Hard Disk Monitoring

hdsentinel wrote:> BTW one thing that is missing from the web report is the time the readings were taken.

The report contains the report creation date/time, listed on the top.

That's the time the report was created... i.e. current time. It's not the time the readings were taken... unless I'm incorrect.

Another consideration is heat because heat is the enemy of electrical and mechanical systems. Leaving drives running all the time generates heat which not only stresses themselves but also their environment. Many external hard drives in particular have very poor cooling and tend to run hot. These ar...