Yep, that would have worked if he had used software raid, but with the hardware raid ??? Linux does not see that it is a raid, it just sees a big hdd. I would really want to know if there is a good way of monitoring a hardware raid ... Cheers Szemir
On July 30, 2007 14:01, Jon wrote: > Maybe a clever little script that parses the /proc/mdsats file periodically > and fires off an email if it doesn't like what it sees? > > J > > --- > Jon Watson > 1.403.875.6048 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: CLUG General <[email protected]> > Sent: Mon Jul 30 15:56:18 2007 > Subject: Re: [clug-talk] Hardware raid monitoring? > > On 7/30/07, Martin Glazer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey, > > > > I'm running a server with an Intel hardware raid controller using 4 SATA > > drives (raid 5 + hotspare). It is using the megaraid driver. > > > > Is there any way to monitor the health of the raid - I would like > > notification (email, syslog) if the raid gets degraded? > > > > I did a test by pulling one of the drives - the machine started beeping > > like crazy, but there was absolutely nothing in my syslog files or even > > in dmesg. This is concerning if nobody is near the machine and so > > doesn't hear the beeping... > > I think smartmontools would help out there (smartd) > > I don't know if they have support for Intel RAID (what chip is it?) > > In your case, smartd should send you an email if something as drastic > as a disk disappearing occurred, regardless of smartd's raid > controller support. > > -Mark > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
