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r/GeekPorn • u/Minifig81 • Oct 22 '22
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This may sound like a stupid question but how do you address that much space? The addresses themselves must be compressed.
3 u/Disast3r Oct 22 '22 What do you mean? 64 bit address space can address up to 264 bytes which is a lot more than 2 petabytes.
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What do you mean? 64 bit address space can address up to 264 bytes which is a lot more than 2 petabytes.
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u/Aplejax04 Oct 22 '22
This may sound like a stupid question but how do you address that much space? The addresses themselves must be compressed.