Re: identifying failed disk/s in an array.

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Tomasz Chmielewski wrote:
> Michael Harris schrieb:
>> i have a disk fail say HDC for example, i wont know which disk HDC is
>> as it could be any of the 5 disks in the PC. Is there anyway to make
>> it easier to identify which disk is which?.
> 
> If the drives have any LEDs, the most reliable way would be:
> 
> dd if=/dev/drive of=/dev/null
> 
> Then look which LED is the one which blinks the most.

And/or use smartctl to look up the make/model/serial number and look at the
drive label. I always do this to make sure I'm pulling the right drive (also
useful to RMA the drive)


David
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