[K12OSN] Onboard RAID or Software RAID

[Dan Young]

Robert Arkiletian wrote:
> On 1/17/07, Dan Young <dyoung at mesd.k12.or.us> wrote:
>> Software RAID (the md driver) works great. "cat /proc/mdstat" to see
>> status; I think the mdadm tools come with a cron job to test the arrays
>> and send you mail if the array degrades. Probably a winner if you want
>> your stuff to actually work.
>>
> 
> I didn't know mdadm could do this. This is how I get my system to
> notify me of a failure.

It's a service (/etc/rc.d/init.d/mdmonitor) w/ the mdadm tools.

Set MAILADDR in /etc/mdadm.conf or make sure root has an alias to a real
mail account.

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Dan Young <dyoung at mesd.k12.or.us>
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