Re: raid failure

[Russell Coker <russell@coker.com.au>]

On 2000-12-11 00:25, Matt Fair wrote:
>I am using software raid on debian, If a disk fails will it show up in
>/proc/mdstat?
>Could I set it up so if a drive does fail that it emails me?

I suggest getting a disk that doesn't matter so much to you and setup a test 
array.  Then unplug the old disk while it's running and see what happens.

Then you should be able to observe what change occurs in /proc/mdstat and 
write a cron job to observe and notify you.

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