Rohan Beckles writes:
>From the other Hitachi drives - T7K250 and T7K500 models - I get:
>
>S.M.A.R.T. Supported: Yes
>S.M.A.R.T. Enabled: No
>
>How do I enable S.M.A.R.T. on these drives?

smartctl -s on /dev/...

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Rohan Beckles wrote:
> Hello --
>
> See sig for spec. I have a number of hard drives in my system - 12 in fact.
> They are a mixture of Seagate, Hitachi and Western Digital.
>
> I have installed SmartMon tools, and I can get S.M.A.R.T. readings from the
> Seagate and Western Digital drives, but from only one of the Hitachi
> drives, a 7K250.
>
> From the other Hitachi drives - T7K250 and T7K500 models - I get:
>
> S.M.A.R.T. Supported: Yes
> S.M.A.R.T. Enabled: No
>
> How do I enable S.M.A.R.T. on these drives?

What sort of controller are the problematic drives plugged into?

If it's a 3ware or HighPoint RAID controller, have a look at the '-d'
option to smartctl.

Guys --

Thanks for your help - I found it just after I posted:

smartctl -d ata --smart=on /dev/sdx

I am surprised though that Hitachi drives don't come with SMART enabled by
default.

Best,

Rohan Beckles
rohan dot beckles at virgin dot net

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