&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
+&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;2013&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;17 000 000 000&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;950 TiB&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.1 mill/ 250k EUR&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;/table&gt;
 
 &lt;p&gt;This is the cost of buying the storage.  Maintenance need to be

diff --git a/blog/tags/english/index.html b/blog/tags/english/index.html
index 4795608be4bde45a930f53e22490aeb2ce1f1a6b..b91dca10ab4f25bd7ee43510326d7f8a7fa5d483 100644 (file)
--- a/blog/tags/english/index.html
+++ b/blog/tags/english/index.html
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@
       <div class="body">
         <p>Many years ago, a friend of mine calculated how much it would cost
 to store the sound of all phone calls in Norway, and came up with the
-cost of around 20 million NOK for all the calls in a year.  I got
-curious and wondered what the same calculation would look like today.
-To do so one need an idea of how much data storage is needed for each
-minute of sound, how many minutes all the calls in Norway sums up to,
-and the cost of data storage.</p>
+cost of around 20 million NOK (2.4 mill EUR) for all the calls in a
+year.  I got curious and wondered what the same calculation would look
+like today.  To do so one need an idea of how much data storage is
+needed for each minute of sound, how many minutes all the calls in
+Norway sums up to, and the cost of data storage.</p>
 
 <p>The 2005 numbers are from
 <a href="http://www.digi.no/analyser/2005/10/04/vi-prater-stadig-mindre-i-roret">digi.no</a>,
@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ to get the storage requirements.</p>
 
 <p>Storage prices varies a lot, depending on speed, backup strategies,
 availability requirements etc.  But a simple way to calculate can be
-to use the price of a TiB-disk (around 1000 NOK) and double it to take
-space, power and redundancy.  It could be much higher with high speed
-and good redundancy requirements.</p>
+to use the price of a TiB-disk (around 1000 NOK / 120 EUR) and double
+it to take space, power and redundancy.  It could be much higher with
+high speed and good redundancy requirements.</p>
 
 <p>But back to the question, What would it cost to store all phone
 calls in Norway?  Not much.  Here is a small table showing the
@@ -65,10 +65,10 @@ estimated cost, which is within the budget constraint of most medium
 and large organisations:</p>
 
 <table border="1">
-<tr><th>Year</th><th>Call minutes</th><th>Size</th><th>Price in NOK</th></tr>
-<tr><td>2005</td><td align="right">24 000 000 000</td><td align="right">1.3 PiB</td><td align="right">3 mill</td></tr>
-<tr><td>2012</td><td align="right">18 000 000 000</td><td align="right">1.0 PiB</td><td align="right">2.2 mill</td></tr>
-<tr><td>2013</td><td align="right">17 000 000 000</td><td align="right">950 TiB</td><td align="right">2.1 mill</td></tr>
+<tr><th>Year</th><th>Call minutes</th><th>Size</th><th>Price in NOK / EUR</th></tr>
+<tr><td>2005</td><td align="right">24 000 000 000</td><td align="right">1.3 PiB</td><td align="right">3 mill / 358k</td></tr>
+<tr><td>2012</td><td align="right">18 000 000 000</td><td align="right">1.0 PiB</td><td align="right">2.2 mill / 262k EUR</td></tr>
+<tr><td>2013</td><td align="right">17 000 000 000</td><td align="right">950 TiB</td><td align="right">2.1 mill/ 250k EUR</td></tr>
 </table>
 
 <p>This is the cost of buying the storage.  Maintenance need to be

diff --git a/blog/tags/personvern/index.html b/blog/tags/personvern/index.html
index ea30d6768a2b90a0d5798f0932e0819500d0f3d6..179d0455b63844f3a92fdf756d3e6cd5887d014b 100644 (file)
--- a/blog/tags/personvern/index.html
+++ b/blog/tags/personvern/index.html
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@
       <div class="body">
         <p>Many years ago, a friend of mine calculated how much it would cost
 to store the sound of all phone calls in Norway, and came up with the
-cost of around 20 million NOK for all the calls in a year.  I got
-curious and wondered what the same calculation would look like today.
-To do so one need an idea of how much data storage is needed for each
-minute of sound, how many minutes all the calls in Norway sums up to,
-and the cost of data storage.</p>
+cost of around 20 million NOK (2.4 mill EUR) for all the calls in a
+year.  I got curious and wondered what the same calculation would look
+like today.  To do so one need an idea of how much data storage is
+needed for each minute of sound, how many minutes all the calls in
+Norway sums up to, and the cost of data storage.</p>
 
