8.96.4 Overview Storage Allocation Units
Unit
Multiplier
Name (Symbol)
IEC Name (IEC Symbol)
Restrictions
B
None
Byte (B)
Byte (B)
K
2**10
Kilobyte (kB)
Kibibyte (KiB)
M
2**20
Megabyte (MB)
Mebibyte (MiB)
G
2**30
Gigabyte (GB)
Gibibyte (GiB)
T
2**40
Terabyte (TB)
Tebibyte (TiB)
Not on 32-bit machines
P
2**50
Petabyte (PB)
Pebibyte (PiB)
Not on 32-bit machines
E
2*60
Exabyte (EB)
Exbibyte (EiB)
Not on 32-bit machines
Table 20: Storage Allocation Units
8.96.5 Examples
Example 1:
Display the current size of the main storage.
HHC00013I Herc command: 'mainsize'
HHC17003I MAIN storage is 001 GBytes 'mainsize'; storage is not locked
Figure 181: MAINSIZE command (display size of main storage)
Example 2:
Set the size of the main storage to 512 MB. Do not lock the memory into the storage.
HHC00013I Herc command: 'mainsize 512'
HHC17003I MAIN storage is 512 MBytes 'mainsize'; storage is not locked
Figure 182: MAINSIZE command (Set size of unlocked main storage)
