Specifications

-P TYPE, --presets=TYPE (ATA)
Drive-specific presets: use, ignore, show, showall
-B [+]FILE, --drivedb=[+]FILE (ATA)
Read and replace [add] drive database from FILE
[default is +/usr/etc/smart_drivedb.h
and then /usr/share/smartmontools/drivedb.h]
============================ DEVICE SELF-TEST OPTIONS =====
-t TEST, --test=TEST
Run test. TEST: offline, short, long, conveyance, force, vendor,N,
select,M-N, pending,N, afterselect,[on|off]
-C, --captive
Do test in captive mode (along with -t)
-X, --abort
Abort any non-captive test on device
============================= SMARTCTL EXAMPLES =====
smartctl --all /dev/hda (Prints all SMART information)
smartctl --smart=on --offlineauto=on --saveauto=on /dev/hda
(Enables SMART on first disk)
smartctl --test=long /dev/hda (Executes extended disk self-test)
smartctl --attributes --log=selftest --quietmode=errorsonly /dev/hda
(Prints Self-Test & Attribute errors)
smartctl --all --device=3ware,2 /dev/sda
smartctl --all --device=3ware,2 /dev/twe0
smartctl --all --device=3ware,2 /dev/twa0
smartctl --all --device=3ware,2 /dev/twl0
(Prints all SMART info for 3rd ATA disk on 3ware RAID controller)
smartctl --all --device=hpt,1/1/3 /dev/sda
(Prints all SMART info for the SATA disk attached to the 3rd PMPort
of the 1st channel on the 1st HighPoint RAID controller)
smartctl --all --device=areca,3/1 /dev/sg2
(Prints all SMART info for 3rd ATA disk of the 1st enclosure
on Areca RAID controller)
The smartctl can be used directly from the command line, but for logging purposes
it is best to issue through the storagetool
If SMART is not enabled on a device you can use the command
smartctl --smart=on /dev/<device>
bonnie++
bonnie++ is a test suite for storage devices that runs more comprehensive tests than the standard file system
tests using the storagetool. You can run bonnie++ outside of the storagetool, but for logging purposes,
Dell Networking recommends using bonnie++ within storagetool.
usage: bonnie++ [-d scratch-dir] [-s size(Mb)[:chunk-size(b)]]
[-n number-to-stat[:max-size[:min-size][:num-directories]]]
[-m machine-name]
[-r ram-size-in-Mb]
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