Quickly Check HD Temps in Unix w/hddtemp

fri2219 · Post by **fri2219** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 11:08 am

host:~# hddtemp /dev/sda
/dev/sda: WDC WD1500AHFD-00RAR5: 41Â°C

- When you install hddtemp, there is an option to install a hard drive monitoring daemon which allows integration with GUI based tools such as gkrellm.

- hddtemp does not allow device monitoring for drives connected to a RAID controller, but it can report the chipset temperatures on some Areca, Adaptec, LSI, and 3ware controllers.

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host:~# hddtemp /dev/sdb
/dev/sdb1: Areca ARC-1210-VOL#00: 30Â°C

- Unlike smartctl, hddtemp allows you to view the temperatures of all devices at once:

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host:~# hddtemp /dev/sd[a-z]
/dev/sda: WDC WD1500AHFD-00RAR5: 41Â°C
/dev/sdb: Areca ARC-1210-VOL#00: 30Â°C

Credit: Blog O' Matty.

tobsco · Post by **tobsco** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 1:33 pm

And you can add a graph of your hdd temp to the top panel alongside your cpu and gpu with sensors-applet, once installed right click on the top panel, select add to panel and choose Hardware sensors monitor