Re: RAID 1 remote diagnostic

You're right; I was thinking about if the RAID itself failed, which isn't
outside the realm of possibility, especially with only 2 drives in the
array.

Clint

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Clint wrote:

Just a couple of thoughts...

Write a batch file/script that tries to hit the RAID array every so
often,
and if it fails, have it send you an e-mail

Isn't the whole point of RAID ( mirroring ) that it *doesn't* fail ?

Your idea just fell at the first hurdle.

Graham



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