@@ -80,11 +80,11 @@ less sharing than average you'll need a larger-than-average metadata device.
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8181As a guide, we suggest you calculate the number of bytes to use in the
8282metadata device as 48 * $data_dev_size / $data_block_size but round it up
83- to 2MB if the answer is smaller. If you're creating large numbers of
83+ to 2MiB if the answer is smaller. If you're creating large numbers of
8484snapshots which are recording large amounts of change, you may find you
8585need to increase this.
8686
87- The largest size supported is 16GB : If the device is larger,
87+ The largest size supported is 16GiB : If the device is larger,
8888a warning will be issued and the excess space will not be used.
8989
9090Reloading a pool table
@@ -107,13 +107,13 @@ Using an existing pool device
107107
108108$data_block_size gives the smallest unit of disk space that can be
109109allocated at a time expressed in units of 512-byte sectors.
110- $data_block_size must be between 128 (64KB ) and 2097152 (1GB ) and a
111- multiple of 128 (64KB ). $data_block_size cannot be changed after the
110+ $data_block_size must be between 128 (64KiB ) and 2097152 (1GiB ) and a
111+ multiple of 128 (64KiB ). $data_block_size cannot be changed after the
112112thin-pool is created. People primarily interested in thin provisioning
113- may want to use a value such as 1024 (512KB ). People doing lots of
114- snapshotting may want a smaller value such as 128 (64KB ). If you are
113+ may want to use a value such as 1024 (512KiB ). People doing lots of
114+ snapshotting may want a smaller value such as 128 (64KiB ). If you are
115115not zeroing newly-allocated data, a larger $data_block_size in the
116- region of 256000 (128MB ) is suggested.
116+ region of 262144 (128MiB ) is suggested.
117117
118118$low_water_mark is expressed in blocks of size $data_block_size. If
119119free space on the data device drops below this level then a dm event
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ i) Constructor
291291 error_if_no_space:
292292 Error IOs, instead of queueing, if no space.
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294- Data block size must be between 64KB (128 sectors) and 1GB
294+ Data block size must be between 64KiB (128 sectors) and 1GiB
295295 (2097152 sectors) inclusive.
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