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Disk related commands:  
 
Disk related commands:  
 
  hwinfo --[[block]]
 
  hwinfo --[[block]]
  hwinfo --[[partition]]
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  hwinfo --partition
  
 
= Get information =
 
= Get information =
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= Find out throughput =
 
= Find out throughput =
  hdparm -tT /dev/hda
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  # hdparm -tT /dev/sda
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/dev/sda:
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  Timing cached reads:  20114 MB in  2.00 seconds = 10071.18 MB/sec
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  Timing buffered disk reads: 754 MB in  3.00 seconds = 251.23 MB/sec
  
 
= Hibernate hard disk =
 
= Hibernate hard disk =
 
  hdparm -S60 /dev/hda
 
  hdparm -S60 /dev/hda
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= Standby =
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hdparm -y /dev/hda

Latest revision as of 10:05, 9 August 2015

A disk is a device to store data, e.g. a compact disk or a hard disk. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk. Disk related commands:

hwinfo --block
hwinfo --partition

Get information

hdparm -I /dev/hda

Find out throughput

# hdparm -tT /dev/sda

/dev/sda:
 Timing cached reads:   20114 MB in  2.00 seconds = 10071.18 MB/sec
 Timing buffered disk reads: 754 MB in  3.00 seconds = 251.23 MB/sec

Hibernate hard disk

hdparm -S60 /dev/hda

Standby

hdparm -y /dev/hda