{"id":2997,"date":"2016-02-24T23:33:39","date_gmt":"2016-02-24T23:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qbytes.cloud\/?p=2997"},"modified":"2016-02-24T23:33:39","modified_gmt":"2016-02-24T23:33:39","slug":"find-out-hard-disk-specs-on-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/index.php\/2016\/02\/24\/find-out-hard-disk-specs-on-linux\/","title":{"rendered":"Find Out Hard Disk Specs on Linux"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Find your drives<\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush: bash; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\n# fdisk -l\n\nDisk \/dev\/sda: 17.2 GB, 17179869184 bytes\n255 heads, 63 sectors\/track, 2088 cylinders\nUnits = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes\nSector size (logical\/physical): 512 bytes \/ 512 bytes\nI\/O size (minimum\/optimal): 512 bytes \/ 512 bytes\nDisk identifier: 0x0007f474\n\n   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System\n\/dev\/sda1   *           1          64      512000   83  Linux\nPartition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.\n\/dev\/sda2              64        2089    16264192   8e  Linux LVM\n\nDisk \/dev\/mapper\/vg_backup-lv_root: 14.9 GB, 14935916544 bytes\n255 heads, 63 sectors\/track, 1815 cylinders\nUnits = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes\nSector size (logical\/physical): 512 bytes \/ 512 bytes\nI\/O size (minimum\/optimal): 512 bytes \/ 512 bytes\nDisk identifier: 0x00000000\n\n\nDisk \/dev\/mapper\/vg_backup-lv_swap: 1715 MB, 1715470336 bytes\n255 heads, 63 sectors\/track, 208 cylinders\nUnits = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes\nSector size (logical\/physical): 512 bytes \/ 512 bytes\nI\/O size (minimum\/optimal): 512 bytes \/ 512 bytes\nDisk identifier: 0x00000000\n\n<\/pre>\n<p>SDA is the primary<\/p>\n<p>hdparm Command<\/p>\n<p>Open the terminal and type the following <\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush: bash; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\n\n# hdparm -I \/dev\/sda\n\n<\/pre>\n<p>OR<\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush: bash; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\n\n$ sudo hdparm -I \/dev\/sda\n\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Find your drives # fdisk -l Disk \/dev\/sda: 17.2 GB, 17179869184 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors\/track, 2088 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Sector size (logical\/physical): 512 bytes \/ 512 bytes I\/O size (minimum\/optimal): 512 bytes \/ 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x0007f474 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System \/dev\/sda1 &#8230; <a title=\"Find Out Hard Disk Specs on Linux\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/index.php\/2016\/02\/24\/find-out-hard-disk-specs-on-linux\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Find Out Hard Disk Specs on Linux\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[139],"class_list":["post-2997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-administration","tag-linux"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2997\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qbytes.cloud\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}