Project Summary
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. It should run on any modern Darwin (Mac OS X), Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris, OS/2, Cygwin, QNX, eComStation or Windows system. Smartmontools can also be run from one of many different Live CDs/DVDs.
In a Nutshell, Smartmontools - S.M.A.R.T. Disk Moni...
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has a well established, mature codebase
maintained by a small development team
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took an estimated 20 years of effort (COCOMO model)
starting with its first commit in October, 2002
ending with its most recent commit 7 months ago
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