diff --git a/thirdparty/unit/unit.go b/thirdparty/unit/unit.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..866beea51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/thirdparty/unit/unit.go
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+package unit
+
+import "fmt"
+
+type Information int64
+
+const (
+	_  Information = iota // ignore first value by assigning to blank identifier
+	KB             = 1 << (10 * iota)
+	MB
+	GB
+	TB
+	PB
+	EB
+)
+
+func (i Information) String() string {
+
+	tmp := int64(i)
+
+	// default
+	var d int64 = tmp
+	symbol := "B"
+
+	switch {
+	case i > EB:
+		d = tmp / EB
+		symbol = "EB"
+	case i > PB:
+		d = tmp / PB
+		symbol = "PB"
+	case i > TB:
+		d = tmp / TB
+		symbol = "TB"
+	case i > GB:
+		d = tmp / GB
+		symbol = "GB"
+	case i > MB:
+		d = tmp / MB
+		symbol = "MB"
+	case i > KB:
+		d = tmp / KB
+		symbol = "KB"
+	}
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%d %s", d, symbol)
+}
diff --git a/thirdparty/unit/unit_test.go b/thirdparty/unit/unit_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9712257d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/thirdparty/unit/unit_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package unit
+
+import "testing"
+
+// and the award for most meta goes to...
+
+func TestByteSizeUnit(t *testing.T) {
+	if 1*KB != 1*1024 {
+		t.Fatal(1 * KB)
+	}
+	if 1*MB != 1*1024*1024 {
+		t.Fail()
+	}
+	if 1*GB != 1*1024*1024*1024 {
+		t.Fail()
+	}
+	if 1*TB != 1*1024*1024*1024*1024 {
+		t.Fail()
+	}
+	if 1*PB != 1*1024*1024*1024*1024*1024 {
+		t.Fail()
+	}
+	if 1*EB != 1*1024*1024*1024*1024*1024*1024 {
+		t.Fail()
+	}
+}