Gary Stainburn wrote: > On Thursday 02 November 2017 14:10:25 Bowie Bailey wrote: <snip> > By using H/W RAID, it's literally just a case of removing the dead drive > and inserting the replacement. I've got a number of IBM and DELL boxes > like this. > it's just a pity they're not compatible with Linux so I can't monitor or > manage them while the servers are running. The only way I know I have > problems is by watching the LEDS I don't understand the above - what's not compatible with Linux? We've got a ton, and if it's a Dell PERC/LSI, MegaRaid works just fine to monitor the drives. mark