My /proc/mdstat says the following (for my raid1 array): Personalities : [raid1] md0 : active raid1 hda1[0] hdc1[1] 102208 blocks [2/2] [UU] That's a good example of how the /proc/mdstat "file" will look. --Dan On 3/7/07, Daniel Parraz wrote: > The most common command to check the status is: > > cat /proc/mdstat > > This shows the personality of the raid device(0,1,5), and the status of the > disk's in the brackets, if they are up, or one has failed. I think 'U' for > each disk means it's up and running. > > Unfortunately, I don't have a box available right now to SSH into to give > you the break down of the info you will see running that command. The > Oreilly book referred to from Eric is in my bookshelf, but I rarely use it > since I can do software raid 1 in my sleep now, but haven't messed with sw > raid 5 enough to give that book away. > > Hope this helps. > > Daniel Parraz > > -- "Courage is like love; it must have hope to nourish it." -Napoleon Bonaparte --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss