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> I’ve used a 100 GB VM, whose size is given as 107 GB Surprised to see this confusing statement in an article about understanding file sizes. The difference i
by colanderman 3y ago
> I’ve used a 100 GB VM, whose size is given as 107 GB
Surprised to see this confusing statement in an article about understanding file sizes. The difference is due to base-2 vs. base-10 units: 100 GiB = 107.4 GB
- johnnyworker 3y ago> whose size is given as 107 GB, although it only takes 18.47 GB on disk In context The 107 GB and 18.47 GB are being contrasted, not 100 GB and 107 GB.