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Date:      Fri, 17 May 2002 22:45:04 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com>
To:        Patrick Thomas <root@utility.clubscholarship.com>
Cc:        freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: how do I know when RAID fails ? (mylex, PERC, etc)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.10205172243230.6896-100000@misery.sdf.com>
In-Reply-To: <20020517221728.V44320-100000@utility.clubscholarship.com>

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On Fri, 17 May 2002, Patrick Thomas wrote:

...
> So the question is, what happens when I am happily running along, and a
> drive fails ?  Certainly things keep running, since they are mirrors, but
> how do I know a drive has failed ?
> 
> Does the driver report to syslog ?
...

  The mly driver logs to syslog.  I'm surprised you haven't done a
simulated drive failure (just remove a drive while the array is running).
I always do that with every server to make sure everything is working,
particular that the SAFTE enclosure reports that a drive has installed to
trigger the autorebuild.

Tom


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