Disk
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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