 <p>The 2005 numbers are from
 <a href="http://www.digi.no/analyser/2005/10/04/vi-prater-stadig-mindre-i-roret">digi.no</a>,
@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ to get the storage requirements.</p>
 
 <p>Storage prices varies a lot, depending on speed, backup strategies,
 availability requirements etc.  But a simple way to calculate can be
-to use the price of a TiB-disk (around 1000 NOK) and double it to take
-space, power and redundancy.  It could be much higher with high speed
-and good redundancy requirements.</p>
+to use the price of a TiB-disk (around 1000 NOK / 120 EUR) and double
+it to take space, power and redundancy.  It could be much higher with
+high speed and good redundancy requirements.</p>
 
 <p>But back to the question, What would it cost to store all phone
 calls in Norway?  Not much.  Here is a small table showing the
@@ -65,10 +65,10 @@ estimated cost, which is within the budget constraint of most medium
 and large organisations:</p>
 
 <table border="1">
-<tr><th>Year</th><th>Call minutes</th><th>Size</th><th>Price in NOK</th></tr>
-<tr><td>2005</td><td align="right">24 000 000 000</td><td align="right">1.3 PiB</td><td align="right">3 mill</td></tr>
-<tr><td>2012</td><td align="right">18 000 000 000</td><td align="right">1.0 PiB</td><td align="right">2.2 mill</td></tr>
-<tr><td>2013</td><td align="right">17 000 000 000</td><td align="right">950 TiB</td><td align="right">2.1 mill</td></tr>
+<tr><th>Year</th><th>Call minutes</th><th>Size</th><th>Price in NOK / EUR</th></tr>
+<tr><td>2005</td><td align="right">24 000 000 000</td><td align="right">1.3 PiB</td><td align="right">3 mill / 358k</td></tr>
+<tr><td>2012</td><td align="right">18 000 000 000</td><td align="right">1.0 PiB</td><td align="right">2.2 mill / 262k EUR</td></tr>
+<tr><td>2013</td><td align="right">17 000 000 000</td><td align="right">950 TiB</td><td align="right">2.1 mill/ 250k EUR</td></tr>
 </table>
 
 <p>This is the cost of buying the storage.  Maintenance need to be

diff --git a/blog/tags/personvern/personvern.rss b/blog/tags/personvern/personvern.rss
index 95f3189ce70391cb299cc8906ca32975c590775d..b39d91ad8d04d3b4d7a12b21db277ab305bc6db6 100644 (file)
--- a/blog/tags/personvern/personvern.rss
+++ b/blog/tags/personvern/personvern.rss
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@
                 <pubDate>Fri, 1 May 2015 19:30:00 +0200</pubDate>
                <description>&lt;p&gt;Many years ago, a friend of mine calculated how much it would cost
 to store the sound of all phone calls in Norway, and came up with the
-cost of around 20 million NOK for all the calls in a year.  I got
-curious and wondered what the same calculation would look like today.
-To do so one need an idea of how much data storage is needed for each
-minute of sound, how many minutes all the calls in Norway sums up to,
-and the cost of data storage.&lt;/p&gt;
+cost of around 20 million NOK (2.4 mill EUR) for all the calls in a
+year.  I got curious and wondered what the same calculation would look
+like today.  To do so one need an idea of how much data storage is
+needed for each minute of sound, how many minutes all the calls in
+Norway sums up to, and the cost of data storage.&lt;/p&gt;
 
 &lt;p&gt;The 2005 numbers are from
 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.digi.no/analyser/2005/10/04/vi-prater-stadig-mindre-i-roret&quot;&gt;digi.no&lt;/a&gt;,
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ to get the storage requirements.&lt;/p&gt;
 
