Storage Media Sizes


These are the actual measured sizes of the storage media in my possession.

ID Description Size (mm) Volume (mm2) Capacity Bit Density
[2.8-floppy] 2.8 inch Floppy Disk 78.1 x 75.9 x 3.0 17,783.4    
[3.5-floppy] 3.5 inch Floppy Disk 93.7 x 90.0 x 3.3 27,828.9 1.44 MB 434.1
[3.5-mo-disk] 3.5 inch Magento-Optical (MO) Disk 93.3 x 89.7 x 6.7 56,072.4 128 MB 19,149.2
[5.25-bernouilli] 5.25 inch Bernouilli Disk 137.7 x 135.9 x 9.3 174,034.9 150 MB 7,230.1
[5.25-floppy] 5.25 inch floppy disk 133.3 x 133.3 x 1.6 28,430.2 1.2 MB 354.1
[5.25-mo-disk] 5.25 inch Magneto-Optical Disk 152.7 x 134.8 x 10.5 216,131.6 1.3 GB 51,667.2
[8-floppy] 8 inch Floppy Disk 203.0 x 203.0 x 1.6 65,934.4 242 KB 30.1
[ait] Advanced Intelligent Tape (AIT) 94.8 x 62.2 x 15.0 88,448.4 100 GB 9,711,803.3
[ampex-dcrsi] Ampex DCRsi Tape 266 x 170.0 x 41.7 1,885,674.0    
[compact-disk] Compact Disk (CD) 120.0 x 120.0 x 1.2 17,280.0 700 MB 339,816.3
[compactflash-type-i] Compact Flash (CF) Type I 42.9 x 36.5 x 3.9 6,106.8 8 MB 10,989.2
[compactflash-type-ii] Compact Flash (CF) Type II 42.9 x 36.5 x 5.0 7,829.2 1 GB 1,097,159.3
[compact-floppy] Compact Floppy (CF) 100.0 x 80.0 x 5.0 40,000.0 173 KB 35.4
[data8-tape] Data8 (D8) Tape 94.8 x 62.1 x 15.0 88,306.2 5 GB 486,372.1
[dataplay] DataPlay Disk 42.1 x 33.5 x 3.0 4,231.1 500 MB 991,315.2
[dds] Digital Data Storage (DDS) Tape 72.5 x 53.5 x 10.34 40,106.3 2 GB 428,358.6
[dlt] Digital Linear Tape (DLT) 105.5 x 105.3 x 25.2 279,950.6 40 GB 1,227,350.1
[floptical] Floptical Disk 94.0 x 90.1 x 3.2 27,102.1 21 MB 6,499.9
[hifd] HiFD Floppy Disk 94.0 x 90.0 x 3.3 27,918.0 200 MB 60,094.6
[ibm-3480-tape] IBM 3480/3490e Tape 125.3 x 108.9 x 25.4 346,587.3 800 MB 19,362.8
[ibm-magstar-mp] IBM Magstar MP Tape 136.8 x 58.9 x 15.6 125,697.3 5 GB 341,691.3
[clik] Iomega Clik! 54.6 x 50.2 x 2.0 5,481.8 40 MB 61,210.2
[dittomax] Iomega DittoMax Tape 126.2 x 81.0 x 14.4 147,199.7 3.5 GB 204,244.8
[ditto] Iomega Ditto Tape 81.0 x 61.1 x 14.3 70,772.1 1 GB 121,374.5
[jaz] Iomega Jaz Disk 101.8 x 98.3 x 11.6 116,080.5 1 GB 73,999.8
[zip-disk] Iomega ZIP Disk 99.0 x 97.8 x 6.5 62,934.3 100 MB 13,329.2
[zip-u250] Iomega ZIP U250 Disk 99.5 x 98.1 x 6.5 63,446.2 250 MB 33,054.0
[lto-ultrium] LTO Ultrium Tape 105.3 x 101.8 x 21.5 230,470.1 100 GB 3,727,136.1
