What is a “Terabyte-o-Saurus”? Melinda Redenius at Veracity Forensics tells you here – and how it is complicating discovery and forensics!

In the post from Melinda Redenius titled (wait for it!) Terabyte-o-Saurus: Everyone Is a Data Hoarder Now and Discovery Is Paying the Price (available here), she discusses how she is “writing this from the lab, somewhere between hour nine and hour fourteen of another mobile device collection, watching a progress bar crawl across the screen like it, too, is questioning its life choices.” 😉

Why? As she notes: “This is no longer a storage arms race. It’s an arms escalation.”

She adds: “We now live in a world where 1TB smartphones are routine, and 2TB devices are entering the market. What used to be enterprise-scale storage now fits in a pocket, rides in an Uber, and refuses to be without Wi-Fi for more than fifteen minutes… And yet, somehow, the expectations around collecting that data haven’t changed.”

• Clients expect collections to be fast.
• Custodians expect to be without their devices for no more than a few hours.
• Legal teams expect completeness, defensibility, and precision—without compromise.

So, what are two real-world examples that illustrate how achieving that reality is difficult? And what is the “Terabyte-o-Saurus” era and how can you keep it from overwhelming discovery and forensics? Find out here, it’s just one click! Don’t worry – this link won’t go extinct! 🤣

So, what do you think? Do you find that mobile device collection is more complicated than ever? Please share any comments you might have or if you’d like to know more about a particular topic.

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