First Published: 12/22/2008       Last Modified: 12/22/2008      Last Modified by: LL    Article ID:4

Products Affected:   HDPro & HDPro2, HDOne, CalDigit RAID Card, HDElement, CalDigit VR & mini, FireWire VR, S2VR HD, S2VR Duo

The actual definition of "1GB" = "1,073,741,824 bytes", and it's NOT "1GB" = "1,000,000,000 bytes". Therefore, the calculation for 6000GB is: 6000 / 1.073741824 = 5587.94 which rounds up to 5588GB. Most operation systems defines 'gigabyte' as 1,073,741,824 bytes. As result, this system do apply on any CalDigit or CalDigit related devices, and the 'capacity shortage' is not related to your CalDigit disk array's physical specifications. For more information about how Apple's OS reports the capacity, please visit Apple's Knowledge Base below: How Mac OS X reports drive capacity

Additional Information: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2419

Keywords : actual capacity, gigabyte, bytes