stevester94/drive-monitoring

Install

sudo apt install smartmontools

Manually Checking

smartctl -a /dev/sdX
# Look for SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED

Manually Scheduling

smartctl -t short /dev/sd<whatever>

Automatic Tests

smartd comes with smartmontools, make sure it's enabled

sudo systemctl enable --now smartd

From https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/S.M.A.R.T.#smartd

Replace /etc/smartd.conf with

DEVICESCAN -a -o on -S on -n standby,q -s (S/../.././02|L/../../6/03) -W 4,35,40

schedules a short test every day at 2AM and a long test every weekend at 3AM

sudo systemctl restart smartd

MOTD status reporting

Copy the motd scripts into /etc/update-motd.d These basically scrape journal for smartd notifications