Block devices

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Related terms

• multipath-tools
• Small Form Factor (SFF)
• Partition
• /usr/bin/rescan-scsi-bus.sh

file -s
/dev/

See also

• HDD, S.M.A.R.T., hdparm, udisksctl, CHS, ata, smartctl, WD Elements Desktop Hard Drive
• IO performance: iotop, iostat, sar -d, fio, nmon, vmstat -d, dd, nmon, stress
• Block devices: blkid (UUID), lshw -class disk, hwinfo --disk, udevadm, rescan-scsi-bus.sh, LUN, hdparm, findfs, Add a new disk
• lsblk, pvscan lspci, lsscsi, smartctl, fdisk, parted, Kpartx, pvdiplay, pvs, udisksctl, /dev/sd, nvme list
• Block devices, partition, GUID Partition Table (GPT), fdisk, parted, Kpartx, partition, /proc/partitions, blockdev, mkfs, partprobe, diskpart (Windows), fdisk -l /dev/nbd0
• Block devices: HDD, SSD, Intel Optane, block size