Re: Software RAID (was [OT] 19"/2U Cases)
Keith Edmunds wrote:
>> My only purpose in bothering to reply to this message is to set
>> straight all the things the original poster, Michael, misunderstood
>> or falsely claimed.
>
> I just wanted to thank Martin for answering all the points Michael raised
> - I had agreed with some of Michael's points, but Martin has clarified a
> lot of them. We use s/w RAID on just about all of our systems, and
> additional information is always useful.
>
> Thanks,
> Keith
As well, for monitoring, I suggest you to monitor the disks with smartd
(apt-get install smartmontools). You will need an MTA to receive the
warnings. This helps a lot when having a lot of server to remove disks
before they crash the system.
Here's what I use:
:~$ cat /etc/smartd.conf
/dev/sdb -d ata -n standby \
-s (L/../../7/01|S/../.././01) -l error -l selftest -H \
-m serveradmins@example.com
/dev/sda -d ata -n standby \
-s (L/../../7/01|S/../.././01) -l error -l selftest -H \
-m serveradmins@example.com
Thomas
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