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How to reformat HDD & SSD to 512B Sector Size
- Thread starter azev
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Ahh i got it! Thanks!
I needed to add --six
And it worked space went from 822gb to 838gb after going from 528 to 512. A lot of wasted space.
Thanks for your reply!
Hi Leon,
I just registered to say thanks for saving my 8 recently bought Seagate 4TB SAS disks (previously DKS2E-H4R0SS and later ST4000NM0023 after firmware downgrade/upgrade) that refused to work with my HBA - could not partition, format, basically use them - console threw constantly the errors you described before. None of my 8 disks' serial's worked in Seagate page in order to find a firmware upgrade available but the serial from the third picture I tried from ebay's units granted me a ticket to firmware download heaven
for future reference #Z1Z5WH52.It worked for me but it's not guaranteed it might work for others. Use it at your own risk!
Again thank you for this amazing information!Best regards,
Carlos
I just wanted to say thank you so much, from the bottom of my wallet. I picked up an EMC KTN-STL3 DAE/disk enclosure with 10 of these exact drives and when they failed to reformat to 512 bytes with the usual sg_format method I despaired. However, your guide has worked perfectly on the first batch of 5 drives, and I've got the second batch formatting now. Thanks, once again!Hoping this will help someone as it took me ages to get a working solution...
I couldn't get sg_format to work with my EMC formatted HGST HUS72303CLAR3000 3TB drives, tried all the combinations of command line arguments mentioned here, but nada:
root@ubuntu:~# sg_format --format --size=512 -v /dev/sg2
HITACHI HUS72303CLAR3000 C442 peripheral_type: disk [0x0]
...
00 0MODE SELECT command: Illegal request sense key, apart from Invalid opcode
...but I did have success with the setblocksize util!
I've put together a very slightly modded version of setblocksize here with higher possible and default timeouts (the default is way to low for bigger drives) as well as the instructions on how to compile it etc. etc.
ahouston/setblocksize
So far I've rescued 7 of my EMC 3TB HGST drives, waiting on the last batch to finish up
Just a thought... like this thread is sticky because of the valuable info herein... could we get another sticky thread listing specific drive part numbers under categories of "Known Good Working Reformat from X to X" or "Known Unable to Reformat"? I remember there's a certain batch of Samsung 200GB SSD devices used in EMC that just won't reformat to 512-byte sectors, but I don't remember the specific part numbers to watch out for, etc., etc.
Agreed, good idea. I've personally done
With the normal sg_format method:
Seagate Savvio 10K.6 ST600MM0006, NetApp part number: 9WG066-038, 600GB HDD - Originally in 520 byte format in a NetApp DS2246 disk shelf.
HGST Ultrastar SSD400M HUSML4020ASS600, EMC part number: 118033211-02, 200GB SSD - Originally in 520 byte format in an EMC enclosure.
HGST Ultrastar He8 HUH728080AL4200, 8TB HDD - Originally in 520 byte format, converted to 4kn.
With the setblocksize method:
HGST Ultrastar 7K3000 HUS723030ALS640 / HUS72303CLAR3000, EMC part number: 118032815-02, 3TB HDD - Originally in 520 byte format in an EMC KTN-STL3 Viper disk enclosure.
edit: Added fourth drive.
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Likewise, I've done a bunch of EMC platter disks and a couple of 100GB SSDs, but there were two 200GB SSDs in the same enclosure that wouldn't go.... I just don't remember the specific part numbers, and can't get into that server from where I am right now... but would likewise happily contribute part numbers and reformat process used.
Just another thought....... until this becomes a sticky I've had great luck finding info on STH using Google including this thread. There have been several other instances where a Google search has led me to STH.
And taking the concept a little further, a "Hard To Find Info" thread would be killer.
And taking the concept a little further, a "Hard To Find Info" thread would be killer.
Disks I have successfully reformatted:
HITACHI HUSRL401 NEO100 C140 - 100GB SSD
SEAGATE STE60005 CLAR600 ES0F - 600GB HDD
TOSHIBA AL13SXB6 CLAR600 0B06 - 600GB HDD
HITACHI HUC10909 NEO900 C600 - 900GB HDD
SEAGATE ST1000NM NEO1000 PS10 - All 1TB HDD, just various minor firmware differences
SEAGATE ST1000NM NEO1000 PS11
SEAGATE ST1000NMCLAR1000 PS10
HITACHI HUSRL401 NEO100 C140 - 100GB SSD
SEAGATE STE60005 CLAR600 ES0F - 600GB HDD
TOSHIBA AL13SXB6 CLAR600 0B06 - 600GB HDD
HITACHI HUC10909 NEO900 C600 - 900GB HDD
SEAGATE ST1000NM NEO1000 PS10 - All 1TB HDD, just various minor firmware differences
SEAGATE ST1000NM NEO1000 PS11
SEAGATE ST1000NMCLAR1000 PS10
I have a bunch of 520-byte-sector Seagate 3TB drives (Constellation ES.3 ST3000NM023 ST3000NXCLAR3000 GS18) which I am reformatting using setblocksize. It works but takes a huge amount of time (about 12h per drive).
