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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. | '''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. | 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 == | == Example == | ||
{{ | |||
{{file|/etc/nixos/configuration.nix|nix|<nowiki>{ | |||
services.smartd = { | services.smartd = { | ||
enable = true; | enable = true; | ||
devices = [ | devices = [ | ||
{ | { | ||
device = "/dev/ | device = "/dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC-XXXXXX-XXXXXX"; # FIXME: Change this to your actual disk | ||
} | } | ||
]; | ]; | ||
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[[Category:Hardware]] | [[Category:Hardware]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Applications]] | ||