 &lt;p&gt;Storage prices varies a lot, depending on speed, backup strategies,
 availability requirements etc.  But a simple way to calculate can be
-to use the price of a TiB-disk (around 1000 NOK) and double it to take
-space, power and redundancy.  It could be much higher with high speed
-and good redundancy requirements.&lt;/p&gt;
+to use the price of a TiB-disk (around 1000 NOK / 120 EUR) and double
+it to take space, power and redundancy.  It could be much higher with
+high speed and good redundancy requirements.&lt;/p&gt;
 
 &lt;p&gt;But back to the question, What would it cost to store all phone
 calls in Norway?  Not much.  Here is a small table showing the
@@ -48,10 +48,10 @@ estimated cost, which is within the budget constraint of most medium
 and large organisations:&lt;/p&gt;
 
 &lt;table border=&quot;1&quot;&gt;
-&lt;tr&gt;&lt;th&gt;Year&lt;/th&gt;&lt;th&gt;Call minutes&lt;/th&gt;&lt;th&gt;Size&lt;/th&gt;&lt;th&gt;Price in NOK&lt;/th&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
-&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;2005&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;24 000 000 000&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.3 PiB&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3 mill&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
-&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;2012&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;18 000 000 000&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.0 PiB&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.2 mill&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
-&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;2013&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;17 000 000 000&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;950 TiB&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.1 mill&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
+&lt;tr&gt;&lt;th&gt;Year&lt;/th&gt;&lt;th&gt;Call minutes&lt;/th&gt;&lt;th&gt;Size&lt;/th&gt;&lt;th&gt;Price in NOK / EUR&lt;/th&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
+&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;2005&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;24 000 000 000&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.3 PiB&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3 mill / 358k&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
+&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;2012&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;18 000 000 000&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.0 PiB&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.2 mill / 262k EUR&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
+&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;2013&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;17 000 000 000&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;950 TiB&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.1 mill/ 250k EUR&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;/table&gt;
 
 &lt;p&gt;This is the cost of buying the storage.  Maintenance need to be

diff --git a/blog/tags/surveillance/index.html b/blog/tags/surveillance/index.html
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@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@
       <div class="body">
         <p>Many years ago, a friend of mine calculated how much it would cost
 to store the sound of all phone calls in Norway, and came up with the
-cost of around 20 million NOK for all the calls in a year.  I got
-curious and wondered what the same calculation would look like today.
-To do so one need an idea of how much data storage is needed for each
-minute of sound, how many minutes all the calls in Norway sums up to,
-and the cost of data storage.</p>
+cost of around 20 million NOK (2.4 mill EUR) for all the calls in a
+year.  I got curious and wondered what the same calculation would look
+like today.  To do so one need an idea of how much data storage is
+needed for each minute of sound, how many minutes all the calls in
+Norway sums up to, and the cost of data storage.</p>
 
 <p>The 2005 numbers are from
 <a href="http://www.digi.no/analyser/2005/10/04/vi-prater-stadig-mindre-i-roret">digi.no</a>,
@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ to get the storage requirements.</p>
 
 <p>Storage prices varies a lot, depending on speed, backup strategies,
 availability requirements etc.  But a simple way to calculate can be
-to use the price of a TiB-disk (around 1000 NOK) and double it to take
-space, power and redundancy.  It could be much higher with high speed
-and good redundancy requirements.</p>
+to use the price of a TiB-disk (around 1000 NOK / 120 EUR) and double
+it to take space, power and redundancy.  It could be much higher with
+high speed and good redundancy requirements.</p>
 
 <p>But back to the question, What would it cost to store all phone
 calls in Norway?  Not much.  Here is a small table showing the
@@ -65,10 +65,10 @@ estimated cost, which is within the budget constraint of most medium
 and large organisations:</p>
 
