Use "GiB" and "gibibyte" labels when referencing block storage

Registered by Richard Hagarty

Data size on storage devices is typically measured in GiB (2^30), and not GB (10^9).

The Cinder community has addressed this issue by changing their API to display/request data sizes in GiB. All Horizon panels need to be changed accordingly. For consistency sake, other Horizon panels that reference storage size should also be changed - this includes Nova, Manila, Glance, etc.

Blueprint information

Status:
Complete
Approver:
David Lyle
Priority:
Medium
Drafter:
Richard Hagarty
Direction:
Approved
Assignee:
Richard Hagarty
Definition:
Approved
Series goal:
Accepted for mitaka
Implementation:
Implemented
Milestone target:
None
Started by
Matthias Runge
Completed by
David Lyle

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[mrunge, Dec 3 2015]: According to Richard Hagarty, storage reports always as GiB. Currently it is unclear, what nova reports. It is still possible to use nova volume, which is deprecated but works through the same api as cinder.

Gerrit topic: https://review.openstack.org/#q,topic:bug/1511167,n,z

Addressed by: https://review.openstack.org/243880
    Use "GiB" and "gibibyte" labels in volume panels

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