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Gmail's Storage Space Plotted

GMAILI've been keeping track of the amount of space available to Gmail users ever since the April 1st 2005 "infinite storage + 1" announcement. It seems the growth has been linear, but sometime in late 2005 Google decided to change the rate. Google probably realized they couldn't realistically promise increasing server space by almost 3.3 MB per day and changed the function to 0.4 MB per day. At the current rate, Gmail will reach the 3 GB mark on approximately April 2008, which would be Gmail's 4 year anniversary. (more)