Changing the reported capacity of disk drive
Disk devices that speak the SCSI protocol (SCSI, SAS, Fibre channel, and even USB memory sticks) have a built-in command designed to specify the drive capacity. The block size and count is defined...
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With few exceptions, disk drives are set to 512 bytes per block, and operating systems expect disks to be formatted to 512 bytes per block. In fact, some operating systems and/or disk controllers won’t...
View ArticleWhere can I get firmware updates
Disk (tape, autochanger, whatever) firmware is intellectual property, and is owned by the manufacturer and/or a particular OEM that purchases the peripheral from the manufacturer. In general, don’t...
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SANtool storage diagnostic device (Pre-announcement)
Getting close to releasing what I believe will be the new standard in storage diagnostics for sysadmins and service people … Let me know what you think!! The SANtool™ is a multi-platform portable...
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