Specifications, Memory and storage capacity conventions, Raid conventions – HP Smart Array P731m Controller User Manual

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Specifications 8

Specifications

Memory and storage capacity conventions

Memory capacities are specified using binary prefixes:

KiB = 2

10

bytes

MiB = 2

20

bytes

GiB = 2

30

bytes

TiB = 2

40

bytes

Storage capacities are specified using SI prefixes:

KB = 10

3

bytes

MB = 10

6

bytes

GB = 10

9

bytes

TB = 10

12

bytes

Older, and other, documentation may use SI prefixes for binary values.
Actual available memory capacity and actual formatted storage capacity for devices are less than specified

values.

RAID conventions

HP uses the following naming convention for RAID levels:

RAID 0

RAID 10

RAID 5

RAID 50

RAID 6

RAID 60

RAID 1 (ADM)

RAID 10 (ADM)

RAID 50 and RAID 60 are also known in the industry as RAID 5+0 and RAID 6+0, respectively.

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