You’d like to monitor the temperature of your hard drive. What monitoring technology is included with many hard drives?
A) S.M.A.R.T.
B) ACPI
C) BIOS
D) USB
E) A really long thermometer
The answer: A) S.M.A.R.T.
Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology (S.M.A.R.T.) is included with hard drives to help monitor error rates, temperature, time in use, and many other metrics.
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