Convention for storage capacity values – HP Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager Software User Manual

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Convention

SD

Bold code-font characters indicate the abbreviation for a

command.

perm

Underlined characters indicate the default value.

[ ]

Square brackets enclose an item or set of items whose

specification is optional. An item that is underlined is specified

when other items are omitted.

{ }

One of the options enclosed in { } must be specified.

|

Only one of the options separated by a vertical bar can be

specified at the same time.

...

An ellipsis (...) indicates that the item or items enclosed in ( )

or [ ] immediately preceding the ellipsis may be specified as

many times as necessary.

()

Parentheses indicate the range of items to which the vertical

bar (|) or ellipsis (...) is applicable.

>

A prompt on a command-execution window.

Convention for storage capacity values

Physical storage capacity values (e.g., drive capacity) are calculated based on

the following values:

Physical capacity unit

Value

1 kilobyte (KB)

1,000 (10

3

) bytes

1 megabyte (MB)

1,000 KB or 1,000

2

bytes

1 gigabyte (GB)

1,000 MB or 1,000

3

bytes

1 terabyte (TB)

1,000 GB or 1,000

4

bytes

1 petabyte (PB)

1,000 TB or 1,000

5

bytes

1 exabyte (EB)

1,000 PB or 1,000

6

bytes

Logical storage capacity values (e.g., logical device capacity) are calculated

based on the following values:

Logical capacity unit

Value

1 block

512 bytes

1 KB

1,024 (2

10

) bytes

1 MB

1,024 KB or 1,024

2

bytes

1 GB

1,024 MB or 1,024

3

bytes

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