> Customer data sizes followed a power-law distribution. The largest customer had double the storage of the next largest customer, the next largest customer had half of that, etc
I’m no statistician, but I’m like 99% sure that’s an exponential, not a power law
There’s a world of difference. The point of an exponential is that you can ignore big things. The point of a power law is that you can’t.
>> Customer data sizes followed a power-law distribution. The largest customer had double the storage of the next largest customer, the next largest customer had half of that, etc
> I’m no statistician, but I’m like 99% sure that’s an exponential, not a power law
I’m no statistician, but I’m like 99% sure that’s an exponential, not a power law
There’s a world of difference. The point of an exponential is that you can ignore big things. The point of a power law is that you can’t.