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Active@ Hard Disk Monitor User Guide

10 Active@ Hard Disk Monitor User Guide 2.3 Scanning a disk In Active@ Hard Disk Monitor, the Scan Disk procedure allows you to detect bad blocks l

2.0 Using Active@ Hard Disk Monitor 11 You can specify disk scan schedule: Daily Scan, Weekly Scan, Scan Once. At the specified time your hard di

12 Active@ Hard Disk Monitor User Guide To view the Temperature Graph: 1. Click either a hard disk, or the host being added to the monitoring pool.

3.0 Using Active@ Hard Disk Monitor Remote Services As a network administrator, with proper licensing, you can monitor the hard disk in local network

14 Active@ Hard Disk Monitor User Guide 3. Enter the node communication port value in the Port scrolling field. 4. Click Add. The added network host

3.0 Using Active@ Hard Disk Monitor Remote Services 15 · Check period displays how much time (in seconds) between data polls to this network host.

16 Active@ Hard Disk Monitor User Guide 2. In the General Settings area, do the following: · To start monitoring the selected hard disk each time Wi

3.0 Using Active@ Hard Disk Monitor Remote Services 17 · To change the Warning and Critical temperature threshold values, use the spinner controls

18 Active@ Hard Disk Monitor User Guide · In From, type the email address used by the network host administrator. · In To, type the destination emai

3.0 Using Active@ Hard Disk Monitor Remote Services 19

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20 Active@ Hard Disk Monitor User Guide 3.5 Viewing the Administrator Event log You can view all events happening on all network hosts. To view the

21 Figure 3-5 Service Configurator Specify the following parameters for the remote host: 1. S.M.A.R.T. polling period (in minutes) – how often

4.0 About S.M.A.R.T. monitoring Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology, or S.M.A.R.T. is a monitoring system for computer hard disks. Use

23 With this in mind, if you monitor hard disk devices constantly, you can accurately determine the current operating health of your devices and –

24 Active@ Hard Disk Monitor User Guide each case, device parameters could be checked only by the proprietary utility supplied by the manufacturer.

25 4.4 Attributes The table in this section should be regarded as a general reference only. Attributes and threshold values for any given hard dis

26 Active@ Hard Disk Monitor User Guide Table 3-1 Some S.M.A.R.T. Attributes showing a typical description of their raw values ID Hex Attribute nam

27 ID Hex Attribute name Better Description (POH) this attribute shows total count of hours (or minutes, or seconds, depending on manufacturer) in

28 Active@ Hard Disk Monitor User Guide ID Hex Attribute name Better Description 194 C2 Temperature Current internal temperature. 195 C3 Hardware

29 ID Hex Attribute name Better Description specific. 203 CB Run Out Cancel Frequency of ECC (Error Correction Code) errors. 204 CC Soft ECC Corr

3 Contents 1.0 Product Overview ... 4 1.1

30 Active@ Hard Disk Monitor User Guide ID Hex Attribute name Better Description 226 E2 Load-in Time ? Total time the heads are in the data zone. (

1.0 Product Overview This chapter gives an overview of Active@ Hard Disk Monitor. 1.1 About Active@ Hard Disk Monitor Active@ Hard Disk Monitor – a d

1.0 Product Overview 5 1.2 Requirements Active@ Hard Disk Monitor works on a vast number of Windows platforms. Its easy-to-use intuitive design mak

6 Active@ Hard Disk Monitor User Guide disk monitoring pool with a number of networked hosts, you may select any of these to view information about

2.0 Using Active@ Hard Disk Monitor The application monitors all connected hosts continuously. You may turn monitoring for a host off or on manually.

8 Active@ Hard Disk Monitor User Guide 2.2 Setting preferences for Disk Monitor Variable settings allow you to control the behavior and appearance

2.0 Using Active@ Hard Disk Monitor 9 · To display the running temperature of a hard disk in the system tray, select the Show Temperature in Tray c