From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 24 15:28:02 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 73A4516A469 for ; Thu, 24 May 2007 15:28:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr3.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr3.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.23]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B98213C46E for ; Thu, 24 May 2007 15:28:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr3.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l4OFRpLi093852; Thu, 24 May 2007 17:27:51 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id E260AB826; Thu, 24 May 2007 17:27:50 +0200 (CEST) Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 17:27:50 +0200 From: Roland Smith To: kalin mintchev Message-ID: <20070524152750.GB20309@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Mail-Followup-To: kalin mintchev , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <54316.74.2.36.140.1179892303.squirrel@mail.el.net> <61733.74.64.6.149.1180002606.squirrel@mail.el.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="0eh6TmSyL6TZE2Uz" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <61733.74.64.6.149.1180002606.squirrel@mail.el.net> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.15 (2007-04-06) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: raid or not raid X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 15:28:02 -0000 --0eh6TmSyL6TZE2Uz Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, May 24, 2007 at 06:30:06AM -0400, kalin mintchev wrote: >=20 > so nobody on this list knows anything about raid? > wrong list? >=20 > > hi all.. > > > > i have a box in a remote hosting facility that claims that the machine = has > > two discs raided in it but df and fstab show only one disc with a bunch= of > > slices. > > under devices there is another name - ad6 - but it's not mounted anywhe= re. > > the one i see both in df and the fstab is ad4 with one big slice and > > different partitions.... My (VIA Tech V-RAID) raid disk shows up as ar0, although the ad4 and ad6 device nodes exist as well. Do you have the ataraid device in the kernel? > > they insist there are 2 raided discs in tha machine. the os is 5.4 and i > > think at that point the raid drivers were still considered > > 'experimental'. Then ask them how it's done. > > it makes sense to me that if i don't see a second drive in the fstab th= ere > > isn;t any mounting which means that there is no raid going on... If you're seeing an ad device, it's not RAID-ed, AFAIK. > > is there any other way i can make sure if raid is actually on? > > would there will be any logs somewhere? > > the machine has been up for about 2 years and the dmesg is long gone... It should be in /var/run/dmesg.boot. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --0eh6TmSyL6TZE2Uz Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFGVa72EnfvsMMhpyURAhzUAJ9PQE7ERtvTe+KklBEOnKplYVV5vACgqH4h oe9RX1HrccYwwC4kuMhhRYQ= =PzEl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --0eh6TmSyL6TZE2Uz--