On Tuesday October 28, rob@fantinibakery.com wrote: > AFAIK you don't need DEVICE and ARRAY entries in mdadm.conf > > I only use MAILADDR PROGRAM entries to monitor the array. > It depends on what you want mdadm to do for you. If you want it to assemble your arrays, then DEVICE and ARRAY help alot. If you only want it to monitor your arrays, then MAILADDR and PROGRAM are all you need. NeilBrown - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html