Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 18:34:30 +0100 From: Robin Becker <robin@reportlab.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gmirror HD failure detection Message-ID: <45117BA6.2040700@chamonix.reportlab.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <004f01c6dcd8$afcd6cc0$0200a8c0@satellite> References: <45116E76.6020009@chamonix.reportlab.co.uk> <54db43990609201002x503b691fxe3b828ca81f13c5a@mail.gmail.com> <004f01c6dcd8$afcd6cc0$0200a8c0@satellite>
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Dave wrote: > Hi, > I've got smartd going on a gmirror system, however when smartd starts > up it says it can't find the various drives. I've tried both the > autodetection line as well as specifying the individual drives. If this > does work i'd like to know about it as i believe i might have one > failing drive, but am not sure which one. > Thanks. > Dave. > well as root I can certainly run smartctl -a /dev/ad4 (or /dev/ad6) so I assume smartd could. I like the idea of using gmirror status -s , but I don't know what the results would be if one of the disks were going bad. Would it change from COMPLETE to DEGRADED suddenly? -- Robin Becker
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