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This is an incomplete list of software that reads S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) data from hard drives.

Name Operating system License User interface Fixed drives USB, eSATA and
removable drives 		RAID support Shows S.M.A.R.T. attributes Hard drive
self-testing 		Notification Notes
Acronis Drive Monitor Windows Freeware GUI most internal/embedded controllers most USB Several SW / Some HW RAID controllers Yes No Window, sound, e-mail at threshold, temperature Estimate health and performance by percentage
AIDA64 Windows Commercial proprietary GUI (S)ATA most USB Some RAID controllers Yes No Monitoring only available in the Business Edition
Argus Monitor Windows Commercial proprietary GUI IDE(PATA), SATA eSATA, USB Some RAID controllers Yes ? By window, sound, email, program execution at choosable parameter changes, threshold Also shows temperature of CPU, GPU, CPU core speed, Intel Turbo Boost status, CPU power consumption, system load and system fan speeds. Can control speed of GPU and system fans.
CrystalDiskInfo Windows Freeware GUI IDE(PATA), SATA eSATA, SAT, several USB controllers Intel RAID via CSMI Yes No Window, sound, e-mail at threshold, temperature
Disk Utility Mac OS X Part of Mac OS X (Commercial proprietary) GUI ? ? ? No, although a combined 'status' is available ?
HDDExpert Windows Freeware GUI IDE(PATA), SATA ? ? Yes No Yes
GNOME Disks Linux LGPL GUI IDE(PATA), SATA USB (when used with Live CD) ? Yes Yes GNOME pop-up notification LiveCDs are available for download, allowing the user to use GNOME Disks without any changes to the computer.
smartmontools Unix-like (Linux, Mac OS X, *BSD, others) and Windows GNU GPL v2 CLI and GUI (via GSmartControl) All for Linux, some for other Unix-like See list of supported devices; SAT driver required on OS X only Several RAID controllers Yes Yes window, sound, email, program execution at choosable parameter changes, threshold LiveCDs are available for download, allowing the user to use smartmontools without any changes to the computer.
Speccy Windows Freeware GUI ? No ? Yes No No
SpeedFan Windows Freeware GUI (S)ATA, SCSI, SAT; Areca, 3ware ? ? Yes Yes Window, sound, e-mail, running a command; at parameter changes, threshold, temperature Estimate health and performance by percentage, and offers online drive analysis (and compares from other users).
SpinRite DOS, FreeDOS Commercial proprietary GUI ? ? ? Yes Yes No
Name Operating system License, price User interface Fixed drives USB, eSATA and
removable drives 		RAID support Shows S.M.A.R.T. attributes Hard drive
self-testing 		Notification Notes

Notes

  1. ^ Disks that are members of a RAID array may in some cases have their SMART attributes (data) largely inaccessible to the operating system, or to monitoring tools and software. This depends case-by-case on the RAID controller, operating system, and tools. As of 2012 inroads have been made into this, as RAID becomes wider used, but is still far from assured and not supported by all controllers, systems, or tools.

References

  1. Acronis Drive Monitor | Acronis Web site. | Retrieved on 2013-11-13.
  2. Hard Drive Support in Acronis® Drive Monitor™. Retrieved on 2013-11-13.
  3. 9698: Acronis Drive Monitor: Custom Scripts. Acronis Knowledge Base. Retrieved on 2013-11-13.
  4. Features | AIDA64 Business Edition | Network Audit | Remote Control. Aida64.com. Retrieved on 2013-09-27.
  5. Apple - Support. Docs.info.apple.com. Retrieved on 2013-09-27.
  6. "Monitoring Hard Disks with SMART". Linux Journal. 2004-01-01. Retrieved 2010-07-06.
  7. Supported_USB-Devices – smartmontools. Sourceforge.net. Retrieved on 2013-09-27.
  8. RJVB/OS-X-SAT-SMART-Driver 路 GitHub. Github.com. Retrieved on 2013-09-27.
  9. Supported_RAID-Controllers – smartmontools. Sourceforge.net (2011-04-20). Retrieved on 2013-09-27.
  10. "SATA Operation with SpinRite", Gibson Research Corporation, accessed March 4, 2011.
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