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<li>2010-01-28: We released 
<a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/smartmontools/files/">version 5.39.1 of Smartmontools</a>.
This is a bugfix release, see <a href="/browser/tags/RELEASE_5_39_1/smartmontools/NEWS">NEWS</a>
file.<br /><br /></li>

<li>2009-12-09: We released 
<a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/smartmontools/files/">version 5.39 of Smartmontools</a>.
Have a look in the <a href="/browser/tags/RELEASE_5_39/smartmontools/NEWS">NEWS</a> to get a summary 
of the changes and new features. There might be open issues on Linux with <a href="/ticket/21">Areca</a> and 
<a href="/ticket/22">3ware Controllers</a> (see last comment).
We are very interested in your test results! Please open a <a href="/newticket">new ticket</a> or 
add comments to existing tickets, if you find errors. Positive feedback is also welcome on our <a href="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/smartmontools-support">mailinglist</a>.<br /><br /></li>

<li>2009-12-01: This wiki became our official homepage now. We hope you like it :-)<br /><br /></li>

<li>2009-07-16: We moved our CVS-Repository to Subversion and adjusted the <a href="http://sourceforge.net/wiki/Download#InstalllatestunreleasedcodefromSVNrepository">download instructions</a> accordingly. If built from trunk, the first line of smartmontools output now reports the SVN revision date and number, e.g: <tt>smartctl 5.39 2009-07-16 r2838 [i686-pc-linux-gnu] (local build)</tt>. So if you send smartctl output, we can now identify the exact revision :-)<br /><br /></li>
    
<li>2009-03-23: Our work in the field USB bridges goes on. Experimental support for <a class="ext-link" href="http://w3.sunplusit.com/english/products/storage/SPIF225A.aspx"><span class="icon">Sunplus USB bridges</span></a> is available now with new option <tt>-d usbsunplus</tt>. <a class="ext-link" href="http://www.jmicron.com/Product_JM20336.htm"><span class="icon">JMicron USB</span></a> to (S)ATA bridges with option <tt>-d usbjmicron[,1]</tt>. Thanks to the vendors for handing over the necessary specs. We are very interested in your test results with the new device types and collect all feedback on our <a href="http://sourceforge.net/wiki/Supported_USB-Devices">USB-Support</a> Wiki-Page. Tell us about your experiences on the <a href="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/smartmontools-support">smartmontools-support mailing list</a><br /><br /></li>
    
<li>2009-01-22: Some newer Seagate/Maxtor disks risk a sudden death due to buggy firmware: 7200.11, ES.2, Diamondmax 22. See the <a class="ext-link" href="http://seagate.custkb.com/seagate/crm/selfservice/search.jsp?DocId=207931"><span class="icon">Details</span></a>, reported by Seagate's customer support.<br /><br /></li>
    
<li>2008-09-23: Thanks to contributor Jordan Hargrave, smartmontools now supports MegaRAID controllers. Use <tt>-d megaraid,N</tt> to inspect disk N behind the controller.<br /><br /></li>
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=== Table of Contents ===
 * [wiki:Download Download Instructions][[BR]]
 * [wiki:TocDoc Documentation][[BR]]
 * [wiki:FAQ Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)][[BR]]
 * [wiki:Help][[BR]]
 * [wiki:TocSupport Device Support][[BR]]
 * [wiki:TocDeveloper Developer's Area][[BR]]
 * [wiki:Links]
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== About Smartmontools ==
[[Image(wiki:images:smart_logo.gif, align=left, alt=S.M.A.R.T.-Logo)]] 
The smartmontools package contains two utility programs ({{{smartctl}}} and {{{smartd}}}) 
to control and monitor storage systems using the ''Self-Monitoring, Analysis and 
Reporting Technology System'' (SMART) built into most modern ATA and SCSI harddisks. 
In many cases, these utilities will provide advanced warning of disk degradation and failure.

 
Smartmontools was originally derived from the Linux [http://sourceforge.net/projects/smartsuite/ smartsuite package]
and actually supports ATA/ATAPI/SATA-3 to -8 disks and [http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/smartmontools_scsi.html SCSI]
disks and tape devices. It should run on any modern Darwin (Mac OS X), Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, 
Solaris, OS/2, Cygwin, QNX, eComStation or [http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/faq.html#windows Windows] system. 
Smartmontools can also be run from one of many different 
[wiki:Download#ListofbootableCDs bootable CDs or floppies]. 

Due to OS-specific issues and also depending on the different state of smartmontools 
development on the platforms, device support is not the same for all OS platforms. We provide info
about [wiki:Supported_RAID-Controllers RAID-controller support] here on the homepage
and of course in the [wiki:TocDoc#Manpages manpages].

Thanks to Alexander Shaduri, there is also a graphical user interface for {{{smartctl}}}
available. Go to the Homepage of [http://gsmartcontrol.berlios.de/ GSmartControl]
to get all info and the software itself. Have a look at the 
[http://gsmartcontrol.berlios.de/home/index.php/en/Screenshots screenshots]
and the [http://gsmartcontrol.berlios.de/home/index.php/en/About feature list]
to get an impression of this nice tool.

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'''License'''[[BR]]
All content in this wiki is published under [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html#SEC1 GNU GPL].