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    This document discusses how to check the status and monitor software RAID arrays on Linux dedicated servers. The cat /proc/mdstat command can be used to view the status of RAID arrays, showing if disks are up or down. The mdadm -D command provides detailed information about a specific RAID array. RAID monitoring can be enabled by running mdadm in daemon mode and configuring it to send emails if errors occur.

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    Content
    You can check the status of a software RAID array with the command cat
    /proc/mdstat. RAID Array Details

    Below is an example of the output if both disks are present and correctly RAID Monitoring
    mounted:

    [root@host ~]# cat /proc/mdstat

    Personalities : [raid1]
    read_ahead 1024 sectors
    md2 : active raid1 sda3[1] sdb3[0]
    262016 blocks [2/2] [UU]

    md1 : active raid1 sda2[1] sdb2[0]


    119684160 blocks [2/2] [UU]

    md0 : active raid1 sda1[1] sdb1[0]


    102208 blocks [2/2] [UU]

    unused devices: <none>

    The example shows three RAID arrays (md0, md1, md2). On the second line
    for each device, the state of each partition is shown within square brackets at
    the end. A U means that the respective device is up, or functional.

    If a disk is down (not functioning), the output looks similar to the following:

    cat /proc/mdstat

    Personalities : [raid1]
    read_ahead 1024 sectors
    md0 : active raid1 sda1[1]
    102208 blocks [2/1] [_U]

    md2 : active raid1 sda3[1]


    262016 blocks [2/1] [_U]

    md1 : active raid1 sda2[1]


    119684160 blocks [2/1] [_U]

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    unused devices: <none>

    With only one disk up for each array, you can see that something is wrong
    here. The sdb disk is not functioning.

    RAID Array Details


    The command mdadm -D /dev/md1 provides detailed information about
    the md1 array.

    An example of the output for a working RAID array is below.

    [root@host ~]# mdadm -D /dev/md1

    /dev/md1:
    Version : 0.90
    Creation Time : Tue Sep 11 21:33:24 2012
    Raid Level : raid1
    Array Size : 4194240 (4.00 GiB 4.29 GB)
    Used Dev Size : 4194240 (4.00 GiB 4.29 GB)
    Raid Devices : 2
    Total Devices : 2
    Preferred Minor : 1
    Persistence : Superblock is persistent

    Update Time : Wed Jun 10 11:11:05 2015


    State : clean
    Active Devices : 2
    Working Devices : 2
    Failed Devices : 0
    Spare Devices : 0

    UUID : 2db35cef:bde058e8:1f51fb89:78ee93fe
    Events : 0.251

    Number Major Minor RaidDevice State


    0 8 1 0 active sync /dev/sda1
    1 8 17 1 active sync /dev/sdb1

    If there is a missing disk, the output is similar to the following:

    [root@host ~]# mdadm -D /dev/md0

    /dev/md0:
    Version : 00.90.00
    Creation Time : Thu Aug 21 12:22:43 2003
    Raid Level : raid1
    Array Size : 102208 (99.81 MiB 104.66 MB)

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    Device Size : 102208 (99.81 MiB 104.66 MB)


    Raid Devices : 2
    Total Devices : 1
    Preferred Minor : 0
    Persistence : Superblock is persistent

    Update Time : Fri Oct 15 06:25:45 2004


    State : dirty, no-errors
    Active Devices : 1
    Working Devices : 1
    Failed Devices : 0
    Spare Devices : 0

    Number Major Minor RaidDevice State


    0 0 0 0 faulty removed
    1 3 1 1 active sync /dev/sda1
    UUID : f9401842:995dc86c:b4102b57:f2996278

    RAID Monitoring
    The mdadm utility can also be run as a demon. By adding an email address
    to the /etc/mdadm.conf file, error messages will be sent to the address if
    there is a disk failure.

    MAILADDR [email protected]

    Example:

    In this example, the option --daemonise runs the monitoring program


    continuously in the background, checking the array every 300 seconds. If an
    event occurs, an email will be sent to the address specified in
    /etc/mdadm.conf. Errors will also be reported in the system log file.

    [root@host ~]# ./mdadm --monitor --mail=root@localhost --syslo

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