Configure a LinkSys SPA942 with Asterisk 1.8

In this post I will show you how to connect & configure one IpPhone Linksys SPA942 using an Asterisk Pbx 1.8: I hope this can help you with other similar IpPhones (Linksys SPA942 is in “End-of-sale “)

To start you have to verify the firmware version used by the phone: connect to the web interface on the IpPhone and check the info tab check.

LinkSys SPA942 - Firmware version
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Detect Hard Drive Failure in Linux using S.M.A.R.T.

In this post I will write about some techniques that can be used in a linux server to check the hard disk health status using S.M.A.R.T, and some tips about how it is possible to increase  the life of this device.

S.M.A.R.T. stands for Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology and is a monitoring system for hard disk to detect the low-level indicators of the general health conditions of the device: the purpose is to indicate imminent failure.

According to several studies only about the 60 % of hard drives that later broke gave S.M.A.R.T. values that revealing an imminent failure: the other 40 % of the hard drive broke without any “strange” S.M.A.R.T. value or related alarm…. but I believe that in every case it is better than nothing.

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