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Check Disk Errors with smartctl on Debian VPS

Category: Bash

Use smartctl—a disk health tool—in a Bash script on a Debian VPS—install:

apt install smartmontools

script:

#!/bin/bash\nsmartctl -a /dev/sda > disk_health.log

On Linode run:

./health.sh

—expect SMART data Monitors hosting disk reliability