[[PageOutline(1-4,Table of Contents)]] = Smartmontools Documentation = == Device Support == Smartmontools work on different operating systems. Due to OS-specific issues and also depending on the different state of smartmontools development on the platforms, device support ist not the same for all OS platforms. ==== Supported Devices ==== [wiki:Supported_RAID-Controllers RAID-Controllers] that work with smartmontools[[BR]] [wiki:Supported_USB-Devices USB-Devices] that work with smartmontools[[BR]] ==== Documentation On Device Support ==== * [wiki:USB USB devices and smartmontools] - To access SMART functionality, smartmontools must be able to send ATA commands directly to the disk. * [wiki:NAS NAS devices and smartmontools] - Smartmontools can work also on ''Network Attached Storage'' (NAS) devices, if the appropiate functions are available there, e.g. on Dlink DNS-323 with [http://www.inreto.de/dns323/fun-plug/ fonz firmware] ---- == SMART Testing == ''- Types of tests'' [wiki:test_offline Offline test (Data collection)][[BR]] [wiki:selftest_short Short Selftest][[BR]] [wiki:selftest_long Long Selftest][[BR]] [wiki:selftest_conveyance Conveyance Selftest (ATA only)][[BR]] [wiki:selftest_selective Selective Selftest (ATA only)] ''- Handling and configuration'' [wiki:AutomateSelftests Automate selftests with smartd][[BR]] [wiki:Powermode Special options for powermanagement] ---- == SMART Attributes == ''Different vendors, different interpretation..'' The raw SMART attributes (temperature, power-on lifetime, and so on) are stored in vendor-specific structures. Sometime these are strange. Hitachi disks (at least some of them) store power-on lifetime in minutes, rather than hours. IBM disks (at least some of them) have three temperatures stored in the raw structure, not just one. And so on.[[BR]] If you find strange output, or unknown attributes, please look in the below listed pages with vendor specific info.[[BR]] When you don't find an answer to your question there, send an email to [http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/smartmontools-support smartmontools-support] and we'll help you try and figure it out. [wiki:AttributesFujitsu Fujitsu][[BR]] [wiki:AttributesIBM IBM (Hitachi)][[BR]] [wiki:AttributesMaxtor Maxtor][[BR]] [wiki:AttributesSamsung Samsung][[BR]] [wiki:AttributesSeagate Seagate][[BR]] [wiki:AttributesWestern-Digital Western Digital][[BR]] === External Information Resources === [http://www.t13.org/Documents/UploadedDocuments/docs2005/e05148r0-ACS-SMARTAttributesAnnex.pdf SMART Attribute Annex]], Jim Hatfield (Seagate Technology) to T13 Technical Committee on September 30, 2005. Wikipedia about [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.M.A.R.T. SMART attributes] [http://www.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia] articles about SMART:: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-Monitoring%2C_Analysis%2C_and_Reporting_Technology English],[[BR]] [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-Monitoring%2C_Analysis_and_Reporting_Technology Deutsch],[[BR]] [http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.M.A.R.T. Español],[[BR]] [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-Monitoring%2C_Analysis_and_Reporting_Technology Français],[[BR]] [http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-Monitoring%2C_Analysis_and_Reporting_Technology Italiano],[[BR]] [http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-Monitoring%2C_Analysis_and_Reporting_Technology Japanese],[[BR]] [http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.M.A.R.T. Nederlands],[[BR]] [http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.M.A.R.T._%28informatyka%29 Polski],[[BR]] [http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.M.A.R.T. Português],[[BR]] [http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B5%D1%85%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%8F_SMART Russian],[[BR]] [http://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.M.A.R.T Slovenčina],[[BR]] [http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.M.A.R.T. Svenska] If you'd like to know more about SMART, the following [http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/links.html#references references] may be helpful.

---- == Tutorials and articles about smartmontools == [http://blog.shadypixel.com/monitoring-hard-drive-health-on-linux-with-smartmontools/ Monitoring Hard Drive Health on Linux with smartmontools ("Random Bits", Jan 2009)][[BR]]Step by step for beginners. Clear instruction with very nice layout :-) [http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=6983 Monitoring Hard Disks with SMART (Linux Journal, Jan 2004)] [http://lea-linux.org/cached/index/Hardware-hard_plus-smart.html Soyez Smart (Francais) from GNU Linux Magazine France n°68] [http://www.linux-user.de/ausgabe/2004/10/056-smartmontools/ Vorbeugen statt Crash (Deutsch)] from [http://www.linux-user.de/ausgabe/2004/10 LinuxUser 2004/10] [http://www.linux-magazine.com/issue/49/Monitoring_Hard_Disks_with_smartmontools.pdf Crash Prevention (English version of above)] from [http://www.linux-magazine.com/ Linux Magazine Dec 2004] ---- '''License'''[[BR]] All content in this wiki is published under [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html#SEC1 GNU GPL].