Base Ten for Almost Everything

Re:Base Ten for Almost Everything by Tiksi on Monday February 15, 2016 @06:00AM (#11102659)

Three flash drives I have on hand:

  64 GB:
  Disk /dev/sdi: 60 GiB, 64424509440 bytes, 125829120 sectors
  Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
  
  32 GB:
  Disk /dev/sdi: 28.9 GiB, 31037849600 bytes, 60620800 sectors
  Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
  
  8 GB:
  Disk /dev/sdi: 7.2 GiB, 7743995904 bytes, 15124992 sectors
  Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes

Apparently they're just kinda sorta close to what they're sold as, and they're not accurate in base10 or base2.

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Re:Base Ten for Almost Everything by brucedawson on Tuesday February 16, 2016 @02:54AM (#11108455)

Thanks for sharing those numbers. Definitely closer in base 10, but not as close as mine were.

The 32 GB one is disturbingly off. 31 GB would have been more honest. If the spare sectors required go up more then they'll have to adjust their marketing numbers and maybe we will see 30 GB, 60 GB, or 120 GB flash drives sold.

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