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Conventions 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 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 capacity values (for example, logical device capacity, cache memory
capacity) are calculated based on the following values:
Logical capacity unit
Value
1 block 512 bytes
1 cylinder Mainframe: 870 KB
Open-systems:
• OPEN-V: 960 KB
• Others: 720 KB
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
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
Accessing product documentation
Product user documentation is available on Hitachi Data Systems Support
Connect: https://knowledge.hds.com/Documents. Check this site for the
most current documentation, including important updates that may have
been made after the release of the product.
20 Preface
Service Guide for VSP Gx00 and VSP Fx00 Models