[BlueOnyx:02869] Re: raid 10

[Gerald Waugh]

On Thu, 2009-11-12 at 14:41 -0600, Jeff Folk wrote:
> I guess it is RAID 0+1. I think I saw a volume group in webmin which  
> must be the strip of the pair of two 340 GB disks.
> 
> I guess my question would be, will it rebuild automatically if I have  
> a drive failure? Will I know which drive to replace? You wouldn't  
> happen to have a good how-to for that? (listen to me... want want  
> WANT) I got rid of a RaQ XTR because the RAID wouldn't rebuild after a  
> disk failure.
> 
> Maybe a SATA RAID card is a good idea... I'm not too worried about the  
> overhead on my hobby server, but it runs my mail and I chose RAID for  
> failsafe...
> 
It would be a good idea to record the model/serial numbers

To get the hard drive info on SATA drives
  execute "smartctl -i -d ata /dev/sdx"
  where 'x' is 'a','b','c' or 'd'

Gerald