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how long to zero a drive with dd?

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Mar 15, 202687952 views
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How long will it take to zero fill 1TB (using dd dev/zero)? I'm actually doing two 500G drive simultaneously if it matters.

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It depends on many factors, including but not limited to: Disk speed (RPM) Disk built-in cache Number of platters and whether it can write to multiple platters simultaneously Disk interface (SATA/SCSI, etc) Interface controller performance Configura…

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