---
name: "nvme_unit-libnvme3"
section: "2"
platform: "linux"
package: "nvme-cli"
version: "3.2-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/nvme_unit-libnvme3"
---

# nvme\_unit-libnvme3(2)

Defined buffer size and write throughput granularity units

## NAME

enum nvme\_unit - Defined buffer size and write throughput granularity units

## SYNOPSIS

enum nvme\_unit {\
     **NVME\_UNIT\_B** , \
\
     **NVME\_UNIT\_1K** , \
\
     **NVME\_UNIT\_1M** , \
\
     **NVME\_UNIT\_1G**

};

## Constants

- NVME\_UNIT\_B

  Bytes or Bytes/second

- NVME\_UNIT\_1K

  1 KiB or 1 KiB/second

- NVME\_UNIT\_1M

  1 MiB or 1 MiB/second

- NVME\_UNIT\_1G

  1 GiB or 1 GiB/second