I guess I am just lucky to have 24 hour manned data centers with staff that walk around looking for flashing LEDs.
I am sure there is some error thrown in /var/log/messages about a failure that could be used to trigger a notification quite trivially. Thanks, Steve Arnaud Ligot wrote: > My servers run in a datacenter, 50km away from my office... if a led > flash, if the speaker beep... I think I'll not see/hear it ... > > My servers are monitored using nagios which has a plugin for software > raid... so if one array goes down, I receive a mail/sms/call/... > futher more, everything is on the same panel: raid, http servers, free > disk space, ... > > I think it is better than any led flashing into the DC :-D > > A. > > On Tue, 2007-08-21 at 10:30 -0400, Steve Totaro wrote: > >> I thought that was what the flashing LEDs on the front of the server's >> HDs were for (besides showing activity). Some I have seen also have an >> LED near the power button to indicate HD problems. >> >> I guess if you are building your own boxen and not using enterprise >> grade servers, this is not the case. >> >> Thanks, >> Steve Totaro >> >> C F wrote: >> >>> While hardware RAID tend to be more reliable, it is not always >>> possible to properly monitor hardware raid in a linux system, unless >>> you write your own code. >>> Consider this: >>> ~# cat /proc/mdstat >>> Personalities : [raid1] >>> md0 : active raid1 sdb2[2](F) sda2[1] >>> 76139968 blocks [2/1] [_U] >>> >>> unused devices: <none> >>> >>> The above is from an active system that one hdd failed. It would take >>> way longer to find such a thing on a hardware raid. Unless it came >>> with a program that emails me notification on such a failure. >>> >>> On 8/20/07, Vidura Senadeera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Dear All, >>>> >>>> I would like to get community's feedback with regard to RAID1 ( Software or >>>> Hardware) implementations with asterisk. >>>> >>>> This is my setup >>>> >>>> Motherboard with SATA RAID1 support >>>> CENT OS 4.4 >>>> Asterisk 1.2.19 >>>> Libpri/zaptel latest release >>>> 2.8 Ghz Intel processor >>>> 2 80 GB SATA Hard disks >>>> 256 MB RAM >>>> digium PRI/E1 card >>>> >>>> Following are the concerns I am having >>>> >>>> I'm planing to put this asterisk server in production enviorment which is >>>> having E1 connection to the asterisk server, approximately >>>> 20 con-current calls, Music on hold, voice mail boxes. >>>> >>>> 1. If I use Software RAID, what would be the impact to my deployment? ( >>>> problems that I have to face with regard to the call flow ) >>>> 2. If I use Hardware based RAID 1, what would be the impact to the system? >>>> 3. According to your practical experiance what is the ideal solution among >>>> both options? >>>> >>>> I will be highly appreciate your feedback on this regard. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Thanks & Regards, >>>> Vidura Senadeera, >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- >> >> asterisk-users mailing list >> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: >> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >> > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users