GSmartControl is an open source graphical user interface for smartctl, which is a tool for querying and controlling SMART data.
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Category: System Software
Smartmontools – control and monitor storage systems
The smartmontools package contains two open source utility programs (smartctl and smartd) to control and monitor storage systems
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hdparm – get/set ATA/SATA drive parameters
hdparm is an open source, command-line, performance and benchmarking utility to set and view ATA hard disk drive hardware parameters.
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8 Best Free and Open Source Hard Disk Utilities for System Tweakers
We showcase the finest open source tools to diagnose the health of a hard disk and improve its performance.
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NVMe-CLI – NVM-Express user space tooling
NVMe-CLI is an NVMe management command line interface. This offers a powerful feature set that follows the NVMe specification
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sg3_utils – utilities that send SCSI commands to devices
The sg3_utils package contains utilities that send SCSI commands to devices. This is free and open source software written in C.
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sdparm – accesses SCSI device parameters
The sdparm utility accesses SCSI device parameters. This is free and open source software written in the C language.
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openSeaChest – perform various operations on SATA, SAS, NVMe, and USB storage devices
openSeaChest is a collection of comprehensive, easy-to-use command line diagnostic tools and programming libraries for storage devices.
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4 Best Free and Open Source Linux Network Authentication Tools
Remote Authentication Dial In User Service (RADIUS) is a networking protocol that offers centralized connection authentication, authorization, and accounting management for various types of network access.
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Manage your Business with a Complete Software Solution
To provide an insight into the quality of software that is available, here’s our recommended open source Business Process Management software
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5 Best Free and Open Source CalDAV Servers
CalDav (Calendaring Extensions to WebDAV) is an internet standard allowing clients to access scheduling or meeting information on a remote server.
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Best Free and Open Source IaaS Software
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) is a service model where an organization outsources the equipment used to support storage, hardware, servers and networking components.
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7 Best Free and Open Source Linux Web Caches
Web caches have become a vital mechanism for optimizing the amount of data that is delivered in a given period of time. Good web caches also help to minimise latency, serving pages as quickly as possible.
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7 Best Free and Open Source CLI Command Schedulers
The software utility cron also known as cron job is a time-based job scheduler in Unix-like computer operating systems. But there are other high quality CLI command schedulers.
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5 Best Free and Open Source Linux Partitioning Tools
Disk partitioning is the means of dividing a hard disk drive into multiple logical storage units referred to as partitions.
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