Suggest: view current drive temp in FreeNAS UI

[Knowltey]

Also, most hardware that you should be running for FreeNAS will likely have IPMI which will also show you that information.

 

[danb35]

IPMI doesn't show drive temps, unless it's hidden somewhere I haven't found yet.

 

[Knowltey]

It would depend upon the implementation.

 

[fracai]

The only temperature readings I've ever seen from IPMI have been CPU and Motherboard. A quick web search doesn't seem to reveal any references to drive temperatures either; I don't think that's a feature of IPMI.

Anyway, I'm about a week late, but I finally got around to getting my CollectD/Librato script online. Here's the post that details the tool.

 

[diskdiddler]

So again this topic has come up where it would be useful for me ,.........

I've just installed new cooling in the server, I'd like to see my temps, think I can do it? (easily,..) nope.
I've set my smart threshold to ridiculously low on a 2 minute check just so it will email me the results, a crappy but reliable way of getting the information.

Should be in the UI.

 

[Ericloewe]

So again this topic has come up where it would be useful for me ,.........

I've just installed new cooling in the server, I'd like to see my temps, think I can do it? (easily,..) nope.
I've set my smart threshold to ridiculously low on a 2 minute check just so it will email me the results, a crappy but reliable way of getting the information.

Should be in the UI.

repeatedly invoking smartctl -A /dev/*drive id* is a better solution than yours

 

[diskdiddler]

It would be nice to not need to memorise that command, why can't it be in the GUI? :/
Alternatively, how do I configure a script which I run from the GUI, it opens a shell, runs the command, displays the results, then closes the shell.

 

[Whattteva]

Two easy ways:

1. Make a text file with that command with a shebang line at the top and give it execute permission.
2. Make an alias for the command in your .cshrc or .bashrc (whichever shell you use).

 

[diskdiddler]

Or use grep: "smartctl -a /dev/ada0 | grep Temperature".

It's now summer in Australia.
I've had to come back to this thread, to find the command to list the CURRENT disk temps.
I'm about to install a secondary fan into my cabinet - I'd like to see the improvement it makes.

I _still_ maintain, being able to view those temps somehow from the GUI would be nice.

P.S thanks for the command Dan

 

[cyberjock]

That's fine. The argument for disk temps in the WebGUI being a high priority was over years ago. In fact, it as before I even started using FreeNAS. That's now almost 3 years ago, so clearly not an argument that has been won. The temps are on the feature list, there's just no ETA as far as I know. FreeNAS 10.x is supposed to have a much redesigned WebGUI, so maybe we'll see it then. But ressurecting a thread with a comment that you still want this isn't overly useful because the debate was done years ago isn't helping anyone.

 

[diskdiddler]

That's fine. The argument for disk temps in the WebGUI being a high priority was over years ago. In fact, it as before I even started using FreeNAS. That's now almost 3 years ago, so clearly not an argument that has been won. The temps are on the feature list, there's just no ETA as far as I know. FreeNAS 10.x is supposed to have a much redesigned WebGUI, so maybe we'll see it then. But ressurecting a thread with a comment that you still want this isn't overly useful because the debate was done years ago isn't helping anyone.

Man you are perpetually frustrating on this forum, aren't you?
https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/suggest-view-current-drive-temp-in-freenas-ui.22446/
By: diskdiddler, Jul 31, 2014

You then went on to reply as to why it shouldn't be added and so on and so forth to everyone telling you otherwise.
So I'm bumped a thread which had it's last reply only a couple of months ago and managed to quote the most important revelation of the thread, precisely how to get around the lack of this feature. Which I'll do again now to help anyone else reading.

"Or use grep: "smartctl -a /dev/ada0 | grep Temperature"."

 

[Rob L]

I too hope one day we can get this feature. It would be nice to see a "Temperature" column in View Disks at the very least. Until then, I will continue to periodically run the shell command for each disk.

 

[cyberjock]

Man you are perpetually frustrating on this forum, aren't you?

Only with people resurrecting dead threads with posts that aren't approprate to ressurect a thread. Which is also why I am going to lock this thread.

Thanks to everyone that participated.