On Tue, 18 Sep 2012 19:22:50 +0200 "Chris Nicholson-Sauls" <ibisbase...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I do believe conky can provide SMART monitoring. > http://conky.sourceforge.net/ > > Although periodically running GSmartCtl (GUI front-end to the > command line tool) isn't a bad idea, either, to see the specific > details (spin-ups, heat stress, etc) and/or execute the drive's > self-test.
See, that's the problem though. A SMART tool that needs to be periodically run manually is next to pointless. I expect a SMART monitor to *always* be running and *actively* notify me when something starts going downhill. Naturally, that's not a substitute for actually looking at the stats now and then, but the "always-on, active notification" is a MUST.
