Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: ubuntu-desktop
ubuntu-desktop should contain a SMART monitoring daemon, which can
produce a notification in Gnome if the disk is about to fail -- for
example, SMART metrics are out of bounds, or SMART quick tests fail.
Motivation:
Consumer-grade hard disks fail once a year on average, so most Ubuntu users
will encounter this event at least once during the expected lifetime of a
Ubuntu edition. Users should be warned when their disks are about to fail so
they can get the disks replaced as quickly as possible. This can save the
users' data (by preventing data loss) and money (if the user replaces the disk
before the computer warranty expires).
The warning is also good for Ubuntu, because faulty disks can lead to a
poor user experience (hangs, data loss) which will most likely be
associated with Ubuntu, not with the hardware.
** Affects: ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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No SMART monitoring tool installed by default
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/567340
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