Justin Piszcz wrote: > > > On Sun, 9 Jul 2006, Jon wrote: > >> I've a 3ware Escalade 8006-2 and run Centos 4.2 using the latest >> kernel 2.6.9-34.0.2.ELsmp. I see that the card comes with some disk >> management tools called 3DM2 Management Utility. Is this ok to >> install? Is it good for reporting failed drives? >> >> Thanks >> >> Jon >> >> ___________________________________________________________ >> All New Yahoo! Mail – Tired of Vi at gr@! come-ons? Let our SpamGuard >> protect you. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS at centos.org >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> > > Jon, > > Yeah, it runs a daemon that you can configure via web or via the config > file and you can configure it to let you know when the array is > degraded, etc. > > Justin. > > Hi - The only thing I use it for really is to alert me as to when drives run amuck. It can also be somewhat useful for rebuilding a degraded array, however, I believe this should be done using the actual BIOS. Remember, this also means downtime, however. Hope that helps! Thanks -dan