Data storage values
This appendix describes the units of measure that are used to express data storage values in the IBM Tape Storage products. For example, in the IBM TS3500 tape library chapter, it displays data storage values by using decimal (base-10) prefixes and binary (base-2) units of measurement.
Decimal units such as KB, MB, GB, and TB are commonly used to express data storage values, although these values are more accurately expressed by using binary units, such as KiB, MiB, GiB, and TiB. At the kilobyte level, the difference between ...
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