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MB to PB - Conversion Formula and Steps
Megabyte and Petabyte are units of digital information used to measure storage capacity and data transfer rate. Both are decimal units. One Megabyte is equal to 1000^2 bytes. One Petabyte is equal to 1000^5 bytes. There are 1,000,000,000 Megabytes in one Petabyte. - view the difference between both units
| Source Data Unit | Target Data Unit |
|---|---|
|
Megabyte (MB)
Equal to 1000^2 bytes
(Decimal Unit) |
Petabyte (PB)
Equal to 1000^5 bytes
(Decimal Unit) |
The formula of converting the Megabyte to Petabyte is represented as follows :
Now let us apply the above formula and, write down the steps to convert from Megabyte (MB) to Petabyte (PB). This way, we can try to simplify and reduce to an easy to apply formula.
Petabyte = Megabyte / 10003
Petabyte = Megabyte / (1000x1000x1000)
Petabyte = Megabyte / 1000000000
Petabyte = Megabyte x (1 / 1000000000)
Petabyte = Megabyte x 0.000000001
Example : If we apply the above Formula and steps, conversion from 10 MB to PB, will be processed as below.
- = 10 / 10003
- = 10 / (1000x1000x1000)
- = 10 / 1000000000
- = 10 x (1 / 1000000000)
- = 10 x 0.000000001
- = 0.00000001
- i.e. 10 MB is equal to 0.00000001 PB.
(Result rounded off to 40 decimal positions.)
You can use above formula and steps to convert Megabyte to Petabyte using any of the programming language such as Java, Python or Powershell.
Excel Formula to convert from MB to PB
Apply the formula as shown below to convert from Megabyte to Petabyte.
| A | B | C | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Megabyte (MB) | Petabyte (PB) | |
| 2 | 1 | =A2 * 0.000000001 | |
| 3 |
Download - Excel Template for Megabyte to Petabyte Conversion
If you want to perform bulk conversion locally in your system, then download and make use of above Excel template.
Python Code for MB to PB Conversion
You can use below code to convert any value in Megabyte to Petabyte in Python.
petabyte = megabyte / (1000*1000*1000)
print("{} Megabyte = {} Petabyte".format(megabyte,petabyte))
The first line of code will prompt the user to enter the Megabyte as an input. The value of Petabyte is calculated on the next line, and the code in third line will display the result.