MRTG vs smartmontools
A side-by-side look at MRTG and smartmontools. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.
MRTG
Network & Admin
MRTG is an open source network monitoring software. It tracks traffic load on network links and creates graphs to visualize utilization over time. Useful for monitoring bandwidth usage.
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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.
smartdisk-healthdrive-monitoringhardware-diagnosticsreliability-prediction
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