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What are the Capacity units displayed in SANtricity Storage Array Manager and StorageGRID Grid Manager?

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Applies to

  • E-Series SANtricity
  • StorageGRID

Answer

  • The numerical base used to calculate capacity for
    • SANtricity OS 8.30 and earlier are numerical base-2 and StorageGRID OS are numerical base-10. 
    • SANtricity OS 8.30 onwards allow User-selectable preference for Base-2 versus Base-10.

Additional Information

More Details on base-2 and base-10 chart : ResearchDrive - Understanding Storage Units GB vs. GiB

 

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