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/SATA, SCSI/SAS and NVMe disks.
In many cases, these utilities will provide advanced warning of disk degradation and failure.
Smartmontools was originally derived from the Linux smartsuite package and supports ATA/SATA, SCSI/SAS, and NVMe disks and also SCSI/SAS tape devices. It should run on any modern Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Darwin (macOS), Solaris, Windows, Cygwin, OS/2, eComStation, or QNX system. Smartmontools can also be run from one of many different Live CDs/DVDs.
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Smartmontools uses GNU GPL Version 2 license.