Recently I thought of testing the hard disk performance with hdparm command, which initiated to write about this graphical way of running Read Benchmark in just 3 mouse clicks with Disk Utility in Ubuntu. Disk Management in Ubuntu has become easy with Palimpsest tool called Disk Utility. Apart from disk partition management, it
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Building Home NAS Box cum Digital Photo Frame
I am building my own NAS (Network Attached Storage) box which can serve as a Digital Photo Frame also. The I have got the finalized the hardware. Working on the software features of its media features. It is going to be powered by Debian GNU/Linux. I am planning to utilize
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Hard disk is becoming crucial for our data storage in this digital age. We need sophisticated and simple to use tool to predict the failure and also to monitor the health status continuously. SMART (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) is a standard in Storage Industry to detect and report failures developed internal
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