[CentOS] smartd

Tue Nov 28 14:19:40 UTC 2006
Matty <matty91 at gmail.com>

On 11/28/06, Ralph Angenendt <ra+centos at br-online.de> wrote:
> Fabian Arrotin wrote:
> >                                                     Of course on such
> > hardware, i always install the serveraid manager program to monitor disks
> > and not smartd ...
>
> Do you mean this java monstrosity or is there anything "smarter"
> available by now?

If your using Dell hardware (i.e. perc RAID controllers and SCSI
disks), you can use background patrol read and smart alerts:

http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/power/ps1q06-20050212-Habas.pdf

Thanks,
- Ryan
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