From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Greaves Subject: Re: diskspotting (how to tell the dead one?) Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:36:22 +0000 Message-ID: <4909C666.9020408@dgreaves.com> References: <200810300719.40816.Dexter.Filmore@gmx.de> <490955DD.1030607@sauce.co.nz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <490955DD.1030607@sauce.co.nz> Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Richard Scobie Cc: Dexter Filmore , Linux RAID Mailing List List-Id: linux-raid.ids Richard Scobie wrote: > Dexter Filmore wrote: >> Assuming one has 6 disks on two controllers and one dies, how does one >> tell the dead one? Which controller/port? > > There are probably more elegant ways, but I use smartctl -a on the > failed drive to find it's serial number and use this to find the > location based on where I installed the drives initially, which I note > in a text file or a label attached to the exterior of the case on > machines with removable drive trays. Same here. I write the last few digits of the serial number on a label and attach it to the drive where it is visible when you open the case. David -- "Don't worry, you'll be fine; I saw it work in a cartoon once..."