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GSmartControl vs smartmontools

A side-by-side look at GSmartControl and smartmontools. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

GSmartControl

GSmartControl

System & Hardware

GSmartControl is an open-source hard disk drive health monitoring and analysis tool for drives that use S.M.A.R.T technology. It allows you to view S.M.A.R.T attributes, monitor disk temperature and perform offline and short offline tests.

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smartmontools

smartmontools

System & Hardware

smartmontools is a set of open source utilities that monitor the health of disk drives and predict drive failures, compatible with most types of hard drives. It reads SMART data to detect and report on various drive attributes related to reliability, such as reallocated sectors count.

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