Convention For Storage Capacity Values - Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series User Manual

Convention
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Convention for storage capacity values

Physical storage capacity values (for example, disk drive capacity) are
calculated based on the following values:
1 kilobyte (KB)
1 megabyte (MB)
1 gigabyte (GB)
1 terabyte (TB)
1 petabyte (PB)
1 exabyte (EB)
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In a procedure: user interface item
Variable, emphasis, reference to document title, called-out term
Command name and option, drive name, file name, folder name,
directory name, code, file content, system and application
output, user input
Optional values
Required or expected value
Choice between two or more options or arguments
Meaning
WARNING
CAUTION
NOTICE
Note
Tip
Physical capacity unit
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Description
Description
This indicates the presence of a potential risk that
might cause death or severe injury.
This indicates the presence of a potential risk that
might cause relatively mild or moderate injury.
This indicates the presence of a potential risk that
might cause severe damage to the equipment and/or
damage to surrounding properties.
This indicates notes not directly related to injury or
severe damage to equipment.
This indicates advice on how to make the best use of
the equipment.
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1,000 (10 ) bytes
1,000 KB or 1,000
1,000 MB or 1,000
1,000 GB or 1,000
1,000 TB or 1,000
1,000 PB or 1,000
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Value
2
bytes
3
bytes
4
bytes
5
bytes
6
bytes