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Converting SATA/SAS drives to 4Kn (Advanced Format)

Format SAS drives to 4Kn using sg3_utils from http://sg.danny.cz/sg/sg3_utils.html

sg_format /dev/sdx --format --ffmt=1 --size=4096 --count=-1 --wait

Format SATA drives to 4Kn using hdparm from https://sourceforge.net/projects/hdparm/

hdparm --set-sector-size 4096 --please-destroy-my-drive /dev/sdx

Intel SSD Drives (ATA Only)

IntelMAS show -intelssd  (Get the drives index)

intelmas set -intelssd (INDEX) PhysicalSectorSize = 4096

Seagate SeaChest_Format from https://support.seagate.com/seachest/SeaChestUtilities.zip

SeaChest_Format --scan -i

SeaChest_Format -d /dev/sgX --formatUnit 4096 --fastFormat 1 --confirm this-will-erase-data --disableImmediateResponse

Western digital HUGO utility

hugo show
# Format using the model number
hugo format –m <MODEL> –fastformat –n max –b 4096

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