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CHAPTER 4Installing and Using the NVIDIA MediaShield SoftwareUsing the SMART Disk FeatureS.M.A.R.T. stands for Self‐Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology. It is a diskdrive feature that allows software to monitor degradations in disk drive specifications.Using this technology, NVIDIA MediaShield lets you monitor the health of disk drives ina RAID array and alerts you when certain degradations indicate an impending hardwarefailure, giving you time to back up data and replace the drive.When you click on an array disk from the View Storage Configuration page, the SMARTstatus appears, indicating whether (as of the last polling) the disk is healthy (good) orwhether there is a problem that can result in a catastrophic failure within 24 hours.To configure SMART settings:1 Click Configure SMART settings to open the associated page.Figure 4.3NVIDIA Control Panel VConfigure SMART Settings Page2 Select the Enable SMART monitoring radio button.40 MediaShield User’s Guide – Version 6.0
CHAPTER 4Installing and Using the NVIDIA MediaShield Software3 If you want to track the test results, check the Record events in the system log checkbox.4 Click the Polling interval list arrow and then select one of the time optionscorresponding to how often you want MediaShield to run the SMART test.5 Click Apply when done.To view the SMART status:1 Click View storage configuration to open the associated page .2 Click on a disk from the list of array disks.The SMART status, if available, appears in the STATUS notes section..Figure 4.4NVIDIA Control Panel View Storage Configuration PageNVIDIA Corporation 41
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