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Is there a Linux command that would allow me to get model information for hard drives? I'm running CentOS.

I want to compare the hard drives on two VPS providers that I use.

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  • "Compare" how? Speed? Reliability?
    – Andrew
    Commented Sep 29, 2011 at 1:43

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One of these should work:

smartctl --all /dev/sda
hdparm -I /dev/sda

However, if this is a VPS you may not get back reliable data. If that's the case (you get back what's obviously a virtual HDD), there's nothing you can do.

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  • Yes, it tells me that is a VMware disk: "Device: VMware Virtual disk Version: 1.0" Thanks.
    – adrianTNT
    Commented Sep 29, 2011 at 0:27
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    Yep, no way to tell what's underneath that virtual disk...
    – Sean Reifschneider
    Commented Sep 29, 2011 at 0:51
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    Also lshw is good
    – Zoredache
    Commented Sep 29, 2011 at 4:08

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