[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: smartmontools-6.2-1

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: smartmontools-6.2-1

[Christian Franke]

Version 6.2-1 of smartmontools is now available.

http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/

Changes include:
- smartctl: Added ATA write cache reordering control using
   '-g wcreorder' and '-s wcreorder,[on|off]' options.
- update-smart-drivedb: Updated for new SVN repository.
- HDD, SSD and USB additions to drive database.
- Areca RAID support: Fixed possible segfault on empty port.
- Cygwin: 64-bit compile fixes.

For a full list of changes see NEWS and ChangeLog in
/usr/share/doc/smartmontools and ticket report at
http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/smartmontools/query?milestone=Release+6.2

For open issues see
http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/smartmontools/report

Description:

Smartmontools contains utility programs (smartctl, smartd) to
control/monitor storage systems using the Self-Monitoring, Analysis and
Reporting Technology System (S.M.A.R.T.) built into most ATA/SATA and
SCSI/SAS hard drives and solid-state drives. In many cases, these
utilities will provide advancedwarning of disk degradation and failure.

Smartctl is a command line utility designed to perform tasks such as
printing the SMART self-test and error logs, enabling and disabling
SMART automatic testing, and initiating device self-tests.

Smartd is a daemon that monitors the drives every 30 minutes
(configurable), logs SMART errors and changes of SMART Attributes via
the syslog interface.
Smartd can also be configured to schedule self-tests and send email
warnings or run other scripts if problems are detected.
On Cygwin, smartd can be run as a windows service via cygrunsrv.

Christian Franke

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