On 01/02/2018 08:54 AM, John Spray wrote: > On Tue, Jan 2, 2018 at 10:43 AM, Jan Fajerski <jfajerski@xxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hi lists, >> Currently the ceph status output formats all numbers with binary unit >> prefixes, i.e. 1MB equals 1048576 bytes and an object count of 1M equals >> 1048576 objects. I received a bug report from a user that printing object >> counts with a base 2 multiplier is confusing (I agree) so I opened a bug and >> https://github.com/ceph/ceph/pull/19117. >> In the PR discussion a couple of questions arose that I'd like to get some >> opinions on: > >> - Should we print binary unit prefixes (MiB, GiB, ...) since that would be >> technically correct? > > I'm not a fan of the technically correct base 2 units -- they're still > relatively rarely used, and I've spent most of my life using kB to > mean 1024, not 1000. > >> - Should counters (like object counts) be formatted with a base 10 >> multiplier or a multiplier woth base 2? > > I prefer base 2 for any dimensionless quantities (or rates thereof) in > computing. Metres and kilograms go in base 10, bytes go in base 2. > > It's all very subjective and a matter of opinion of course, and my > feelings aren't particularly strong :-) > > John 100% agreed. "iB" is an affectation IMO. But I'm grumpy and old. _______________________________________________ ceph-users mailing list ceph-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.ceph.com/listinfo.cgi/ceph-users-ceph.com
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