Filesystem Atlas - Master Index

Storage Unit Ladders (Decimal vs Binary)

Filesystems use binary units (KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB, EiB). Drive manufacturers use decimal units (KB, MB, GB, TB, EB). These ladders show the exact byte values.

Decimal (SI) Units - Powers of 10

UnitNameExact BytesPower
KBKilobyte1,000103
MBMegabyte1,000,000106
GBGigabyte1,000,000,000109
TBTerabyte1,000,000,000,0001012
PBPetabyte1,000,000,000,000,0001015
EBExabyte1,000,000,000,000,000,0001018
ZBZettabyte1,000,000,000,000,000,000,001021
YBYottabyte1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,0001024

Binary (IEC) Units - Powers of 2

UnitNameExact BytesPower
KiBKibibyte1,024210
MiBMebibyte1,048,576220
GiBGibibyte1,073,741,824230
TiBTebibyte1,099,511,627,776240
PiBPebibyte1,125,899,906,842,624250
EiBExbibyte1,152,921,504,606,846,976260
ZiBZebibyte1,180,591,620,717,411,303,424270
YiBYobibyte1,208,925,819,614,629,174,706,176280

Modules

Versioning

Each module includes a Created and Last Modified line for archival clarity.