Kent, Would it be possible to share your script with me (and the list)? I run software raid and have been looking for an effective way to monitor my mirrored raid drives.
Thanks, Trevor gnuguy.com >The greatest risk to computer reliability is complexity. That's why, >when I crafted a little cron job to let me know whether I have had a >raid disk failure, I opted for simple, simple, simple: A reference >copy of /proc/mdstat and an ultra simple script that diffs it with the >current /proc/mdstat and e-mails me the difference if there is any >difference. This means that for as long as I have a dead disk I will >get an e-mail every morning, it doesn't try to track state changes; it >means that I have to manually update the reference copy when the >status changes intentionally, but it is simple, simple, simple. Very >likely to work and very unlikely to break something else. -kb -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list