Size units

Many API parameters specify a data size. When indicated, these parameters can accept various size units, which must be indicated in a separate, case-sensitive parameter.

Table 1. Units of storage capacity
SI Units Bytes Bytes (10x) IEC Units Bytes Bytes (2x)

kB*

1,000

103

KiB

1,024

210

MB

1,000,000

106

MiB

1,048,576

220

GB

1,000,000,000

109

GiB

1,073,741,824

230

TB

1,000,000,000,000

1012

TiB

1,099,511,627,776

240

PB

1,000,000,000,000,000

1015

PiB

1,125,899,906,842,624

250

Note: Kilobyte uses a lowercase k on kB.

All capacity or size values in responses are given in bytes.