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HDD Performance Information

Get performance information from Hdd: $diskinfo -tv /dev/da1 /dev/da1 512 # sectorsize 299966445568 # mediasize in bytes (279G) 585871964 # mediasize in sectors 0 # stripesize 0 # stripeoffset 71798 # Cylinders according to firmware. 255 # Heads according to firmware. 32 # Sectors according to firmware. HP RAID 0 # Disk descr. PDZVU0MLM8P2E7 # Disk ident. No # TRIM/UNMAP support Unknown # Rotation rate in RPM Not_Zoned # Zone Mode Seek times: Full stroke: 250 iter in 3.

List all mass storage devices with FreeBSD

Get a list of installed mass storage devices with FreeBSD egrep 'ad[0-9]|da[0-9]|cd[0-9]|acd[0-9]' /var/run/dmesg.boot where: ad -> IDE HDD da -> SCSI HDD cd -> IDE CD/DVD acd-> SCSI CD/DVD Here’s an example output: da0 at ciss0 bus 0 scbus0 target 0 lun 0 da0: <COMPAQ RAID 0 VOLUME OK> Fixed Direct Access SCSI-5 device da0: 135.168MB/s transfers da0: Command Queueing enabled da0: 139979MB (286677120 512 byte sectors: 255H 32S/T 35132C) da1 at ciss0 bus 0 scbus0 target 1 lun 0 da1: <COMPAQ RAID 0 VOLUME OK> Fixed Direct Access SCSI-5 device da1: 135.