What is “dasd” and Why is it Running on my Mac?

Some process called ;dasd; is running on your Mac. Don7;t worry: it7;s part of macOS. But what is it?

This article is part of our ongoing series explaining various processes found in Activity Monitor, like kernel_task, hidd, mdsworker, installd, WindowServer, blued, launchd, backup, opendirectoryd, and many others. Don’t know what those services are? Better start reading!