diff --git a/node/node.d/smart_.in b/node/node.d/smart_.in
index 1c8f340ef7..147d278cb5 100755
--- a/node/node.d/smart_.in
+++ b/node/node.d/smart_.in
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ def read_values(hard_drive) :
                 smart_attribute=string.split(l)
                 smart_values[string.replace(smart_attribute[1],'-','_')]={"value":smart_attribute[3],"threshold":smart_attribute[5]}
             elif l[:18]=="ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME" :
-                # We start reading the Attributes block
+                # Start reading the Attributes block
                 read_values=1
         exit_status=smart_output.close()
         if exit_status!=None :
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ def read_values(hard_drive) :
     except : smart_values["model"]="unknown"
 
 def open_state_file(mode) :
-    return open(statefiledir+'/smart-'+hard_drive+'.state',mode)
+    return open(statefiledir+'/smart-'+string.join(hard_drive,"-")+'.state',mode)
 
 def update_state_file() :
     try:
@@ -150,25 +150,25 @@ def print_plugin_values() :
         print(key+".value "+smart_values[key]["value"])
 
 def print_config(hard_drive,smart_values) :
-    if os.path.exists(statefiledir+'/smart-'+hard_drive+'.state'):
+    if os.path.exists(statefiledir+'/smart-'+string.join(hard_drive,"-")+'.state'):
         try :
-            verboselog('Try to recall previous S.M.A.R.T attributes for '+hard_drive)
+            verboselog('Try to recall previous S.M.A.R.T attributes for '+string.join(hard_drive,","))
             smart_values_state=pickle.load(open_state_file("r"))
         except :
             verboselog('Error opening existing state file !')
             sys.exit(1)
     else :
         verboselog('No state file, reading S.M.A.R.T values for the first time')
-        read_values(hard_drive)
+        read_values(hard_drive[0])
         pickle.dump(smart_values,open_state_file("w"))
         smart_values_state=smart_values 
 
     verboselog('Printing configuration')
-    print('graph_title S.M.A.R.T values for drive '+hard_drive)
+    print('graph_title S.M.A.R.T values for drive '+string.join(hard_drive,","))
     print('graph_vlabel Attribute S.M.A.R.T value')
     print('graph_args --base 1000 --lower-limit 0')
     print('graph_category disk')
-    print('graph_info This graph shows the value of all S.M.A.R.T attributes of drive '+hard_drive+' ('+smart_values_state['model']+'). smartctl_exit_status is the return value of smartctl. A non-zero return value indicates an error, a potential error, or a fault on the drive.')
+    print('graph_info This graph shows the value of all S.M.A.R.T attributes of drive '+string.join(hard_drive,",")+' ('+smart_values_state['model']+'). smartctl_exit_status is the return value of smartctl. A non-zero return value indicates an error, a potential error, or a fault on the drive.')
     attributes=smart_values_state.keys()
     attributes.sort()
     for key in attributes :
@@ -185,23 +185,24 @@ def print_config(hard_drive,smart_values) :
 
 def get_hard_drive_name() :
     try :
-        hard_drive=plugin_name[string.rindex(plugin_name,'_')+1:]
+        hard_drive=[plugin_name[string.rindex(plugin_name,'_')+1:]]
         if os.uname()[0]=="SunOS" :
             try :
-                hard_drive_path=hard_drive
-                if hard_drive[0:4]=="rdsk":
-                    hard_drive=os.path.join("rdsk",hard_drive_path[4:])
-                elif hard_drive[0:3]=="rmt":
-                    hard_drive=os.path.join("rmt",hard_drive_path[3:])
+                # if hard_drive name starts with "rdsk" or "rmt", try to reconstruct the path
+                if hard_drive[0][0:4]=="rdsk":
+                    hard_drive[0]=os.path.join("rdsk",hard_drive[0][4:])
+                elif hard_drive[0][0:3]=="rmt":
+                    hard_drive[0]=os.path.join("rmt",hard_drive[0][3:])
             except :
                 verboselog('Failed to find SunOS hard_drive')
         # For 3ware cards, we have to set multiple plugins for the same hard drive name.
         # Let's see if we find a '-' in the drive name.
-        if hard_drive.find('-')!=-1:
-            hard_drive=hard_drive[:string.rindex(hard_drive,'-')]
+        if hard_drive[0].find('-')!=-1:
+            # Put the drive name and it's number in a list
+            hard_drive=[hard_drive[0][:string.rindex(hard_drive[0],'-')],hard_drive[0][string.rindex(hard_drive[0],'-')+1:]]
         # Chech that the drive exists in /dev
-        if not os.path.exists('/dev/'+hard_drive):
-            verboselog('/dev/'+hard_drive+' not found !')
+        if not os.path.exists('/dev/'+hard_drive[0]):
+            verboselog('/dev/'+hard_drive[0]+' not found !')
             sys.exit(1)
         return(hard_drive)
     except :
@@ -209,12 +210,14 @@ def get_hard_drive_name() :
         sys.exit(1)
 
 def find_smart_drives() :
+    # Try to autodetect Linux, *BSD, SunOS drives. Don't try to autodetect drives on a 3Ware card.
     drives=[]
     if os.uname()[0]=="Linux" :
         if os.path.exists('/sys/block/'):
             # Running 2.6, yeah
             try :
                 for drive in os.listdir('/sys/block/') :
+                    if drive[:2] in ['md','fd','lo','ra','dm'] : continue # Ignore MD, Floppy, loop , RAM and LVM devices.
                     try :
                         read_values(drive)
                         drives.append(drive)
@@ -330,7 +333,7 @@ if len(sys.argv)>1 :
 
 # No argument given, doing the real job:
 hard_drive=get_hard_drive_name()
-read_values(hard_drive)
+read_values(hard_drive[0])
 update_state_file()
 print_plugin_values()