Tool that mails me on S.M.A.R.T. problems?

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Martin Schneider

Hi!

I am looking for a S.M.A.R.T. harddisk monitoring tool, that alarms me
through a network or email when problems with harddisks occur.
Preferrably free, of course :-)

There are lots of monitoring tools but they only give a visual alarm
(which obviously doesn't help me when I am not there :-))

Thanks for your ideas!

Best regards,
Martin
 
Previously Martin Schneider said:
Hi!
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I am looking for a S.M.A.R.T. harddisk monitoring tool, that alarms me
through a network or email when problems with harddisks occur.
Preferrably free, of course :-)
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smartmontools. smartd from this package will send email to
configurable addresses on configurable events. At least it
does so on Linux or other Unox-loke OSes. Not sure how this is
solved under Windows.
There are lots of monitoring tools but they only give a visual alarm
(which obviously doesn't help me when I am not there :-))
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Yes, pretty unusable for servers and other "allways-on" machines.

Arno
 
Hi!

I am looking for a S.M.A.R.T. harddisk monitoring tool, that alarms me
through a network or email when problems with harddisks occur.
Preferrably free, of course :-)

There are lots of monitoring tools but they only give a visual alarm
(which obviously doesn't help me when I am not there :-))

Thanks for your ideas!

Best regards,
Martin
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active smart
http://www.ariolic.com/activesmart/?StartMenu

Will use the system event log, send popup & network messages, play
sounds, and yes send you an email message. I bought licenses some
time ago because it was the only thing I could find for windows that
seemed half decent (one tool looked promising but was so bad it
reported healthy status of a drive even though it had exceeded smart
thresholds & the manufacturer had issued a RMA). That was a while ago
so your options may be broader now.
 
Thanks, to both of you. ActiveSmart looks great, and I think I'll buy it.

Best regards,
Martin
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If you buy it you should be entitled to all updates (future major &
minor releases). I don't think that policy has changed. Only thing
is that you may have to write the developer for a new registration key
even for minor updates. I don't find it too much of an annoyance as
requests tend to be processed quickly.

good luck
 
Curious George said:
active smart
http://www.ariolic.com/activesmart/?StartMenu

Will use the system event log, send popup & network messages, play
sounds, and yes send you an email message. I bought licenses some
time ago because it was the only thing I could find for windows that
seemed half decent (one tool looked promising but was so bad it
reported healthy status of a drive even though it had exceeded smart
thresholds & the manufacturer had issued a RMA). That was a while ago
so your options may be broader now.
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I just tried the trial version, and it appeared in the tray, but twice froze
my Win2k system when I clicked on the tray icon to open its window. I
uninstalled it and reinstalled it but same thing each time.
 
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