Icon Meaning Description
Caution Warns that failure to take or avoid a specified action can
result in adverse conditions or consequences (for example,
loss of access to data).
WARNING Warns the user of severe conditions, consequences, or both
(for example, destructive operations).
Convention for storage capacity values
Physical storage capacity values (for example, disk drive capacity) are
calculated based on the following values:
Physical capacity unit Value
1 KB 1,000 bytes
1 MB
1,000
2
 bytes
1 GB
1,000
3
 bytes
1 TB
1,000
4
 bytes
1 PB
1,000
5
 bytes
1 EB
1,000
6
 bytes
Logical storage capacity values (for example, logical device capacity) are
calculated based on the following values:
Logical capacity unit Value
1 KB 1,024 bytes
1 MB
1,024 KB or 1,024
2
 bytes
1 GB
1,024 MB or 1,024
3
 bytes
1 TB
1,024 GB or 1,024
4
 bytes
1 PB
1,024 TB or 1,024
5
 bytes
1 EB
1,024 PB or 1,024
6
 bytes
1 block 512 bytes
Accessing product documentation
The VSP G1000 user documentation is available on the HDS Support Portal:
https://hdssupport.hds.com. Please check this site for the most current
documentation, including important updates that may have been made after
the release of the product.
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Preface
Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G1000 Global-Active Device User Guide