nvme sanitize 介绍使用

Introduction

The NVMe 1.3 specification introduced a host of new features, including Sanitize. Alas, it is an optional feature (per section 8.15, "Sanitize Operations (Optional)" of NVM Express Revision 1.3b), as I discovered after purchasing a drive which advertised that it "follows NVMe 1.3".

Peter Onufryk outlines NVMe Sanitize benefits over NVMe format/Secure Erase in Major New Features in NVMe 1.3 and Looking to the Future:

1. Once Sanitize has been initiated, it keeps running until complete (surviving reboots, etc.)
2. Format erases all data in namespace, but Sanitize additionally erases any cache or buffer data
3. Any log page metadata is also erased

Usage

0. Install nvme-cli

The nvme-cli README.md includes installation instructions for a number of Linux distribution