[SunHELP] Low-level formatting multiple drives

[Lyndon Griffin]

This may seem kinda odd:
I need to re-purpose an MTI disk array.  I am going to software-RAID the
JBODs using Veritas.  I know that MTI low-level formats the drives to
523-byte sectors, and that I have to make 512-byte sectors to use under
Veritas/Solaris.  This is not a problem - I've done this before, but only
with 4 or 5 drives using format(1M).  Problem with format(1M) is that only
one instance can be running at a time.  I would like to do these 48
formats in parallel rather than serially.

I could bang out something in C, if I actually knew what to do (API and
such).  So, my question to you all is a) can you recommend a tool that
will allow me to l/l format many drives at once, and b) if not, can you
point me to the appropriate algorithms to roll my own?

Thanks,

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<:)  Lyndon Griffin
     Sr. Systems Engineer
     Naviant (http://www.naviant.com/)

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