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Re: OT - Convert output of byte count to GB count?



Jerry Stuckle a écrit :
> On 2/16/2013 10:20 AM, Pascal Hambourg wrote:
>> Jerry Stuckle a écrit :
>>> On 2/16/2013 5:43 AM, Eduard Bloch wrote:
>>>> In fact, the main reason for becoming a drama is the impression that
>>>> numbers have on some people's mind. "I bought a 32 gig stick and Windows
>>>> says it's not even 30 gig on it... that's FRAUD!!"
>>
>>> Sure it has 32GB on it.  But that doesn't mean 32GB is available for
>>> your files.  There is OS overhead, also.
>>
>> Bullshit. Overhead does not consume 7% of the disk capacity. This is
>> just the difference between 1 GiB and 1 GB.
> 
> Overhead can easily take up 7% of the disk, depending on the file system 
> being used.

Let me rephrase it. Can you provide an example of a freshly created
filesystem of a common size with an overhead of at least 7%, i.e. with
the free space being less than 93 % of the raw size ?


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