I use the smartmontools (smartctl and smartd) to test the hard drives for SMART parameters. Documentation, particularly a Google study of their global servers, show that certain SMART values can predict drive failure. The interesting parameters are:
01 Read Error Rate 05 Reallocated Sectors 10 Spin Retry 194 Temperature 196 Reallocation Events 198 Uncorrected Sectors The smartctl command can be configured the SMART values. Example: smartctl -A /dev/sda This outputs the table of SMART parameters for /dev/sda. These can be sorted to isolate specific values. Is there a preferred MONIT implementation of triggering an alert of SMART values using smartctl or similar utility? -- To unsubscribe: http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/monit-general
