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NVMe-CLI v3.0B.1 ships per-cycle sanitize verification

NVMe-CLI v3.0B.1 is now available. This release introduces per-cycle sanitize verification and includes various improvements and bug fixes for NVMe storage management.

Background

- NVMe-CLI is the official command-line tool for managing NVMe (Non-Volatile Memory Express) solid-state drives on Linux. NVMe is the modern protocol for SSDs, far faster than older SATA. - This pre-release (v3.0 beta 1) adds "per-cycle sanitize verification" — meaning each time the drive's sanitize operation runs (secure erase to permanently destroy data), the tool now automatically verifies it completed successfully, catching failures per cycle rather than only at the end. - The maintainer (the GitHub user releasing it) is likely Keith Busch or another key Linux storage developer; NVMe-CLI is the standard user-space utility for low-level NVMe drive management, used by sysadmins, data-center ops, and storage engineers. - This matters because proper sanitization is critical for security (data disposal) and drive health; automated per-cycle checks prevent silent data remnant issues on enterprise SSDs.