RE: Anyone know what the write size of the 500g SATA drives is? - toasters

20 Apr 2006


      Looking a bit deeper:
866,531,584 blocks * 512k/block / 1024 (kb) / 1024 (mb) = 423111MB or
413.2GB (roughly)
Right Sized Space:  423111 * .9 (10% WAFL reserve) = 380800 MB or
371.875GB
FWIW you should always look at the 'used' column in sysconfig -r, and
it's always reported in MB...
Glenn
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From: Glenn Walker 
Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 7:31 PM
To: 'Callaway, Michael'; 'Steven Mandrake'; 'Grey Friday'
Cc: 'toasters@mathworks.com'
Subject: RE: Anyone know what the write size of the 500g SATA drives is?
The correct answer is 423GB:
http://now.netapp.com/Knowledgebase/solutionarea.asp?id=3%2E0%2E3636257%
2E2785921
Glenn
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From: owner-toasters@mathworks.com [mailto:owner-toasters@mathworks.com]
On Behalf Of Callaway, Michael
Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 3:28 PM
To: Steven Mandrake; Grey Friday
Cc: toasters@mathworks.com
Subject: RE: Anyone know what the write size of the 500g SATA drives is?
Really?  I thought it would be closer to 465 or a maybe only a little
less after format.  Most of the time they count 500GB to be
500,000,000,000 bytes and then you get to lose your 1024x3 to make it
the real GB. (10.24x4 will give you a number too small, even taking into
account the movement of the decimal point)
...but I could be wrong
Thanks, Michael
Server Administrator
NTTA/IT
214-461-2033
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From: owner-toasters@mathworks.com [mailto:owner-toasters@mathworks.com]
On Behalf Of Steven Mandrake
Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 1:16 PM
To: Grey Friday
Cc: toasters@mathworks.com
Subject: Re: Anyone know what the write size of the 500g SATA drives is?
After format it's about 425 GB
After the WAFL right it's about 370 GB
On 4/19/06, Grey Friday grey.friday@gmail.com wrote: