Ubuntu: Check disk heath – smartctrl and smartmontools
smartctl is a nice tool to check your hard disk health – it will let you know how many hours your disk have been running , the hard disk serial number, temperature …
by default smartctl is not installed by default, it’s in smartmontools package. To make it ready to use, you must install smartmontools
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apt-get install smartmontools |
After you install smartmontools you can run this command to check your hard disk health:
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smartctl --xall /dev/sda |
Here is a sample:
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smartctl 6.5 2016-01-24 r4214 [x86_64-linux-4.4.0-28-generic] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-16, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Model Family: Toshiba 3.5" DT01ACA... Desktop HDD Device Model: TOSHIBA DT01ACA300 Serial Number: Z7I4R9AKF LU WWN Device Id: 5 000039 fe6de5435 Firmware Version: MX6OABB0 User Capacity: 3,000,592,982,016 bytes [3.00 TB] Sector Sizes: 512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical Rotation Rate: 7200 rpm Form Factor: 3.5 inches Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show] ATA Version is: ATA8-ACS T13/1699-D revision 4 SATA Version is: SATA 3.0, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 6.0 Gb/s) Local Time is: Sun Aug 26 17:23:34 2018 CEST SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. SMART support is: Enabled AAM feature is: Unavailable APM feature is: Disabled Rd look-ahead is: Enabled Write cache is: Enabled ATA Security is: Disabled, frozen [SEC2] Wt Cache Reorder: Enabled |
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