Re: What's a Kilobyte, in TSM terms?

Actually, the only term which is confusing is MegaByte.
Only MegaByte was redefined by disk-manufacturers to 1e6 bytes.
Now that GigaBytes are common they are actually defined as 1024 MegaBytes.
(However 1024 ``bad'' megabytes)
1 kilobyte is ALWAYS 1024 bytes.
/wfr
Fredrik


On Fri, Sep 07, 2001 at 02:03:07PM -0400, Lindsay Morris wrote:
> Thanks, Andy. (Too lazy to try it... - knew you'd be there for me  :-}  )
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU]On Behalf 
> > Of
> > Andrew Raibeck
> > Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 1:57 PM
> > To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> > Subject: Re: What's a Kilobyte, in TSM terms?
> >
> >
> > Well, there is always the "try it and see" method of getting an answer....
> >   :-)
> >
> > But to answer your question: if you specify 100K, you will get 102,400
> > byte files.
> >
> > In general, we 1,024 bytes = 1 KB.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Andy
> >
> > Andy Raibeck
> > IBM Tivoli Systems
> > Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development
> > Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/IBM@IBMUS
> > Internet e-mail: storman AT us.ibm DOT com
> >
> > The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked.
> > The command line is your friend.
> > "Good enough" is the enemy of excellence.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Lindsay Morris <lmorris AT servergraph DOT com>
> > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
> > 09/07/2001 10:22
> > Please respond to lmorris
> >
> >
> >         To:     ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> >         cc:
> >         Subject:        Re: What's a Kilobyte, in TSM terms?
> >
> >
> >
> > 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
> > >
> >
>