It is important to monitor hard drive temperature to ensure it's within the optimal operating temperature to ensure it's longevity.
Harddrive or harddisk normally has built in temperature sensor. Thermal information of the hard drive is managed by the harddrive's built-in S.M.A.R.T.
(Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) system.
Harddisk temperature information can be viewed using hddtemp
utility at the terminal in Linux
.
hddtemp
utility. $ sudo apt update && sudo apt install --assume-yes hddtemp
hddtemp
service. $ sudo systemctl start hddtemp
hddtemp
service to automatically start during system boot. $ sudo systemctl enable hddtemp hddtemp.service is not a native service, redirecting to systemd-sysv-install. Executing: /lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install enable hddtemp
$ lsblk | grep disk sda 8:0 0 465.8G 0 disk
$ sudo hddtemp /dev/sda /dev/sda: TOSHIBA MQ01ACF050: 39°C
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