Kwiminyaka yakutshanje, iApple yakhe inani elikhulu lamaziko edatha, amaziko edatha asetyenziselwa ukuxhasa iinkonzo zayo (imeyile, iCloud, Apple Music, Apple TV + ...) kodwa zikwasetyenziselwa ukubonelela ngendawo kubathengi bakho ICloud.
Asazi ukuba amaziko edatha awele ngokukhawuleza okanye ukuba iApple ikhetha ukuthengisa ezinye iinkampani ukugcina idatha ethile, kodwa inyani kukuba bayabanga Ingcaciso, I-Apple ihlawula malunga ne-300 yezigidi zeedola ukusebenzisa ilifu likaGoogle.
Ngo-Novemba ngo-2020, u-Apple wenza ikhontrakthi malunga ne-470 petabytes yedatha, ezisa inani elipheleleyo ledatha athe u-Apple wayisayina ukusuka kuGoogle ukuya kwii-8 ze-exabytes. Ukucacisa: i-1 exabyte ilingana nesigidi se-TB, i-1 yezigidigidi ze-GB ...
Inyaniso enomdla: i-exabyte yayilingana namaxesha ama-2o zonke iincwadi ezibhalwe kwimbali kude kube ngu-2013. Okunokwenzeka, kwisithuba seminyaka embalwa, ii-exabytes ziya kuhlala zincinci kwaye kwiinkampani ezinkulu kwaye amagama e-zettabyte kunye ne-yottabyte aya kuqala ukuba yinto eqhelekileyo.
Ngokwendlela efanayo, iApple iye yaba ngumthengi omkhulu wenkonzo yokugcina kaGoogle, kwaye bade bayinika igama lesidlaliso: IBigfoot. U-Apple usebenzisa iinkonzo zokugcina zikaGoogle ukusukela nge2018.
Ngaphandle kokuthetha ukuba izitshixo zokubethela ngokucacileyo azikho kuGoogle, abo bathanda iyelenqe abanasizathu sokuthandabuza ukuba uGoogle unokufikelela kulwazi olugcinwa ngabathengi okanye yiApple ngokwayo kwiiseva zabo.
Umthengi wesibini weqonga lokugcina ilifu likaGoogle yiTikTok, enesivumelwano esimalunga ne-500 petabytes, inani elifanayo lokugcina athe u-Apple walifumana kwisivumelwano ngoNovemba ophelileyo ukuze andise indawo yokugcina kwii-exabytes eziyi-8 zangoku.
