Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 17:27:50 +0200 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: kalin mintchev <kalin@el.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: raid or not raid Message-ID: <20070524152750.GB20309@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <61733.74.64.6.149.1180002606.squirrel@mail.el.net> References: <54316.74.2.36.140.1179892303.squirrel@mail.el.net> <61733.74.64.6.149.1180002606.squirrel@mail.el.net>
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--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--
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