Thanks, Richard.
But I was hoping for an authoritative answer from Tivoli.
Maybe I should rephrase the question:
If I say:
        define devcl file devtype=file maxcap=100K
Then what's the maximum amount of data I can store there: 100,000 or 102,400
?


> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU]On Behalf Of
> Richard Sims
> Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 12:03 PM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: What's a Kilobyte, in TSM terms?
>
>
> >Of course it's 1024.  But some applications, esp storage-related, like to
> >use 1000 (and 1,000,000 for MB, etc.)
> >What does TSM use? Anybody know for sure?
>
> Lindsay - It is typically only disk drive manufacturers that express a
>           kilobyte as 1,000 bytes.  Software and tape drive makers
> typically use a 1,024 value.  The TSM Admin Ref manual glossary, and
> the 3590 Hardware Reference manual, for example, both define a kilobyte
> as 1,024.
>
>    Richard Sims, BU
>