new units for bytes specification

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/redis.conf b/redis.conf
index c9ff26cf9..909f03bf6 100644
--- a/redis.conf
+++ b/redis.conf
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 # Redis configuration file example
 
+# Note on units: when memory size is needed, it is possible to specifiy
+# it in the usual form of 1k 5GB 4M and so forth:
+#
+# 1k => 1000 bytes
+# 1kb => 1024 bytes
+# 1m => 1000000 bytes
+# 1mb => 1024*1024 bytes
+# 1g => 1000000000 bytes
+# 1gb => 1024*1024*1024 bytes
+#
+# units are case insensitive so 1GB 1Gb 1gB are all the same.
+
 # By default Redis does not run as a daemon. Use 'yes' if you need it.
 # Note that Redis will write a pid file in /var/run/redis.pid when daemonized.
 daemonize no