On Sat, May 16, 2009 12:47 pm, Richard Scobie wrote: > Neil Brown wrote: > >> Considered, yes. But they are very low on my priority list. >> I accept patches. >> Maybe and option like >> mdadm --syncaction=check /dev/md0 > > Perhaps it could also be incorporated in a manner similar to the way > smartd allows for scheduled tests - a parameter added to each array in > the mdadm.conf would allow scheduled checks when mdadm is run as a > daemon. Thanks for the suggestion... However I have the strange and old-fashion notion that the strength of Unix (which is one of the foundations of Linux) is the "tools approach". You have a tool for each job, and it does the job properly. In the case of scheduled checks. cron is the tool of choice. So if you want a monthly, or yearly, or daily check, get cron to schedule it. Just like if you want to be regularly reminded about degraded arrays, get cron to run "mdadm -monitor --oneshot --scan" every morning. I am definitely not interested in adding any scheduling capabilities to mdadm. (is smartd does scheduled checks... more fool them :-) NeilBrown -- 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
