On Friday 14 April 2006 03:02, CaT wrote: > On Thu, Apr 13, 2006 at 09:18:17AM -0400, Matthias Julius wrote: > > > On Wed, 2006-04-12 at 12:32 -0400, Matthias Julius wrote: > > >> Yes, there is. As example here is part of the output of mdadm: > > >> > > >> Array Size : 468872448 (447.15 GiB 480.13 GB) > > >> Device Size : 156290816 (149.05 GiB 160.04 GB) > > >> ^^^ ^^ > > >> > > >> Note there is GiB (gibibyte) which is 1024 MiB (mebibyte) and there is > > >> GB (gigabyte) which is 1000 MB (megabyte). > > > > > > If GB is decimal, then why aren't the sizes > > > 468.87 GB > > > 156.29 GB > > > > Why should they be? > > Because dividing by a multpile of 10 essentially simply moves the > decimal point to the left. The thing that's not bleedingly obvious > there though is that 156290816 is in kibibytes. :) So: > > 156290816 * 1024 / 1000 / 1000 / 1000 ~= 160.04 GB :) You're getting your sizes confused, you either use base 2 or base 10, not both. 1024/1024/1024/1024 is the right equation. -- Paul Johnson Email and IM (XMPP & Google Talk): baloo@ursine.ca Jabber: Because it's time to move forward http://ursine.ca/Ursine:Jabber
Attachment:
pgpppa8iiJzm0.pgp
Description: PGP signature