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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: GSoC Idea : S.M.A.R.T. HDD health info and monitoring
From:       Parker Coates <parker.coates () gmail ! com>
Date:       2012-03-14 14:42:29
Message-ID: CAEn-cebLtCcOp3Tzi3RdjsOarsJB2FweFRLL4b8XHU5mEwEr_w () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 06:36, Anant Kamath wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm planning to apply to participate in GSoC this year.
>
> I would like to implement a graphical KDE application and/or a KPart plugin
> (or seperate dialog) for  S.M.A.R.T hard disk diagnostics and monitoring
> using udisks, smartmontools, libatasmart and Solid
> Currently there is a GUI for smartmontools in GTK (GSmartControl)
> I would like to implement a similar idea in Qt for KDE
>
> I want to create a  kpart plugin / dialog which can be used in kinfocenter
> to display the HDD health along with the other info on hard disks already
> being displayed, and also use it as a perhaps a plugin for dolphin
>
> In addition to simply displaying the health/SMART info it would also have a
> interface to schedule the health tests and configure notifications to be
> displayed when imminent failure is detected, etc.
>
> Please tell me what you think
> Is this too 'small' or unambitious a project for GSoC ?

The KDE Partition Manager already has some support for SMART
reporting. [1] So you might want to continue your investigation there.

Parker

[1] http://blog.volker-lanz.de/2010/05/29/new-in-kde-partition-manager-1-1-ii-smart-status-reports

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