A technician is reviewing the specifications for a new enterprise-level cloud storage solution. Which of the following units of measure represents the largest capacity for data storage?
A petabyte (PB) is a unit of digital information storage that is larger than a terabyte (TB). A petabyte is equivalent to 1,024 terabytes or approximately 1 million gigabytes (GB). This knowledge is crucial for IT professionals to understand the scaling of data storage capacities in large environments. The other units listed are progressively smaller, with a gigabyte being smaller than a terabyte, and a megabyte being the smallest of the options.
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