Conventions for storage capacity values, Typographic conventions – HP XP P9500 Storage User Manual

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Conventions for storage capacity values

P9000 disk arrays use the following values to calculate physical storage capacity values (hard
disk drives):

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1 KB (kilobyte) = 1,000 bytes

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1 MB (megabyte) = 1,000

2

bytes

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1 GB (gigabyte) = 1,000

3

bytes

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1 TB (terabyte) = 1,000

4

bytes

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1 PB (petabyte) = 1,000

5

bytes

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1 EB (exabyte) = 1,000

6

bytes

P9000 disk arrays use the following values to calculate logical storage capacity values (logical
devices):

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1 KB (kilobyte) = 1,024 bytes

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1 MB (megabyte) = 1,024

2

bytes

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1 GB (gigabyte) = 1,024

3

bytes

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1 TB (terabyte) = 1,024

4

bytes

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1 PB (petabyte) = 1,024

5

bytes

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1 EB (exabyte) = 1,024

6

bytes

Typographic conventions

Table 18 Document conventions

Element

Convention

Cross-reference links

Blue text:

Table 18 (page 39)

email addresses

Blue, bold, underlined text

Website addresses

Blue, underlined text:

http://www.hp.com

Bold text

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Keys that are pressed

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Text typed into a GUI element, such as a box

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GUI elements that are clicked or selected, such as menu
and list items, buttons, tabs, and check boxes

Text emphasis

Italic text

Monospace

text

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File and directory names

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System output

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Code

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Commands, their arguments, and argument values

Monospace, italic

text

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Code variables

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Command variables

Emphasized monospace text

Monospace, bold

text

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