HOWTO Monitor your Software RAID-array
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[edit] Disk-level monitoring
With SMART monitoring enabled, you will receive advanced notifications of disk failures. Check the configuration in /etc/smartd.conf and /etc/sysconfig/smartmontools, then start the service:
chkconfig smartd on service smartd start
[edit] RAID-level monitoring
Use mdmonitor to monitor your RAID-arrays based on information from /etc/mdadm.conf. Warnings and errors will be emailed to you, so ensure that /etc/mdadm.conf is configured properly. Also, test your email configuration:
MAILFROM mdadm@host.example.com MAILADDR admin@example.com
Start the service:
chkconfig mdmonitor on service mdmonitor start
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- HOWTO Improve availability with Software RAID
- HOWTO Monitor your Software RAID-array
- HOWTO Replace a failing disk on Linux Software RAID-5