From 449efa19eed48cb55a9f140fde96fd3dd7152d13 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: ewilly Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2023 09:22:28 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update DESCRIPTION.md --- doc/DESCRIPTION.md | 19 ++----------------- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/DESCRIPTION.md b/doc/DESCRIPTION.md index e90c43a..c0e7b24 100644 --- a/doc/DESCRIPTION.md +++ b/doc/DESCRIPTION.md @@ -1,23 +1,8 @@ -WebUI for smartd S.M.A.R.T monitoring +**Scrutiny is a Hard Drive Health Dashboard & Monitoring solution, merging manufacturer provided S.M.A.R.T metrics with real-world failure rates.** > NOTE: Scrutiny is a Work-in-Progress and still has some rough edges. -# Introduction - -If you run a server with more than a couple of hard drives, you're probably already familiar with S.M.A.R.T and the `smartd` daemon. If not, it's an incredible open source project described as the following: - -> smartd is a daemon that monitors the Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART) system built into many ATA, IDE and SCSI-3 hard drives. The purpose of SMART is to monitor the reliability of the hard drive and predict drive failures, and to carry out different types of drive self-tests. - -Theses S.M.A.R.T hard drive self-tests can help you detect and replace failing hard drives before they cause permanent data loss. However, there's a couple issues with `smartd`: - -- There are more than a hundred S.M.A.R.T attributes, however `smartd` does not differentiate between critical and informational metrics -- `smartd` does not record S.M.A.R.T attribute history, so it can be hard to determine if an attribute is degrading slowly over time. -- S.M.A.R.T attribute thresholds are set by the manufacturer. In some cases these thresholds are unset, or are so high that they can only be used to confirm a failed drive, rather than detecting a drive about to fail. -- `smartd` is a command line only tool. For head-less servers a web UI would be more valuable. - -**Scrutiny is a Hard Drive Health Dashboard & Monitoring solution, merging manufacturer provided S.M.A.R.T metrics with real-world failure rates.** - -# Features +### Features Scrutiny is a simple but focused application, with a couple of core features: