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From: Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net>
Subject: Re: Smartmontools on software RAID
Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2012 17:20:15 -0500
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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

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