Smartmontools includes a background daemon that will [optionally] periodically monitor your storage devices and attempt to report any problems it finds .. via email (!) .. so just be aware, if you opt not to install some sort of basic email facil...
Smartmontools includes a background daemon that will [optionally] periodically monitor your storage devices and attempt to report any problems it finds .. via email (!) .. so just be aware, if you opt not to install some sort of basic email facility on your machine, you may not get notifications if impending doom should one of you drives start to fail .. 
