Wednesday, July 21st, 2004

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smartmontools - control and monitor storage systems using S.M.A.R.T. The smartmontools package contains two utility programs (smartctl and smartd) to control and monitor storage systems using the Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology System (S.M.A.R.T.) built into most modern ATA and SCSI hard disks. It is derived from the smartsuite package, and includes support for ATA/ATAPI-5 disks. It should run on any modern Linux system. Luke R. informs us that, [smartmontools] is a an excellent set of utilities for monitoring and predicting failures in IDE and SCSI hard disks. Most people aren't even aware that a BIOS provides the SMART service to detect future disk errors, and you can pull this information and get alerts using the smartd daemon. I had no idea. More information on this package can be found on the Debian web site. (If there is a package you would like to see featured here, go to the userinfo page and follow the directions there to submit your entry.) (3 Comments | Comment on this)

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