hddtemp vs smartmontools
A side-by-side look at hddtemp and smartmontools. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.
hddtemp
System & Hardware
hddtemp is a small utility that monitors the temperature of hard drive disks. It can warn users when disks are getting too hot, which can help prevent failures.
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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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