On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 01:31:55PM +0100, Patrick Welche wrote: > Any thoughts on the pros and cons of > > # cgdconfig -s cgd0 /dev/sd0e adiantum 256 < /dev/urandom > # dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/rcgd0d bs=64k progress=512 > # cgdconfig -u cgd0 > > vs > > # dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/rsd0e bs=64k progress=512 > > ? > > > Cheers, > > Patrick
/dev/urandom can be slow at times. Simply encrypting /dev/zero onto the blocks to scrub may be faster and will produce similar results.
