On Jan 11, 2013, at 4:56 PM, Fletcher Cocquyt fcocquyt@stanford.edu wrote:
For someone with a computer science background this was surprising to not have uniform definitions of units across media
Ram manufacturers don't do this according to the article they use (do Flash or SSD makers?)
So if I have full 1Tb RAM drive and try to copy it to a 1Tb HDD, it won't fit - I'll need 9.95% more space due to the different definitions of Tb
Made me wonder what the Netapp reporting tools, OpsMgr, System Manager, DFM etc do when reporting the #bytes available on a HDD as Tb do they do binary or decimal conversions?
All storage has started doing base10 and it is absolutely annoying to now think in 2 different dimensions.
I have started using TiB to reference base2 descriptions and TB for base10 versions so at least I can try to keep my mind clear.
What are some other implications of the unit definition difference?
Confusion. Lots of it.