GSmartControl is a graphical user interface for Linux smartctl, which is a tool for querying and controlling S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) data on modern hard disk drives. You can read about smartctl at : http://unixfoo.blogspot.com/2007/11/disk-information-using-smartctl.html . It allows you to inspect the drive's S.M.A.R.T. data to determine its health, as well as run various tests on it.
GSmartControl features include
GSmartControl features include
- Automatically report and highlight any abnormal SMART information.
- Ability to enable / disable SMART.
- Ability to enable / disable Automatic Offline Data Collection - A short self-check that the drive will perform automatically every four hours with no impact on performance.
- Ability to set global and per-drive options for smartctl.
- Display drive identity, capabilities, attributes, error and self-test logs.
- Perform SMART self-tests.
- Ability to load smartctl output as a "virtual" device, which acts just like a real (read-only) device.
- Works on most smartctl-supported operating systems.
