GMail's Increasing Storage Capacity [Archive]

Darren Lewis

Fri 1st Apr '05, 5:22pm

I've just noticed the increasing storage counter on GMail's homepage. Is this some kind of April 1st joke? The storage capacity shown at the bottom of the pages in my account have increased too.

Gri

Fri 1st Apr '05, 5:25pm

They announced GMail (1GB) last year on April 1st, all the world thought that it was a joke, but it wasn't actually. :p

Dean C

Fri 1st Apr '05, 5:26pm

The infinite+1 storage capacity is a joke, but they are increasing it to 2gb :)

ManagerJosh

Fri 1st Apr '05, 5:27pm

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/04/01/tech/main684758.shtml

Actually, i see how the counter works. As the counter progresses up, that is how much storage space you will have in your inbox.

By 11:59PM PST, everyone will be at 2048MB :)

MGM

Fri 1st Apr '05, 6:51pm

mfinc

Fri 1st Apr '05, 8:32pm

You are currently using 91 MB (5%) of your 1691 MB.

I was never using 91 mb:confused:

Darren Lewis

Sat 2nd Apr '05, 3:24am

They've got rid of the infinity drawing. Looks like the counter will stop at 2Gb.

Norman

Sat 2nd Apr '05, 4:53am

You are currently using 326 MB (17%) of your 1977 MB.

Ionsurge

Sat 2nd Apr '05, 5:13am

I'm using under 4mb. Mind, I have my own email account with my website, so that isn't a suprise.

TruthElixirX

Sat 2nd Apr '05, 5:22am

7 mre megabytes til everyone has 2 gig. ^_^/ howmuch longer will BETA last?

MrNase

Sat 2nd Apr '05, 7:14am

You are currently using 60 MB (3%) of your 2050 MB.

Strange.. Yesterday I was using 56 MB and I didn't get any new message!?

Alcar

Sat 2nd Apr '05, 9:49am

Hmmm, so it appears that they've given us more than 2 GB. 2050 MB and counting. Coolies.

Alcar...

bahawolf

Sat 2nd Apr '05, 10:04am

They did say they wanted to go as far as they could.

TruthElixirX

Sat 2nd Apr '05, 12:36pm

Still at 2050..hmm..looks like it won;'t be much lnoger til it updates wth another megabyte.

James Kojiro

Sat 2nd Apr '05, 1:35pm

Mine says: You are currently using 114 MB (6%) of your 2050 MB.

Oh, here is the infinity drawing if anyone wants it

MGM

Sat 2nd Apr '05, 1:48pm

Mine says: You are currently using 114 MB (6%) of your 2050 MB.

Oh, here is the infinity drawing if anyone wants it
Haha! That's pretty awesome :p Although I doubt they can offer us unlimited space :p

Mine is also at 2050 and hasn't changed (yet) although I bet they're just rounding up from 2048

MGM out

bahawolf

Sat 2nd Apr '05, 1:57pm

2051 now.. :)

CeleronXT

Sat 2nd Apr '05, 1:57pm

Just hit 2051. It stopped counting for me earlier at 2000, then I noticed my inbox had 2050. And now the counter's at it again. How high are they actually planning on going?

Its counting much slower than before.

mfinc

Sat 2nd Apr '05, 2:24pm

I don't get what's going on here...why is the space fluctuating like that?

bahawolf

Sat 2nd Apr '05, 2:34pm

Their adding more space to the accounts..
Read it on www.gmail.com - Theres a counter going up adding more space.

mfinc

Sat 2nd Apr '05, 2:43pm

Their adding more space to the accounts..
Read it on www.gmail.com (http://www.gmail.com) - Theres a counter going up adding more space.
I understand that, but I don't understand their statement: "As we are able to".

Yesterday it was below 2000 mb, and now above, and it keeps fluctuating...why is this?

mfinc

Sat 2nd Apr '05, 2:44pm

CeleronXT

Sat 2nd Apr '05, 2:55pm

"Our plan is to continue growing your storage beyond 2GBs by giving you more space as we are able."
Are they implying that they intend to grow our space well above 2GBs as they get the opportunity to? For example, within the next year we can have up to 4GBs if they get that opportunity?
Probably. I'd assume they could reasonably allow for up to 10 GB, and even more, because I doubt very many people even have over 100 MB.

The web space isn't fluctuating, its a very linear growth, aside from the slowdown after 2000.

mfinc

Sun 3rd Apr '05, 10:37pm

Probably. I'd assume they could reasonably allow for up to 10 GB, and even more, because I doubt very many people even have over 100 MB.

The web space isn't fluctuating, its a very linear growth, aside from the slowdown after 2000.
I noticed it wasn't fluctuating after I logged out and saw the counter! Lol, I thought my mind as playing games on me when I refreshed gmail page and it went up (I guess I assumed it went down as well).

