[CentOS] smartd and palimpsest

[Joseph L. Casale]

>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?

I think you misunderstood the first reply: smartd, as in the init script is a means
to alert root of pending issues, _it_ doesn't present the data, _that_ init script
simply checks it and reports it. You don't need it running to make the data
available, the attributes exist in the device.

jlc