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'''smartmontools''' is a package which provides tools for monitoring drives which support the [[wikipedia:Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology|S.M.A.R.T.]] system for monitoring hard drive health.

It includes the '''smartd''' and '''smartctl''' programs. smartd can be enabled on NixOS systems with the {{Nixos:option|services.smartd}} module.

== Locating devices ==

It is important to use persistent methods of identification for disks, as device nodes are arbitrary and subject to change. The following command will print a list of storage devices, as well as partitions contained on them. When configuring smartd, you should use entries that are '''not''' suffixed with "-partX", as they refer to whole disks.

ls /dev/disk/by-id/

</syntaxhighlight>

== Example ==

{{~~Template:~~file:nixos|<nowiki>{

{{file|/etc/nixos/configuration.nix|nix|<nowiki>{

services.smartd = {

enable = true;

devices = [

{

device = "/dev/~~sda~~"; # FIXME: Change this to your actual disk~~; use lsblk to find the appropriate value~~

device = "/dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC-XXXXXX-XXXXXX"; # FIXME: Change this to your actual disk

}

];

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[[Category:Hardware]]

[[Category:~~Software~~]]

[[Category:Applications]]

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 {{DISPLAYTITLE:smartmontools}}
+<languages/>
 '''smartmontools''' is a package which provides tools for monitoring drives which support the [[wikipedia:Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology|S.M.A.R.T.]] system for monitoring hard drive health.
 It includes the '''smartd''' and '''smartctl''' programs. smartd can be enabled on NixOS systems with the {{Nixos:option|services.smartd}} module.
+== Locating devices ==
+It is important to use persistent methods of identification for disks, as device nodes are arbitrary and subject to change. The following command will print a list of storage devices, as well as partitions contained on them. When configuring smartd, you should use entries that are '''not''' suffixed with "-partX", as they refer to whole disks.
+<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
+ls /dev/disk/by-id/
+</syntaxhighlight>
 == Example ==
-{{Template:file:nixos|<nowiki>{
+{{file|/etc/nixos/configuration.nix|nix|<nowiki>{
    services.smartd = {
      enable = true;
      devices = [
        {
-         device = "/dev/sda"; # FIXME: Change this to your actual disk; use lsblk to find the appropriate value
+         device = "/dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC-XXXXXX-XXXXXX"; # FIXME: Change this to your actual disk
        }
      ];
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 [[Category:Hardware]]
-[[Category:Software]]
+[[Category:Applications]]