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}}} {{{ #!div style="border: 1pt solid;" === Table of Content === * [wiki:Download Download Instructions][[BR]] * [wiki:TocDoc Documentation][[BR]] * [wiki:FAQ Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)][[BR]] * [wiki:Help][[BR]] * [wiki:TocSupport Device Support][[BR]] * [wiki:TocDeveloper Developers Area][[BR]] * [wiki:Links] }}} == About Smartmontools == [[Image(wiki:images:smart_logo.gif, align=left, alt=S.M.A.R.T.-Logo)]] 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'' (SMART) built into most modern ATA and SCSI harddisks. In many cases, these utilities will provide advanced warning of disk degradation and failure. Smartmontools was originally derived from the Linux [http://sourceforge.net/projects/smartsuite/ smartsuite package] and actually supports ATA/ATAPI/SATA-3 to -8 disks and [http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/smartmontools_scsi.html SCSI] disks and tape devices. It should run on any modern Darwin (Mac OS X), Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris, OS/2, Cygwin, QNX, eComStation or [http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/faq.html#windows Windows] system. Smartmontools can also be run from one of many different [wiki:Download#ListofbootableCDs bootable CDs or floppies]. 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. We provide info about [wiki:Supported_RAID-Controllers RAID-controller support] here on the homepage and of course in the [wiki:TocDoc#Manpages manpages]. Thanks to Alexander Shaduri, there is also a graphical user interface for {{{smartctl}}} available. Go to the Homepage of [http://gsmartcontrol.berlios.de/ GSmartControl] to get all info and the software itself. Have a look at the [http://gsmartcontrol.berlios.de/home/index.php/en/Screenshots screenshots] and the [http://gsmartcontrol.berlios.de/home/index.php/en/About feature list] to get an impression of this nice tool. ---- '''License'''[[BR]] All content in this wiki is published under [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html#SEC1 GNU GPL].