You should be able to access the drives with smartctl even though they're behind a RAID controller. For example, to access information about the drive in the first port of a 3ware controller:

smartctl -a -d 3ware,0

Check out the manpage for more example devices.

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Truth be told, I rather like the situation as it is now: Sony "supports" Windows users while us Linux users have calibre--which allows seamless conversion from many different formats, including Microsoft's .lit and offers library management. Can't say I've regretted buying the Sony Reader. Gotten quite a bit of use from it.