[TriLUG] Ubuntu FakeRAID or Software

[Jimmy Dorff]

matt at noway2.thruhere.net wrote:
> The only time I ran into problems was when I decided to test the RAID.  I
> powered down, removed a drive, and restarted.  The server booted just fine
> on the one drive.  I then repeated the process with the other drive.
> 

RHEL/Fedora have a weekly cron script called "raid-check" that scrubs 
your disks to detect problems early. Searching found a 
/usr/share/mdadm/checkarray tool for ubuntu, but I haven't used that.