Users want to be alerted by a mechanism of their choice when something is wrong with their storage (sms, email, tweet, desktop notification).

Users only want to configure how they want to be notified in one place regardless of the different storage technologies they utilize.

Users want to be able to track over time what device file a physical device has been or is currently associated with.  Thus they can tell that errors that were occurring last month for device associated with /dev/sdk are the same errors occurring with device /dev/sdz today.

Users want to be notified that when a physical storage device is experiencing errors which file system(s) are effected.

Users want to be able to positively identify which storage device is having errors by having indication LEDs to be illuminated on the failing device when available.

Users want to get notified at the beginning of an issue (data at risk) and when the data is sufficiently protected (data is no longer at risk), ie. (raid re-build)

Users never want false notifications or failure to notify

Users want a monitoring solution which takes minimal resources and requires no care and feeding

Users want the ability to have a storage "dash board" which can easily be utilized to check on the state of their system(s)