I use something like this.. when i commission a drive I allocate it a unique number like J70 and I then have a spreadsheet that marrys this up with the serial number of the device. hdparm etc gives me the serial number, and the lookup identifies the device. Oh and i write the J70 on little green sticky labels that I then stick on all 4 edges of the drive... -- 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