[mrtg] Re: bits or bytes?

[Jerry Heidtke]

By common usage,

Bytes per second = B/s, Bps, kBps, mBps, etc.
Bits per second = b/s, bps, kbps, mbps, etc.

In other words, bits, being small, are expressed in small (lower case)
letters. Bytes, being larger by nature, are expressed in large (upper case)
letters.

I don't think there is an actual documented standard for this (someone will
correct me if I am wrong), but this is the way most of the world understands
it.

Jerry

-----Original Message-----
From: Marco De Vitis [mailto:marco.dvv at libero.it]
Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 11:47 AM
To: mrtg at list.ee.ethz.ch
Subject: [mrtg] bits or bytes?



A fundamental question: the default MRTG graphs show values expressed
in "B/s"... does this mean bits per second, or bytes per second?

Thanks.

Ciao,
  Marco.
-- 
..."Outside", David Bowie 1995

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