SG872 Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 Is there a way/option to have the UI show disk capacities in the base 2 system instead of base 10? Ex: Instead of 1TB it would show 931GB, and the same would be said for used space. You know when 1024 bytes = 1KB instead of 1000 bytes Link to comment
gubbgnutten Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 If this ever becomes an option, I sincerely hope that the IEC prefixes are used (resulting in KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB and so on...) Link to comment
bonienl Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 Really, Microsoft should update their OS and use the correct abbreviations. Link to comment
garycase Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 The difference between "computer-ese" and "disk-drive-maker-ese" in capacity has been around for a VERY long time (at least since I first started working with computer 54 years ago) ... and isn't likely to change. If LimeTech displayed the "computer-ese" values on the GUI (i.e. 1KB = 2^10), folks would complain about the disks being smaller than the labeled capacity (which is, of course, in "disk-drive-maker-ese" (1KB = 10^3). There is, of course, no "right way" -- and it's very unlikely that the the IEC's suggestion to use "kibibytes" instead of "kilobytes" will become widely adapted. I think users will simply have to understand the difference in how PC's vs. disk manufacturers measure and know what's being displayed. Link to comment
bonienl Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 Let me ask a question: File size = 100 MB Link speed = 100 Mbps How long does it take to transfer this file? A) 100MB = 100 * 8 = 800Mb / 100Mbps = 8 sec B) 100MB = 100 * 1024 * 1024 * 8 = 838.86 / 100Mbps = 8.4 sec C) 100MB = 100 * 8 = 800Mb / 100 * 1024 * 1024 = 7.6 sec D) 100MB = 100 * 1024 * 1024 * 8 / 100 * 1024 * 1024 = 8 sec Link to comment
SG872 Posted May 15, 2017 Author Share Posted May 15, 2017 The thing is in unRAID it isn't consistent. The disks shows as 1TB instead of 931 GiB, but when you create a vdisk say 700GB it is actually 700GiB and not 751GB Link to comment
bonienl Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 It's true that consistency can improve, the VM part is an example. In other parts of the configuration, e.g. cache minimum free size, the following is used (see also help) KB = 1,000MB = 1,000,000GB = 1,000,000,000TB = 1,000,000,000,000 If no suffix, a count of 1024-byte blocks is assumed. Examples: 2GB => 2,000,000,000 bytes2000000 => 2,048,000,000 bytes Link to comment
garycase Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 4 hours ago, bonienl said: If no suffix, a count of 1024-byte blocks is assumed. Examples: 2GB => 2,000,000,000 bytes2000000 => 2,048,000,000 bytes Very interesting -- and definitely a lack of consistency ! Link to comment
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