Is there a way to run several reformats in parallel on the same controller? I am using an IBM H1110 converted to 9211-4i in the machine used for the conversion. I could attach 4 drives at a time and run setblocksize on each of them in parallel in separate virtual terminals (in Linux of course). It could save me a huge amount of time if I could do it this way.
Any reason why I shouldn't do that?
Is there a way to run several reformats in parallel on the same controller? I am using an IBM H1110 converted to 9211-4i in the machine used for the conversion. I could attach 4 drives at a time and run setblocksize on each of them in parallel in separate virtual terminals (in Linux of course). It could save me a huge amount of time if I could do it this way.
Any reason why I shouldn't do that?
This is a perfectly valid way of reformatting multiple drives at once. I've used the setblocksize method with 5 drives at the same time, and the sg_format method in batches of 8 drives at a time, with no issues.
Of course, this drive was not indented for retails but for vendor distribution, nevertheless you can update its firmware from EMC GS18 to original E007 version
Code:
\\.\PhysicalDrive6 - ST3000NXCLAR3000 - Z1Y36DMN 0000R531 - SCSI
Vendor ID: SEAGATE
Model Number: ST3000NXCLAR3000
Serial Number: Z1Y36DMN 0000R531
Firmware Revision: GS18
World Wide Name: 5000C50063794FE7
Copyright: Copyright (c) 2014 Seagate All rights reserved
Drive Capacity (TB/TiB): 3.00/2.73
Temperature Data:
Current Temperature (C): 36
Highest Temperature (C): Not Reported
Lowest Temperature (C): Not Reported
Power On Time: 2 years 75 days 9 hours 35 minutes
Power On Hours: 25473.58
MaxLBA: 5860533167
Native MaxLBA: Not Reported
Logical Sector Size (B): 512
Physical Sector Size (B): 512
Sector Alignment: 0
Rotation Rate (RPM): 7200
Form Factor: 3.5"
Last DST information:
DST has never been run
Long Drive Self Test Time: 7 hours 13 minutes
Interface speed:
Port 0 (Current Port)
Max Speed (GB/s): 6.0
Negotiated Speed (Gb/s): 6.0
Port 1
Max Speed (GB/s): 6.0
Negotiated Speed (Gb/s): Not Reported
Annualized Workload Rate (TB/yr): 104.69
Total Bytes Read (TB): 209.98
Total Bytes Written (TB): 94.44
Encryption Support: Not Supported
Cache Size (MiB): Not Reported
Read Look-Ahead: Enabled
Write Cache: Enabled
SMART Status: Good
ATA Security Information: Not Supported
Firmware Download Support: Full, Segmented, Deferred
Number of Logical Units: 1
Specifications Supported:
SPC-3
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Features Supported:
Application Client Logging
Self Test
Automatic Write Reassignment [Enabled]
Automatic Read Reassignment [Enabled]
EPC [Enabled]
Informational Exceptions [Mode 6]
Translate Address
Format Unit
Adapter Information:
Vendor ID: 1000h
Product ID: 005Bh
Revision: 0005h
Code:
\\.\PhysicalDrive6 - ST3000NM0023 - Z1Y36DMN0000R531LND6 - SCSI
Vendor ID: SEAGATE
Model Number: ST3000NM0023
Serial Number: Z1Y36DMN
PCBA Serial Number: 0000R531LND6
Firmware Revision: E007
World Wide Name: 5000C50063794FE7
Copyright: Copyright (c) 2016 Seagate All rights reserved
Drive Capacity (TB/TiB): 3.00/2.73
Temperature Data:
Current Temperature (C): 35
Highest Temperature (C): Not Reported
Lowest Temperature (C): Not Reported
Power On Time: 2 years 75 days 9 hours 37 minutes
Power On Hours: 25473.62
MaxLBA: 5860533167
Native MaxLBA: Not Reported
Logical Sector Size (B): 512
Physical Sector Size (B): 512
Sector Alignment: 0
Rotation Rate (RPM): 7200
Form Factor: 3.5"
Last DST information:
DST has never been run
Long Drive Self Test Time: 7 hours 13 minutes
Interface speed:
Port 0 (Current Port)
Max Speed (GB/s): 6.0
Negotiated Speed (Gb/s): 6.0
Port 1
Max Speed (GB/s): 6.0
Negotiated Speed (Gb/s): Not Reported
Annualized Workload Rate (TB/yr): 104.69
Total Bytes Read (TB): 209.98
Total Bytes Written (TB): 94.44
Encryption Support: Not Supported
Cache Size (MiB): Not Reported
Read Look-Ahead: Enabled
Write Cache: Enabled
SMART Status: Good
ATA Security Information: Not Supported
Firmware Download Support: Full, Segmented, Deferred
Number of Logical Units: 1
Specifications Supported:
SPC-4
Features Supported:
Protection Type 1
Protection Type 2
Application Client Logging
Self Test
Automatic Write Reassignment [Enabled]
Automatic Read Reassignment [Enabled]
EPC [Enabled]
Informational Exceptions [Mode 6]
Translate Address
Rebuild Assist
Format Unit
Adapter Information:
Vendor ID: 1000h
Product ID: 005Bh
Revision: 0005h