Adrián Bíro

Storage notes

SCSI disk format

sg_format --format /dev/sdX It take time! It is useful when failing to read, but not write. Rationale: the device was in the disk array controller before.

Check dmesg

$ dmesg
blk_update_request: protection error

Convert the Sector Size

sg_format -v --format --size=512 /dev/sdX

## Get Serial Number for Disks

$ lsblk --nodeps -o name,serial
$ lsblk --nodeps -no serial /dev/sdX
$ udevadm info --query=all --name=/dev/sdX | grep ID_SERIAL

SSD Health on Windows

Get-PhysicalDisk -DeviceNumber 0 | Get-StorageReliabilityCounter | Select-Object DeviceId, Temperature, Wear