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Conventions for storage capacity values
HP XP storage systems use the following values to calculate physical storage capacity values (hard
disk drives):
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1 KB (kilobyte) = 1,000 bytes
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1 MB (megabyte) = 1,000 2 bytes
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1 GB (gigabyte) = 1,000 3 bytes
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1 TB (terabyte) = 1,000 4 bytes
HP XP storage systems use the following values to calculate logical storage capacity values (logical
devices):
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1 KB (kilobyte) = 1,024 bytes
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1 MB (megabyte) = 1,024 2 bytes
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