From: Peter Wu <peter@lekensteyn.nl>
To: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, util-linux@vger.kernel.org
Subject: blkdiscard vs hdparm for erasing a SSD?
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 15:12:42 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2523736.cvg5kvG8qa@al> (raw)
Hi,
Recent versions of util-linux have a blkdiscard program. How does this compare
to the --security-erase option of hdparm? The goal is to erase the contents of
an previously used SSD to improve performance.
Is the command `blkdiscard -s /dev/sdd` equivalent to the instructions listed on
https://ata.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/ATA_Secure_Erase?
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Kind regards,
Peter
https://lekensteyn.nl
next reply other threads:[~2014-10-15 13:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-10-15 13:12 Peter Wu [this message]
2014-10-15 14:21 ` blkdiscard vs hdparm for erasing a SSD? Tim Small
2014-10-16 10:17 ` Peter Wu
2014-10-21 17:06 ` One Thousand Gnomes
2014-10-28 2:09 ` Mark Lord
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