Scale suffixes
For example the value 4096 might be displayed as 4K. Several services also accept scaled values as input. For example, the WARNING service permits the use of scaled values when changing the values for an Exception Monitor Sampler.
The following table lists the suffix characters.
Suffix character | Description |
|---|---|
K | indicates that the preceding decimal value is in Kilobytes and should be scaled by multiplying it by 10 to the 3rd power |
M | indicates that the preceding decimal value is in Megabytes and should be scaled by multiplying it by 10 to the 6th power |
G | indicates that the preceding decimal value is in Gigabytes and should be scaled by multiplying it by 10 to the 9th power |
T | indicates that the preceding decimal value is in Terabytes and should be scaled by multiplying it by 10 to the 12th power |
P | indicates that the preceding decimal value is in Petabytes and should be scaled by multiplying it by 10 to the 15th power |
Ki | indicates that the preceding decimal value is in Kilobytes and should be scaled by multiplying it by 2 to the 10th power |
Mi | indicates that the preceding decimal value is in Megabytes and should be scaled by multiplying it by 2 to the 20th power |
Gi | indicates that the preceding decimal value is in Gigabytes and should be scaled by multiplying it by 2 to the 30th power |
Ti | indicates that the preceding decimal value is in Terabytes and should be scaled by multiplying it by 2 to the 40th power |
Pi | indicates that the preceding decimal value is in Petabytes and should be scaled by multiplying it by 2 to the 50th power |