Architecture: any Platform: all Section: util Depends: smartctl (>= ${Source-Version}), ${Shlib-Depends} Description: SMART disk monitoring daemon smartd is a daemon that monitors the Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART) system built into most ATA/SATA and SCSI/SAS hard drives and solid-state 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. This version of smartd is compatible with ACS-3, ACS-2, ATA8-ACS, ATA/ATAPI-7 and earlier standards.