Well, there is always the "try it and see" method of getting an answer....
  :-)

But to answer your question: if you specify 100K, you will get 102,400
byte files.

In general, we 1,024 bytes = 1 KB.

Regards,

Andy

Andy Raibeck
IBM Tivoli Systems
Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development
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Internet e-mail: storman AT us.ibm DOT com

The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked.
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Lindsay Morris <lmorris AT servergraph DOT com>
Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
09/07/2001 10:22
Please respond to lmorris


        To:     ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
        cc:
        Subject:        Re: What's a Kilobyte, in TSM terms?



Thanks, Richard.
But I was hoping for an authoritative answer from Tivoli.
Maybe I should rephrase the question:
If I say:
        define devcl file devtype=file maxcap=100K
Then what's the maximum amount of data I can store there: 100,000 or
102,400
?


> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU]On Behalf Of
> Richard Sims
> Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 12:03 PM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: What's a Kilobyte, in TSM terms?
>
>
> >Of course it's 1024.  But some applications, esp storage-related, like
to
> >use 1000 (and 1,000,000 for MB, etc.)
> >What does TSM use? Anybody know for sure?
>
> Lindsay - It is typically only disk drive manufacturers that express a
>           kilobyte as 1,000 bytes.  Software and tape drive makers
> typically use a 1,024 value.  The TSM Admin Ref manual glossary, and
> the 3590 Hardware Reference manual, for example, both define a kilobyte
> as 1,024.
>
>    Richard Sims, BU
>