[OpenIndiana-discuss] Formula raidz storage space caclulation

Jim Klimov jimklimov at cos.ru
Tue Apr 8 18:35:10 UTC 2014


On 2014-04-08 19:46, Timothy Coalson wrote:
>> (I am sometimes confused by "b" vs. "B" in such decimal vs. binary
>> notations, so maybe that should have been written another way around)

> Sorry, this is off topic, but this bothers me a little: "b" means bit, not
> 1024-flavored SI (as in 6Gbps SATA).  1024-flavored terabyte is officially
> TiB, and said Tebibyte, though I haven't heard many people using it: see
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terabyte and
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terabit.

Off-topic or not, but quite clear... so thanks ! :)

//Jim Klimov




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