When we look at Gmail login page, we can see the space counting dynamically. What does it represent – does it mean that Google is dynamically increasing it's server space?
What happens in the back end while the Gmail space gets dynamically increased?
Best Answer
As Al mentioned, it's just a gimmick plus some JavaScript trickery that shows the 'real-time' increase - in practice, the amount is a fixed space which gets increased at regular intervals.
This Stack Overflow answer explains how the JS bit works