From: Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net>
Cc: Linux RAID <linux-raid@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Smartmontools on software RAID
Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2012 17:20:15 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <50A95F1F.4080000@meetinghouse.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CANSbrrotWforxJj-nQ_KJ4Y=jGGFaCubCdUjqv8bLJ6Tn5CUgA@mail.gmail.com>
Anuj Goel wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Can smartmontools be used with software RAID ?
> I see that it has support for RAID, but that is based on the Hardware
> controller.
>
>
Well... I use it every day to monitor the disks under my RAID arrays.
All you have to do is point it at the hardware device (e.g., /dev/hda),
not the raid device.
The RAID arrays I monitor with mdadm.
Miles Fidelman
--
In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice.
In practice, there is. .... Yogi Berra
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-11-18 22:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-11-18 22:15 Smartmontools on software RAID Anuj Goel
2012-11-18 22:20 ` Miles Fidelman [this message]
2012-11-18 22:25 ` Johannes Truschnigg
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