> Are there any tools available to get the serial number off the drives in > the array? Or can I get some pointers on writing such a tool? You could try smartctl, but I don't know what luck you'll have accessing the raw devices if they are behind a hardware controller. http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/ http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=6983 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html