![]() ![]() ![]() (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology often written as SMART) is a monitoring system for computer hard disk drives to detect and report on various indicators of reliability, in the hope of anticipating failures." It was a laudable effort by the drive manufacturers to provide standard ways to both report current drive parameters and status, and also indicate issues, especially those that might be predictive of imminent drive failure. Looks rather intimidating, doesn't it, with huge scary numbers! But with a little knowledge from this page, you should be able to quickly say "That drive looks fine! A little warm though!"įrom SMART on Wikipedia, "S.M.A.R.T. ![]() Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds: ![]() There is a lot of ignorance and misinformation out there about SMART reports, so this will be an effort to help users to a better understanding of the content of SMART reports.Ĭonsider the following SMART report extract: ![]()
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