Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 20:25:57 +0000 From: Robin Becker <robin@reportlab.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gmirror HD failure detection Message-ID: <4512F555.6060305@jessikat.plus.net> In-Reply-To: <200609211346.53159.lists@jnielsen.net> References: <45116E76.6020009@chamonix.reportlab.co.uk> <45117BA6.2040700@chamonix.reportlab.co.uk> <4512664A.1090606@dial.pipex.com> <200609211346.53159.lists@jnielsen.net>
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John Nielsen wrote: ...... >> Use both approaches since they tell you different things which just >> happen some of the time to coincide. > > If you happen to be one of the smart admins who actually reviews the output of > the periodic scripts, then simply adding > daily_status_gmirror_enable="YES" > to /etc/periodic.conf will give you a daily health check. If you want more > granularity than a single day, you could use the contents of the periodic > script as a starting point for rolling your own. > > JN > That's good as I actually get all of our servers to email to me. I have also done the smartd thing with an email output as well. Thanks to all for useful input. -- Robin Becker
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