That is really cool. So do they plan to keep going up?

MGM

Sun 3rd Apr '05, 10:51pm

I noticed it wasn't fluctuating after I logged out and saw the counter! Lol, I thought my mind as playing games on me when I refreshed gmail page and it went up (I guess I assumed it went down as well).

That is really cool. So do they plan to keep going up?
Apparently they want to get it as high as they can (I think they're shooting for infinity :p)

It's at 2055 MB now

MGM out

chrispadfield

Sun 3rd Apr '05, 11:00pm

As well as impressive technical people, they have some flipping good PR people at Google. Not many companies can generate the headlines they continually seem to do.

mfinc

Sun 3rd Apr '05, 11:18pm

As well as impressive technical people, they have some flipping good PR people at Google. Not many companies can generate the headlines they continually seem to do.
Agreed. I guess when you are as mainstream as Google, when you get a request to print a release in your newspapers, you would go along.

rebootln

Mon 4th Apr '05, 12:07am

You are currently using 244 MB (12%) of your 2055 MB.

P.S. In case you didn't know...gmail can be used as linux file system

google for it ;)

mfinc

Mon 4th Apr '05, 12:16am

You are currently using 244 MB (12%) of your 2055 MB.

P.S. In case you didn't know...gmail can be used as linux file system

google for it ;)
Yes I heard about this, isn't bad considering you can access gmail from anywhere!

Try: http://www.viksoe.dk/code/gmail.htm for WinXP

MGM

Mon 4th Apr '05, 1:03am

Yes I heard about this, isn't bad considering you can access gmail from anywhere!

Try: http://www.viksoe.dk/code/gmail.htm for WinXP
Ooohh that is quite interesting... thanks a lot for the link!

MGM out

bahawolf

Mon 4th Apr '05, 8:33am

Yes I heard about this, isn't bad considering you can access gmail from anywhere!

Try: http://www.viksoe.dk/code/gmail.htm for WinXP

The only bad part is what information do you store on GMail, that you wouldn't mind if it was deleted? Most of the stuff I have saved, I'd be upset if it was just gone or deleted, and thats why it is saved or else I'd just open it up and then delete it.

TruthElixirX

Mon 4th Apr '05, 11:05am

Very interesting...hmm....

mrdemon

Tue 5th Apr '05, 1:37am

I love Gmail!!!! It's so reliable! with 2GB I can store all the things I want, I suggest everyone to use Gmail.

mfinc

Tue 5th Apr '05, 3:22am

I love Gmail!!!! It's so reliable! with 2GB I can store all the things I want, I suggest everyone to use Gmail.
2056 mb...and going

Floris

Tue 5th Apr '05, 4:52am

You are currently using 244 MB (12%) of your 2055 MB.

P.S. In case you didn't know...gmail can be used as linux file system

google for it ;)
You can invite yourself for example 50 times, that would be 50x2GB space, cluster that and you got yourself a free internet computer :)

2059 mb right now. Does this mean that April 2006 we will have 3gb? :) And when can we get some statistics about their gmail accounts - I mean, if the majority uses 1mb used space they can even give us 1tb storage space :P

dilbert

Tue 5th Apr '05, 8:29am

If I were a paying customer they'd be getting their money out of me. :p
You are currently using 0 MB (0%) of your 2060 MB.
I use it as my junk account. If I don't want to give one of my real e-mail accounts I use this one and delete most everything from it once in a while.

bahawolf

Tue 5th Apr '05, 8:31am

I'll consider using GMail as another harddrive so to speak, but the fact is I just can't be worried about losing crucial information, if GMail ever 'improves' and I can't connect anymore.

TruthElixirX

Tue 5th Apr '05, 11:31am

You know there isa gmail forum?

*Removes link on own.*

Bah invision board.

EDIT:: Never mind., I thought it was official google boards but tis not. Its some third party..

Zecherieh

Sat 9th Apr '05, 4:17am

You can invite yourself for example 50 times, that would be 50x2GB space, cluster that and you got yourself a free internet computer :)

2059 mb right now. Does this mean that April 2006 we will have 3gb? :) And when can we get some statistics about their gmail accounts - I mean, if the majority uses 1mb used space they can even give us 1tb storage space :P

Hum, maybe its time to get a gmail account - that could come in handy.

vmatador

Wed 20th Apr '05, 5:00pm

Deleted link to blatant spam (non free service).

HeyJeeB

Wed 20th Apr '05, 8:03pm

Deleted link to blatant spam (non free service).

But we all know there is no such thing as 'unlimited' storage don't we? ;) That statement alone should put anyone off their services!