Disk space

A single issue of a 28 or 32 page newspaper ends up being anywhere from 500 megabytes to 1.5 gigabytes on disk. That includes:

• InDesign files
• Photos and graphics, both original and toned versions
• Ad graphic files
• Story document files
• PDF files used by our printer and on our website

Each issue’s files is synced to about six different places, so that means a 1GB issue is actually taking up 6GB during production. (Eventually we reduce that number of places when the paper has been printed and published online.)