On 5/17/06, Dennis Castanos <dennismouille@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Can anyone tell me what smartd does or why the startup error? Can I remove the check in the services? It's description reads "dead but subsys locked".thanks,
Dennis, new linux user
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Hi Dennis!
From the man page:
smartd is a daemon that monitors the Self-Monitoring, Analysis and
Reporting Technology (SMART) system built into many ATA-3 and later
ATA, IDE and SCSI-3 hard drives. The purpose of SMART is to monitor the
reliability of the hard drive and predict drive failures, and to carry
out different types of drive self-tests. This version of smartd is
compatible with ATA/ATAPI-7 and earlier standards.
Reporting Technology (SMART) system built into many ATA-3 and later
ATA, IDE and SCSI-3 hard drives. The purpose of SMART is to monitor the
reliability of the hard drive and predict drive failures, and to carry
out different types of drive self-tests. This version of smartd is
compatible with ATA/ATAPI-7 and earlier standards.
A place on the web for a man page if none is available by a working linux (google is our friend!):
If I had a new drive I would be tempted to try it. But I have simply answered your question.
You can remove it but it may be telling you something you need to know.
Good hunting!
Tod
