Modern disk drives are much more than a spinning metal disk. They include a CPU, ROM, memory, and custom signal processing chips. The smartctl command interacts with the small operating system running on the disk's CPU to requests tests and reports.
Linux Shell Scripting Cookbook - Third Edition
by Shantanu Tushar
Published by
Packt Publishing, 2017
Modern disk drives are much more than a spinning metal disk. They include a CPU, ROM, memory, and custom signal processing chips. The smartctl command interacts with the small operating system running on the disk's CPU to requests tests and reports.