# Msg-size node - units

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/msg-size-node-units/89243>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [3 July 2024 21:14 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/msg-size-node-units/89243 "2024-07-03T21:14:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![MakerMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MakerMan](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/MakerMan)\
**Post date:** [3 July 2024 21:14 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/msg-size-node-units/89243/1 "2024-07-03T21:14:24Z")

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The msg-side node displays beside it a value in KB/hr and the msg object shows  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/3/7/3790c97dd4a9cc2e175286ccab10292281a98ce4.png)

Am I correct in understanding that the values in the object are in Bytes ?

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**Author:** ![Sean-McG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/sean-mcg/32/54677_2.png) [@Sean-McG](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Sean-McG)\
**Post date:** [3 July 2024 23:03 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/msg-size-node-units/89243/2 "2024-07-03T23:03:37Z")

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I don't know and the help doesn't make it clear, however how does that number compare to the displayed KB/Hr number ?

i.e. if the totalMsgSize / 1024 = KB/hr number then it is bytes 😉

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**Author:** ![MakerMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MakerMan](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/MakerMan)\
**Post date:** [3 July 2024 23:21 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/msg-size-node-units/89243/3 "2024-07-03T23:21:10Z")

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Yes, the numbers support the notion that the output is in Bytes

totalMsgSize: 196960 and the text beside the node shows 192KB/hr

But this is not clear from the documentaion I could find.

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**Author:** ![TotallyInformation](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/totallyinformation/32/31_2.png) [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)\
**Post date:** [4 July 2024 08:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/msg-size-node-units/89243/4 "2024-07-04T08:52:28Z")

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Not sure which node you are referring to but if something is lacking in a contributed node, you would generally raise an issue - assuming the author has published a GitHub link. You might even clone the node, make some improvements and submit a PR to the author if you were feeling kind. 😀

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [2 October 2024 08:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/msg-size-node-units/89243/5 "2024-10-02T08:52:56Z")

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