{
 "title": "Backup Window 2026: The Data Growth vs Throughput Gap",
 "url": "https://www.servnetuk.com/research/backup-window-data-growth-study-2026",
 "publisher": "Servnet Research",
 "license": "CC BY 4.0 — free to reuse with attribution",
 "collected": "2026-08-12",
 "records": [
  {
   "metric": "Oracle RA26 sustained backup and restore throughput per full rack",
   "value": "up to 60 TB/hour",
   "source": "Oracle"
  },
  {
   "metric": "Oracle RA26 virtual backup conversion at 10% change rate",
   "value": "600 TB/hour of virtual backups",
   "source": "Oracle"
  },
  {
   "metric": "Annual growth scenario in Scality example",
   "value": "20–30% annually",
   "source": "Scality"
  },
  {
   "metric": "Data created globally by 2026",
   "value": "230–240 zettabytes",
   "source": "Infinidat"
  },
  {
   "metric": "IDC 2020 global datasphere figure cited by ExaBsa",
   "value": "64.2 zettabytes",
   "source": "ExaBsa"
  },
  {
   "metric": "IDC 2025 global datasphere forecast cited by ExaBsa",
   "value": "181 zettabytes",
   "source": "ExaBsa"
  },
  {
   "metric": "Enterprise data generation growth cited by ExaBsa",
   "value": "about 30% per year",
   "source": "ExaBsa"
  },
  {
   "metric": "Global storage capacity growth cited by ExaBsa",
   "value": "about 18–20% per year",
   "source": "ExaBsa"
  }
 ]
}