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Document conventions, Convention for storage capacity values – Hitachi MK-97DF8018-00 User Manual

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Preface

Hitachi Simple Modular Storage Copy-on-Write SnapShot User’s Guide

Document Conventions

The following table describes the typographic conventions used in this

document.

Convention for Storage Capacity Values

Storage capacity values for hard disk drives (HDDs) in Hitachi Data

Systems’ storage products are calculated based on the following values:
• 1 KB = 1,000 bytes

• 1 MB = 1,000

2

bytes

• 1 GB = 1,000

3

bytes

• 1 TB = 1,000

4

bytes

Storage capacity values for hard disk drives (HDDs) in the Hitachi Simple

Modular Storage 100 are calculated based on the following values:
• 1 KB (kilobyte) = 1,024 bytes

• 1 MB (megabyte) = 1,024

2

bytes

• 1 GB (gigabyte) = 1,024

3

bytes

• 1 TB (terabyte) = 1,024

4

bytes

For further information on the Hitachi storage system, refer to the user's

guide for the system (for example, Hitachi Simple Modular Storage

Hardware Guide, MK-96DF8061).

Convention

Description

Bold

Indicates text on a window, other than the window title, including
menus, menu options, buttons, fields, and labels. Example: Click
OK.

Italic

Indicates a variable, which is a placeholder for actual text provided
by the user or system. Example: copy source-file target-file. Note:
Angled brackets (< >) are also used to indicate variables.

screen/code

Indicates text that is displayed on screen or entered by the user.
Example: # pairdisplay -g oradb

< >

angled

brackets

Indicates a variable, which is a placeholder for actual text provided
by the user or system. Example: # pairdisplay -g
Note: Italic font is also used to indicate variables.

[ ] square

brackets

Indicates optional values. Example: [ a | b ] indicates that you can
choose a, b, or nothing.

{ } braces

Indicates required or expected values. Example: { a | b } indicates
that you must choose either a or b.

| vertical bar

Indicates that you have a choice between two or more options or
arguments. Examples:
[ a | b ] indicates that you can choose a, b, or nothing.
{ a | b } indicates that you must choose either a or b.

underline

Indicates the default value. Example: [ a | b ]