ADSM-L

Re: Calculate 1 MB in TSM

2003-01-12 11:22:48
Subject: Re: Calculate 1 MB in TSM
From: "Seay, Paul" <seay_pd AT NAPTHEON DOT COM>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2003 11:21:23 -0500
Yeah, Roman numeral "M" is a 40+ year practice that sales people used at the
wholesale and manufacturing levels as kind of a shorthand for 1000.  As they
have migrated to computers this has mostly gone away because the quantity
fields only supported "ea" items standing for "each".

Paul D. Seay, Jr.
Technical Specialist
Naptheon Inc.
757-688-8180


-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Sims [mailto:rbs AT BU DOT EDU]
Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2003 7:09 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: Calculate 1 MB in TSM


>Unfortunately, our bean counters started using 60K for $60,000.  When
>the mainframe 3380 came out they decided to start counting disk in
>1000s and 1000000s.  This has just perpetuated on for disk to make it
>easy for people to calculate the space required because data records
>are measured in base 10 not base 2.  So, we are stuck with it.  TSM
>uses the open systems calculation, 1024.

Some businesses further confuse things by internally using the letter M to
denote 1000, in unit quantities in satisfying orders.  They should be
required to perform all their math in Roman numerals.

  Richard Sims, BU

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