By Zvi Dvir Presented at Eurekamp 2008 (www.eurekamp.com) http://www.cs.technion.ac.il/~zdevir/main1.html

1. Gmail’s Quota and few in-jokes Zvi Devir zdevir AT gmail.com

4. Storage quota graph

5. Gmail’s quota counter var CP = [ [ 1167638400000, 2800 ], [ 1175414400000, 2835 ], [ 1207033200000, 2980 ], [ 1238569200000, 3125 ], [ 1270105200000, 3270 ], [ 1301641200000, 3415 ], [ 1333263600000, 3560 ] ]; This is a code fragment from the “Welcome to Gmail” page: Dates in serial form Storage quota in Mb

6. Gmail’s quota counter var CP = [ [ 01/01/2007 08:00 -> 2800 Mb ], [ 01/04/2007 08:00 -> 2835 Mb ], [ 01/04/2008 07:00 -> 2980 Mb ], [ 01/04/2009 07:00 -> 3125 Mb ], [ 01/04/2010 07:00 -> 3270 Mb ], [ 01/04/2011 07:00 -> 3415 Mb ], [ 01/04/2012 07:00 -> 3560 Mb ] ]; Gmail calculates the current quota using a linear interpolation between the date “points”. The quota counter table in human readable form:

8. October 12 th , 2007 – New quota

9. New quota counter // Estimates of nanite storage generation over time. var CP = [ [ 1175414400000, 2835 ], [ 1192176000000, 2912 ], [ 1193122800000, 4321 ], [ 1199433600000, 6283 ], [ 2147328000000, 43008 ], [ 46893711600000, Number.MAX_VALUE ] ]; This is the new JavaScript counter:

13. New quota counter // Estimates of nanite storage generation over time. var CP = [ [ 01/04/2007 08:00 -> 2835 Mb ], [ 12/10/2007 08:00 -> 2912 Mb ], [ 23/10/2007 07:00 -> 4321 Mb ], [ 04/01/2008 08:00 -> 6283 Mb ], [ 17/01/2038 08:00 -> 42 Gb ], [ 02/01/3456 07:00 -> Infinite... ] ]; The new counter in human readable format:

17. New quota counter // Estimates of nanite storage generation over time. var CP = [ [ 01/04/2007 08:00 -> 2835 Mb ], [ 12/10/2007 08:00 -> 2912 Mb ], [ 23/10/2007 07:00 -> 4321 Mb ], [ 04/01/2008 08:00 -> 6283 Mb ], [ 17/01/2038 08:00 -> 42 Gb ], [ 02/01/3456 07:00 -> Infinite... ] ]; The new counter in human readable format: Still, something is wrong…