 <table border="1">
-<tr><th>Year</th><th>Call minutes</th><th>Size</th><th>Price in NOK</th></tr>
-<tr><td>2005</td><td align="right">24 000 000 000</td><td align="right">1.3 PiB</td><td align="right">3 mill</td></tr>
-<tr><td>2012</td><td align="right">18 000 000 000</td><td align="right">1.0 PiB</td><td align="right">2.2 mill</td></tr>
-<tr><td>2013</td><td align="right">17 000 000 000</td><td align="right">950 TiB</td><td align="right">2.1 mill</td></tr>
+<tr><th>Year</th><th>Call minutes</th><th>Size</th><th>Price in NOK / EUR</th></tr>
+<tr><td>2005</td><td align="right">24 000 000 000</td><td align="right">1.3 PiB</td><td align="right">3 mill / 358k</td></tr>
+<tr><td>2012</td><td align="right">18 000 000 000</td><td align="right">1.0 PiB</td><td align="right">2.2 mill / 262k EUR</td></tr>
+<tr><td>2013</td><td align="right">17 000 000 000</td><td align="right">950 TiB</td><td align="right">2.1 mill/ 250k EUR</td></tr>
 </table>
 
 <p>This is the cost of buying the storage.  Maintenance need to be

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@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@
                 <pubDate>Fri, 1 May 2015 19:30:00 +0200</pubDate>
                <description>&lt;p&gt;Many years ago, a friend of mine calculated how much it would cost
 to store the sound of all phone calls in Norway, and came up with the
-cost of around 20 million NOK for all the calls in a year.  I got
-curious and wondered what the same calculation would look like today.
-To do so one need an idea of how much data storage is needed for each
-minute of sound, how many minutes all the calls in Norway sums up to,
-and the cost of data storage.&lt;/p&gt;
+cost of around 20 million NOK (2.4 mill EUR) for all the calls in a
+year.  I got curious and wondered what the same calculation would look
+like today.  To do so one need an idea of how much data storage is
+needed for each minute of sound, how many minutes all the calls in
+Norway sums up to, and the cost of data storage.&lt;/p&gt;
 
 &lt;p&gt;The 2005 numbers are from
 &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.digi.no/analyser/2005/10/04/vi-prater-stadig-mindre-i-roret&quot;&gt;digi.no&lt;/a&gt;,
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ to get the storage requirements.&lt;/p&gt;
 
 &lt;p&gt;Storage prices varies a lot, depending on speed, backup strategies,
 availability requirements etc.  But a simple way to calculate can be
-to use the price of a TiB-disk (around 1000 NOK) and double it to take
-space, power and redundancy.  It could be much higher with high speed
-and good redundancy requirements.&lt;/p&gt;
+to use the price of a TiB-disk (around 1000 NOK / 120 EUR) and double
+it to take space, power and redundancy.  It could be much higher with
+high speed and good redundancy requirements.&lt;/p&gt;
 
 &lt;p&gt;But back to the question, What would it cost to store all phone
 calls in Norway?  Not much.  Here is a small table showing the
@@ -48,10 +48,10 @@ estimated cost, which is within the budget constraint of most medium
 and large organisations:&lt;/p&gt;
 
 &lt;table border=&quot;1&quot;&gt;
-&lt;tr&gt;&lt;th&gt;Year&lt;/th&gt;&lt;th&gt;Call minutes&lt;/th&gt;&lt;th&gt;Size&lt;/th&gt;&lt;th&gt;Price in NOK&lt;/th&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
-&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;2005&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;24 000 000 000&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.3 PiB&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3 mill&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
-&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;2012&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;18 000 000 000&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.0 PiB&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.2 mill&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
-&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;2013&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;17 000 000 000&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;950 TiB&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.1 mill&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
+&lt;tr&gt;&lt;th&gt;Year&lt;/th&gt;&lt;th&gt;Call minutes&lt;/th&gt;&lt;th&gt;Size&lt;/th&gt;&lt;th&gt;Price in NOK / EUR&lt;/th&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
+&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;2005&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;24 000 000 000&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.3 PiB&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;3 mill / 358k&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
+&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;2012&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;18 000 000 000&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;1.0 PiB&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.2 mill / 262k EUR&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
+&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;2013&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;17 000 000 000&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;950 TiB&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;2.1 mill/ 250k EUR&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
 &lt;/table&gt;
 
 &lt;p&gt;This is the cost of buying the storage.  Maintenance need to be