What is native capacity?

In connection with the computer storage medium, the native capacity of a particular device or unit is the amount of space that is actually physically present on a unit or device. The distinction of native capacity, unlike other capacity measurements, is performed in situations where the information entered in the device is usually compressed or otherwise processed before enrollment, which provides a higher compressed capacity. For systems that use compression hardware or software, such as high -end strip units, native capacity is not usually listed as a unit size; Instead, a compressed capacity is given. Different file types compress in different proportions, so native capacity is a way to find out how much information the unit can hold in the worst case with zero compression for all files.

Many times the amount of space available on storage device is given as a amount of data after compressid. If a high number of files that do not have a PRODP are saved on the diskCompression, compressed capacity is reduced. In situations where a large number of already compressed files, executable files or coded images are stored, the native capacity is a better judge about how much information the unit will have.

Within the storage device, the native capacity is not necessarily the amount of space that can actually be used for data. Most often, when the file or more files are stored on the device, information about the size and name of the file is also stored, usually in the special area of ​​the disk itself. This means that a certain amount of other disk space is required for each file written so that the file can be reconstructed accurately. Overall, this can reduce the amount of usable disk space for a measurable amount.

Another resolution of native capacity assessment is that there are actually two forms of measurements. The most basic is called decimalMeasurement and is quite simple, it is just a real amount of space available. The second type of measurement is known as binary and deals with binary mathematics, which is regularly used by computers, operating systems and file systems. If the drive of 1 terabyte has native capacity, it could mean 1,000 decimal gigabytes or alternately, it could only mean more than 931 binary gigabytes, even if most manufacturers will distinguish somewhere in the literature for equipment.