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> From TrueNAS/harddrive perspective, bits physical medium, bytes 'data as used by end user

Appreciate the response. Not sure I follow this last bit. My Q is about the inconsistency of how network data is measured.

TrueNAS measures it's network thruput in bytes. Users have asked for a toggle but he devs are resistant. I was hoping to learn why they really want bytes.

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Minimum standard of measurement of buffer size handled by electronics.

Simplified, non-technical: Adding 'bits' would just indicate how many bytes / 8 + bits in last byte of data transferred. Last byte in transfer message would still be processed as a full byte by electronics, even if less than 8 bits. So, no total through put change. aka from electonic path through put standpoint, 33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40 bits is same as a 5 bytes.

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