[memorystick] MemoryStick 50.0 x 21.5 x 2.75 2,956.2 256 MB 726,421.5
[memorystick-duo] MemoryStick Duo 31.0 x 20.0 x 1.5 930.0 2 GB 18,472,977.6
[memorystick-micro] MemoryStick Micro (M2) 15.0 x 12.4 x 1.2 223.2 512 MB 19,242,685.0
[microsd] MicroSD Card 15.0 x 11.0 x 0.8 132.0 1 GB 65,075,262.1
[minidisc] MiniDisc 71.5 x 68.2 x 4.8 23,406.2 305 MB 109,309.5
[minidv] MiniDV Tape 66.0 x 48.9 x 12.2 39,374.3    
[minisd] MiniSD Card 21.5 x 20.0 x 1.6 688.0 1 GB 12,485,370.0
[mmcmicro] MMCmicro 14.0 x 12.0 x 1.1 184.8 128 MB 5,810,291.3
[mmc] MultiMediaCard (MMC) 32.0 x 24.0 x 1.4 1,075.2 16 MB 124,830.5
[onstream-adr-tape] OnStream ADR Tape 128.7 x 93.0 x 14.6 174,748.9 15 GB 737,338.3
[orb] Orb Disk 104.0 x 98.4 x 8.0 81,868.8 2.2 GB 230,831.0
[playstation2-memory-card] PlayStation2 Memory Card 55.8 x 41.8 x 7.2 16,793.6 8 MB 3,996.1
[punchcard] Punchcard 187.1 x 82.6 x 0.2 3,090.9 80 0.2
[qic-dc] QIC Data Cartridge (DC) 152.4 x 101.6 x 16.6 257,031.7 150 MB 4,895.5
[qic-mc] QIC Mini Cartridge (MC) 21.5 x 20.0 x 1.6 688.0 120 MB 1,463,129.3
[rdx] RDX Removable Hard Drive 119.0 x 86.5 x 23.2 238,809.2 300 GB 10,790,959.4
[rs-mmc] Reduced Size MultiMediaCard (RS-MMC) 24.0 x 18.0 x 1.4 604.8 64 MB 887,683.4
[wafadrive] Rotronics Wafadrive 67.1 x 46.8 x 7.9 24,808.2 32 KB 10.6
[sd-card] Secure Digital (SD) Card 32.0 x 24.0 x 2.0 1,536.0 2 GB 11,184,810.7
[simcard] SIM Card 25.0 x 15.0 x 1.8 675.0    
[smartmedia] SmartMedia 45.1 x 37.5 x 0.8 1,353.0 64 MB 396,800.4
[smith-corona-datastore] Smith-Corona DataStore 86.4 x 54.1 x 2.5 11,685.6 32 KB 22.4
[sparq] SparQ Disk 100.4 x 98.6 x 9.7 96,024.6 1 GB 89,455.6
[superdisk] SuperDisk/LS-120 93.7 x 90.0 x 3.3 27,828.9 120 MB 36,172.2
[ezflyer] SyQuest EZFlyer 98.1 x 97.1 x 9.5 90,492.3 135 MB 12,514.5
[travan] Travan Tape 92.7 x 71.8 x 14.5 96,510.0 7 GB 623,039.7
[uhd144] UHD144 Floppy Disk 93.7 x 90.0 x 3.3 27,828.9 144 MB 43,406.7
[video-floppy] Video Floppy Disk 60.0 x 54.1 x 3.5 11,361.0    
[vxa-tape] VXA Tape 95.0 x 62.5 x 15.0 89,062.5 20 GB 1,928,967.8
[xd-picture] xD PictureCard 25.0 x 20.0 x 2.1 1,050.0 64 MB 511,305.6
[zx-microdrive] ZX Microdrive 43.4 x 34.7 x 7.9 11,897.2 85 KB 58.5

Total: 59

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