[Techtalk] RAID data recovery w/ hardware controller

[Rudy Zijlstra]

On Wed, 13 Feb 2008, Maria McKinley wrote:

> Cynthia Kiser wrote:
>> Quoting Gina Feichtinger <geekgrrl at geekgrrl.priv.at>:
>>>> Also, i've found the beeping that ensues on a disk failure to be a very
>>>> usefull warning sign :)
>>> Since I don't have to visit the server room that often anymore it
>>> could take way longer for me to see/hear a failed disk in a HW RAID
>>> I think.
>>
>> My 5 year old 3ware RAID card came with monitoring software that
>> emails me if there is an issue. The message is short enough that I
>> have that email sent to my SMS gateway so I get it on my cell phone. I
>> have no idea if my box beeps on HD failure as it has been a year or
>> two since my last disk hiccup. (now I have jinxed it)
>>
>
> Is this monitoring software that works on linux? I have an Adaptec SCSI
> RAID 2120S, and I have never managed to get any monitoring software
> working with it for linux.
>

The AMI raid cards (now LSI) come with linux monitoring SW.

Rudy