Hard Disc Sentinel Pro
Tanesha Prately
Hard Disk Sentinel monitors hard disk status, health and performance including temperature and S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology, built in most hard disks today) values for each hard disks. Also it measures the hard disk transfer speed in real time which can be used as a benchmark or to detect possible hard disk failures, performance degradations. Hard Disk Sentinel can be used to prevent serious damage or data loss. It warns the user before a problem may occur and this gives opportunity to backup important and valuable data.
Hard Disk Sentinel (HDSentinel) is a multi-OS SSD and HDD monitoring and analysis software. Its goal is to find, test, diagnose and repair hard disk drive problems, report and display SSD and HDD health, performance degradations and failures. Hard Disk Sentinel gives complete textual description, tips and displays/reports the most comprehensive information about the hard disks and solid state disks inside the computer and in external enclosures (USB hard disks / e-SATA hard disks). Many different alerts and report options are available to ensure maximum safety of your valuable data.
No need to use separate tools to verify internal hard disks, external hard disks, SSDs, hybrid disk drives (SSHD), disks in RAID arrays and Network Attached Storage (NAS) drives as these are all included in a single software. In addition Hard Disk Sentinel Pro detects and displays status and S.M.A.R.T. information about LTO tape drives and appropriate industrial (micro) SD cards and eMMC devices too. See the How to: monitor Network Attached Storage (NAS) status for information about hard disk monitoring in Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices.
Hard Disk Sentinel monitors hard disk drive / HDD status including health, temperature and all S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) values for all hard disks. Also it measures the disk transfer speed in real time which can be used as a benchmark or to detect possible hard disk failures, performance degradations. How to check hard drive health
Usually, hard disk health status may slowly decline, from day to day. The SMART monitoring technology can predict HDD failure by examining the critical values of the disk drive. Compared to other software, Hard Disk Sentinel detects and reports every disk problem. It is much more sensitive to disk failures and can display better and more detailed information about hard disk expected life and the problems found (if any). This is a more sophisticated way to predict failures than the "traditional" method: checking S.M.A.R.T. attribute thresholds and values only. For more information, please read how hard disk S.M.A.R.T. works and why Hard Disk Sentinel is different. Signs of a hard drive failure
The software displays the current hard disk temperature and logs maximum and average HDD temperatures. This may be used to check the maximum temperature under high hard disk load. For the importance of the hard disk operating temperature, see the Frequently Asked Questions. See the list of Features of Hard Disk Sentinel Professional or our products for hard disk monitoring.
If you are using a computer equipped with at least one hard disk or solid state disk and you want to ensure that your data will be available any time, then the answer is YES. Hard Disk Sentinel is especially designed to you if
Thanks to these monitoring tools, you can always be up to date on the state of your hard disk. You are therefore able to prevent even the smallest failures, avoiding the possible consequences. Hard Disk Sentinel is a useful tool for any user, since it brings you greater security in the maintenance of your hard drive.
Recently got a 14 TB SAS drive (WD4000FYYZ for $135, new) and discovered that CrystalDiskInfo won't recognize it to provide health information for the drive. A quick Google later and I'm using the trial version of Hard Disk Sentinel, but I'm wondering if there are any alternatives that can provide health information for SAS drives that are either free like CDI or lower in cost. When trying to find alternatives, I come across sites that I haven't heard of before or generic "alternative to" like sites that seem unreliable to me.
The software is designed to find, test, diagnose and repair hard disk drives, reveal problems, display health and avoid failures by using S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) function of hard disk drives.[29][30][31] The detected information can be saved to file in formats such as HTML, text, or XML.[32][33][34]
In 2008, Hard Disk Sentinel DOS version released in different formats on bootable pendrive, CD, floppy. Usable when no operating system installed (or if the system is not bootable otherwise) to detect and display temperature, health status of IDE, SATA hard disk drives and with limited AHCI controller support. The DOS version has no graphical user interface or disk testing functions and does not support RAID configurations.[41][42]
In 2008, Hard Disk Sentinel Linux version released, a command-line console tool detection and showing disk status with limited support of RAID configuration and SSDs in addition to hard disk status detection. The Linux version is available on x86, x64 and Raspberry PI, ARMv5 platforms.[43][better source needed]
HD Sentinel is different from a range of programs available in this category. It gives detailed and comprehensive reports of issues identified during the analysis. You can use the software to monitor e-SATA drives and USB flash drives. In a single report, the hard disk monitor shares the status of the PC's health, operation, and temperature. This is an ideal program for people interested in resolving issues before they turn into major problems.
While most hard drive monitors focus on a graphical representation of data, which can be hard to understand for beginners, HD Sentinel gives detailed textual descriptions. Moreover, the software shares useful tips, reports, and displays comprising loads of critical information about the solid-state disks and hard disks within the computer.
The hard disk monitor gives critical information about the HDD and SSD, including temperature, health, performance measures, failures, probable issues, etc. In addition to this, it effectively analyzes the disk transfer speed in real-time. You can use this information as a benchmark to detect various issues in the early stages.
As mentioned earlier, the hard drive monitoring software runs in the background. It uses a S.M.A.R.T engine to verify HDD/SSD health status. In case an error is identified or suspicious behavior is expected, the tool warns the PC user about the situation. It can also take appropriate actions, such as starting an automatic backup.
In most computers, hard disk health gradually declines with usage. The S.M.A.R.T engine technology, therefore, plays an important role, being able to ccurately predict failures and degradations by analyzing critical values of the drive. Compared to other free software for Windows PCs, HD Sentinel can detect and report almost every major issue with the hard disk.
The work that you do on your computer is extremely important, so why leave potential hard drive issues up to fate? By the time your system starts behaving strangely or making odd noises, it may be too late to save your data! With Hard Disk Sentinel, you'll always have a complete overview of your hard disk drive's health, so you can spot potential problems before they result in an irrecoverable data catastrophe.
Hard Disk Sentinel is your key to identifying, testing, diagnosing, and repairing hard drive problems, even with Solid State Drives.
With Hard Disk Sentinel, you can instantly see reports detailing the total health of your drive, including temperature, self-monitoring data, transfer speeds, and more. Any deviation in these factors could be an early warning sign of impending drive failure!
Hard Disk Sentinel also works on hard disks that are being used in external USB or e-SATA enclosures and RAID controllers.
If your data is important, you owe it to yourself to get a copy of Hard Disk Sentinel today!
Award-winning Hard Disk Sentinel Professional offers complete data protection solution for all installed storage devices. No need to use separate tools to verify internal hard disks, external hard disks, SSDs, disks in RAID arrays as these are all included in a single software.
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