From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Richard Scobie <richard@sauce.co.nz>
Subject: Re: Read errors on raid5 ignored, array still clean .. then disaster
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Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:33:47 +1300
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To: Giovanni Tessore <giotex@texsoft.it>
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Giovanni Tessore wrote:

> I didn't setup smart monitoring... Luca is right.
> But I dont like the idea that md relies on another tool, that could be
> not installed or correctly configured, to warn the user on potential
> critical situations which involve directly itself.

Or you build systems around a controller* that works with smartd, only 
to find that smartd support breaks in later kernel versions and finding 
suitable replacements has proven difficult. :(

*LSI SAS

http://marc.info/?l=linux-scsi&m=125293858330877&w=2

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=512613

Regards,

Richard