| From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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| To: | Kevin Grittner <Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov> |
| Cc: | Nicolas Barbier <nicolas(dot)barbier(at)gmail(dot)com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Re: In pg_test_fsync, use K(1024) rather than k(1000) for write size units. |
| Date: | 2011-01-27 16:33:55 |
| Message-ID: | 201101271633.p0RGXtH11225@momjian.us |
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Kevin Grittner wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
>
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bytes#Unit_symbol
> >
> > You can see the chart on the right.
>
> According to which, the JEDEC standard requires KB and the IEC
> standard requires KiB. What standard led us to use kB instead? It
> seems to generally mean 1000 instead of 1024.
I assume Peter did lots of research when he added 'kB' to
postgresql.conf.
> > However, I agree 'kB' is the best.
>
> Why?
No idea.
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