💾 Data Storage Converter
Convert any value between bits, bytes, KB, MB, GB, TB, and PB using binary units, and see the exact byte count behind the result — handy for sizing volumes, quotas, and backups.
🔢 Bits to Petabytes, Converted
What is a Data Storage Converter?
It translates a storage quantity from one unit to another by routing through bytes, using binary power-of-two scaling throughout. That makes it a fast way to reconcile a quota in MB with a backup sized in GB, or to understand the byte count an application is reporting.
Use it for capacity planning and quota maths. Because drive makers often use decimal units, advertised capacities can differ from these binary figures — verify against your storage specs and your operating system's reporting.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
Does this use binary or decimal units?
Binary (power-of-two) units. Here 1 KB equals 1024 bytes, 1 MB equals 1024 KB, and so on — strictly speaking these are kibibytes (KiB), mebibytes (MiB), and so forth. Operating systems and memory typically report capacity this way, so the figures match what you see in your file manager.
Why does my drive show less space than advertised?
Drive and SSD makers usually use decimal units, where 1 GB means 1,000,000,000 bytes, while your operating system reports in binary units (1 GB = 1,073,741,824 bytes). A '1 TB' decimal drive therefore shows as about 931 binary GB. That gap is the source of the classic 'missing space' confusion.
How many bits are in a byte?
Eight. This converter includes bits and bytes alongside the larger units, so you can move between them directly — useful when you're translating between storage figures (bytes) and network or bus speeds (bits).