Smartmontools
| Developer(s) | Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, Guido Guenther[1] |
|---|---|
| Initial release | October 2002 |
| Stable release |
6.5[1]
/ May 7, 2016 |
| Written in | C, C++ |
| Operating system | Unix-like (Linux, Mac OS X, BSD, others) and Microsoft Windows[1] |
| Size | 822 KB |
| Type | Hard Disk utility |
| License | GNU GPL[1] |
| Website |
www |
Smartmontools (S.M.A.R.T. Monitoring Tools) is a set of utility programs (smartctl and smartd) to control and monitor computer storage systems using the Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology (S.M.A.R.T.) system built into most modern (P)ATA, Serial ATA and SCSI hard drives.[1][2][3]
Smartmontools displays early warning signs of hard drive problems detected by S.M.A.R.T., often giving notice of impending failure while it is still possible to back data up.[4]
From late 2010 ATA Error Recovery Control configuration has been supported by Smartmontools, allowing it to configure many desktop-and laptop-class hard drives for use in a RAID array and vice versa.[5]
Most Linux distributions provide the smartmontools package.[6]
User interface
Native
smartctl and smartd have a command-line interface.
Third-party GUI
- GSmartControl is an opensource multi-platform graphical user interface (GUI) for smartctl developed by Alexander Shaduri.[7]
- SMART Utility is a program for Mac OS X with a GUI based on smartmontools.[8]
- HDD Guardian is an opensource Windows-only GUI for smartctl.[9]
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 "smartmontools wiki". Retrieved 2016-08-29.
- ↑ von Hagen, William; Jones, Brian K. (2005). "Hack 78: Avoid Catastrophic Disk Failure". Linux Server Hacks, Volume Two. O'Reilly Media, Inc. pp. 346–350. ISBN 978-0-596-10082-7. via Google Books
- ↑ Nemeth, Evi; Snyder, Garth; Hein, Trent R.; Whaley, Ben (2010). Unix and Linux System Administration Handbook. Pearson Education. p. 366.
- ↑ Allen, Bruce (2004-01-01). "Monitoring Hard Disks with SMART". Linux Journal. Retrieved 2010-07-26.
- ↑ Gregory, Richard. "Error recovery control with smartmontools". Liverpool University Department of Computer Science. Retrieved 2013-11-26.
- ↑ Danen, Vincent (2010-03-30). "Using smartctl to get SMART status information on your hard drives". TechRepublic. Archived from the original on 2012-07-07. Retrieved 2010-07-26.
- ↑ "How S.M.A.R.T. are your disks?". LinuxInsight. 2009-02-08. Retrieved 2010-07-26.
- ↑ Frakes, Dan (2009-10-29). "SMART Utility Monitors Hard Drives' Health". PC World. Retrieved 2010-07-26.
- ↑ HDD Guardian Web site