[CentOS] smartd and palimpsest

[Frank Cox]

On Thu, 11 Aug 2011 20:42:46 -0400
Robert Heller wrote:

> Almost all modern disk are S.M.A.R.T capable.  What this means is that
> various information about the disk, mostly relating to its health can be
> monitored.  This includes things like sector errors.  If smartd is
> running root will get E-Mail if/when something (however minor) happens
> to the disk.

As smartd isn't running in the default Centos configuration, where does
palimpsest get its information?  Is it a self-contained program that doesn't
require smartd or is something else happening behind the scenes?

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