Hello.
I got a big project lined up and would love some input on how to do it.
Basically I have around 400 hard drives that I need to test and delete the data from. I don't need sanitization or anything like that, just a basic "quick format" as we know it from Windows.
All drives are running 520 block size and I'd like to keep it that way.
I am using systemrescuecd but it could be any Linux live distro, for me it doesn't matter.
What I have thought of:
Windows can't do it for me because of 520.
sg_format is a long format, and would take too long.
Gparted could be used to create a new partition table, effectively deleting the original one. Accomplishes my goal but I need to mark each drive individually, which would again take a long time.
I then landed on mdadm, where I would create one very big RAID 0. I have used mdadm about 5 times in my life, so I need a guide, which I found here:
However in this guide it shows how to check status of the creation of the RAID 0. Would RAID 0 take a long time to make?
My HBA can only take 127 devices at a time so it won't be all 400 drives in one go.
But mdadm also wants me to specify each drive individually, it could take some time with 127 drives connected.
Is there a faster way of doing this?
I got a big project lined up and would love some input on how to do it.
Basically I have around 400 hard drives that I need to test and delete the data from. I don't need sanitization or anything like that, just a basic "quick format" as we know it from Windows.
All drives are running 520 block size and I'd like to keep it that way.
I am using systemrescuecd but it could be any Linux live distro, for me it doesn't matter.
What I have thought of:
Windows can't do it for me because of 520.
sg_format is a long format, and would take too long.
Gparted could be used to create a new partition table, effectively deleting the original one. Accomplishes my goal but I need to mark each drive individually, which would again take a long time.
I then landed on mdadm, where I would create one very big RAID 0. I have used mdadm about 5 times in my life, so I need a guide, which I found here:
How to Create a RAID 0 Storage Array with ‘mdadm’ on Ubuntu 16.04
How to Create a RAID 0 Storage Array with mdadm’ on Ubuntu 16 04 - In this article, we will learn how to create a RAID 0 Array configuration using the ‘mdadm’ utility.The ‘mdadm’ is a utility which is used to create and manage storage arrays on Linux with RAID capability where the...
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However in this guide it shows how to check status of the creation of the RAID 0. Would RAID 0 take a long time to make?
My HBA can only take 127 devices at a time so it won't be all 400 drives in one go.
But mdadm also wants me to specify each drive individually, it could take some time with 127 drives connected.
Is there a faster way of doing this?