DriveDx is an advanced drive health (S.M.A.R.T.) diagnostics and monitoring utility. Developed by BinaryFruit
License: Commercial
Smartmontools (S.M.A.R.T. Monitoring Tools) is a set of utility programs (smartctl and smartd) to control and monitor computer storage systems using the Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology (S.M.A.R.T.) system built into most modern (P)ATA, Serial ATA and SCSI hard drives.
License: Open Source
Feature | DriveDx | smartmontools |
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Support for S.M.A.R.T. data | ||
Hardware Monitoring | ||
Selective Wipe | ||
Multiple languages | ||
Portable | ||
Terabytes Written (TBW) info | ||
Linear read benchmark per drive offset | ||
Read latency benchmark per drive offset | ||
Quick/slow surface scan | ||
Temperature Monitoring | ||
Sits in the MenuBar | ||
Real-time monitoring | ||
System Info | ||
Bad sectors reallocation | ||
Recover deleted files | ||
Repair Partitions | ||
Backup | ||
Disk Cloning | ||
Disk Imaging | ||
Disk Monitoring |