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# Use <code>[[lsblk]]</code> and <code>[[blkid]]</code> commands in [[Linux]] to identify your HDD devices | # Use <code>[[lsblk]]</code> and <code>[[blkid]]</code> commands in [[Linux]] to identify your HDD devices | ||
# Use [[iotop]], [[iostat]] and [[sar -d]] in [[Linux]] to assess you disk usage | # Use [[iotop]], [[iostat]] and [[sar -d]] in [[Linux]] to assess you disk usage | ||
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| + | == See also == | ||
| + | * [[lsblk]] and [[blkid]], <code>[[hwinfo]] --disk</code>, <code>[[lshw]] -class disk</code>, <code>[[lspci]]</code> and [[hdparm]] | ||
| + | * [[iotop]], [[iostat]] and [[sar -d]] | ||
| + | * [[CPU]], [[memory]] | ||
| + | * <code>[[cp]]</code>, <code>[[rsync]]</code> and <code>[[dd]]</code> linux commands | ||
| + | * [[Disk arrays]] | ||
[[Category:Hardware]] | [[Category:Hardware]] | ||
[[Category:Storage]] | [[Category:Storage]] | ||
Revision as of 16:04, 8 December 2019
A hard disk drive (HDD), hard disk, hard drive, or fixed disk[b] is an electro-mechanical data storage device that uses magnetic storage to store and retrieve digital information using one or more rigid rapidly rotating disks (platters) coated with magnetic material.
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lsblkandblkidcommands in Linux to identify your HDD devices - Use iotop, iostat and sar -d in Linux to assess you disk usage
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