Use GB (gigabyte) as display unit for virtual machine "Memory" field

[jensrudolf]

NetBox version

v2.11.7

Feature type

Change to existing functionality

Proposed functionality

Change the displayed unit of VM memory from MB (megabyte) to GB (gigabyte) or make the unit selectable when creating / editing the VM.

Use case

We have a lot of VMs documented in NetBox. Many of them are Linux and Windows Servers which today usually have memory resources > 1 GB. Documenting a memory capacity of several gigabytes in MB makes it (at least in my opinion) less readable and harder to import from let's say sources like VMware vSphere. Therefore, I propose to change the unit to gigabyte or let the user select between gigabyte or megabyte.

Database changes

No response

External dependencies

No response

[DZ945brH]

@jeremystretch
Hi there, thanks for this change.
It introduced a small UI bug:

We think the problem results here ({{ object.memory|humanize_megabytes }} MB):

<th scope="row"><i class="mdi mdi-chip"></i> Memory</th>
<td>
{% if object.memory %}
{{ object.memory|humanize_megabytes }} MB
{% else %}
<span class="text-muted">&mdash;</span>
{% endif %}
</td>

seems to always add MB regardless of the result of humanize_megabytes

[DZ945brH]

@jeremystretch
88e382e#diff-f6bfbfaa26e6babdbc7322fcd237850c6875ba144341128c3978a82e86afcea4
You just need to remove the MB on line 145 becrause humanize_megabytes already includes the unit

[jeremystretch]

This issue has been closed for two months and no further action will be taken on it. Please see #7083.