Value types used in configuration

Aside from built-in YAML types, such as string, numbers, booleans, and so on, Storage Service uses special types that require custom formatting.

Duration

Duration is a string type used to represent time spans. It comprises a numeric value followed by a unit suffix, for example: 1h or 3600s. You can use any of the following suffixes:

• ns - for nanoseconds,

• us - for microseconds,

• s - for seconds,

• m - for minutes,

• h - for hours,

• d - for days.

Size

Size is a string type used to represent sizes of an object, in bytes. It comprises a numeric value followed by a unit suffix, for example: 10MiB or 10240KB. You can use any of the following suffixes:

• B - for single bytes,

• KB - for 10³ bytes,

• KiB - for 2¹⁰ bytes,

• MB - for 10⁶ bytes,

• MiB - for 2²⁰ bytes,

• GB - for 10⁹ bytes,

• GiB - for 2³⁰ bytes,

• TB - for 10¹² bytes,

• TiB - for 2⁴⁰ bytes.