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117-201 · Question #321
What is the purpose of the smartd daemon?
The correct answer is D. It monitors certain disk drives and attempts to predict when they will fail. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.
Question
What is the purpose of the smartd daemon?
Options
- AIt is a user space daemon used for reading smart cards and integrated circuit chips.
- BIt attempts to automatically repair file systems upon a failed file system check.
- CIt monitors process activity and helps the kernel decide which processes to kill when the kernel
- DIt monitors certain disk drives and attempts to predict when they will fail.
How the community answered
(27 responses)- A4% (1)
- B7% (2)
- C19% (5)
- D70% (19)
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