Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2012 17:59:06 +0100 From: Damien Fleuriot <ml@my.gd> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mfid, raid monitoring daemon Message-ID: <4F5A36DA.90807@my.gd> In-Reply-To: <4F5A3595.5070208@unsane.co.uk> References: <1331230126.3075.13.camel@powernoodle-l7.corp.yahoo.com> <4F59EF04.3070806@my.gd> <4F5A3595.5070208@unsane.co.uk>
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On 3/9/12 5:53 PM, Vincent Hoffman wrote: > On 09/03/2012 11:52, Damien Fleuriot wrote: >> On 3/8/12 7:08 PM, Sean Bruno wrote: >>> I'm trying to decide if I should cram "mfid" for mfi(4) controllers into >>> the src tree or if we should package it up into a ports package. I >>> suspect that either one is acceptible, but it seems to make more sense >>> to put it into the src tree since mfiutil is also there. >>> >>> Comments? >>> >>> Sean >>> >>> ref: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/user/sbruno/mfid/ >> >> For what it's worth, we use the following plugin for our Nagios RAID >> checks on MFI controllers. >> I'm attaching the nagios script below for those that are interested. >> The downside is it uses Megacli and all the linux compatibility stuff :( >> >> >> >> I for one would be *delighted* if a system came up that would allow me >> to skip the whole linux compatibility layer ! >> > Can you not get enough info via mfiutil? not to mention there is a > FreeBSD megacli > sysutils/megacli as well as sysutils/linux-megacli > > that said I favour a port for the reasons you give below. > > Vince We've never tried with mfiutil actually, could be worth a look. Regarding megacli, we're using the linux one and I'd be so happy to get shot of it, too many dependencies...
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