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How can we check the number of hard disks (both internal & external) in a server, their capacity and serial number
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How can we check the number of hard disks (both internal & external) in a server, their capacity and serial number
linux, ide disk
Code:
ls -al /dev/hd*
freebsd, ide disk
Code:
ls -al /dev/ad*
the space
Code:
df -h
or http://www.debian.org/releases/woody/i386/fdisk.txt
You can use smartmontools for detailed info
http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/
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How can we check the number of hard disks (both internal & external) in a server, their capacity and serial number
It's not really possible to answer this question without knowing what OS and hardware you are asking about. If you want to get a meaningful reply post the output of "uname -a"
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output uname -a
SunOS sys_441a 5.8 Generic_108528-22 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-V240
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Try: iostat -En
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iostat -En
this will give some of the information you are looking for, but it it is simpler to use the format command, if the harware is correctly configured then everything should show up, if you have external drives and you don't have the drivers and/or patches correctly installed it will not.
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