[pve-devel] network card MBit/s vs MB/s

[Stefan Priebe - Profihost AG]

Hi,
Am 17.02.2013 15:39, schrieb Dietmar Maurer:
>>> All networking measurements are in bits/s       Megabits, Kilobits
>>>
>>> Having Proxmox's in MB/s is inconsistent with the way the rest of the
>>> industry measures network bandwidth.
> 
> Besides, is there any other reason why 'Bits' are better that 'Bytes'?

No the users are just used to it. Even my grandfather knows that his
network card is 100Mbit/s so even he would always put in 100 or 1000 or
10 and thinks in Mbit/s.

Stefan