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Subject: Re: can I make amr(4) more noisy?
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Michael K. Smith - Adhost wrote:
> Hello Per:
>> I am trying out a MegaRAID SCSI 320 controller, performance is fine but
>> dissappointed by the fact that the driver tells you nothing when a
>> drive
>> goes bad or the array is rebuilt etc.
>>
>> Am I missing something or must I rely on another piece to get the info
>> required?
> The application amrstat will give you that information from the command line.  We run it from cron and have it send us mail on a daily basis with stats.  This is what the output looks like.
> 
> Logical volume 0:       optimal (407.92 GB, RAID1)
> Physical drive 0:0      online
> Physical drive 0:1      online
> Physical drive 0:2      online
> Physical drive 0:3      online
> Physical drive 0:4      online
> Physical drive 0:5      online

Thanks. Yes, this could be used in a script I suppose to send an alarm. 
For instance, if the word "optimal" above is not present, I could safely 
assume something is wrong?