Raid monitor 64 bits#
Our Environment is - Win7 64 bits - AIMB. We dont want to use GUI applications to RAID array monitoring, what is needed is an automated way of accessing the status information. RAID is a set of algorithms for writing data blocks to disk devices.
Raid monitor install#
Please visit the manufacturer's web site to obtain more information and install the recommended management suite. Unfortunately, the only source to monitor a Windows-based software RAID is the built-in event log. We have many computers (more than 50 PCs) running on RAID-1 and we would like to monitor RAID system status. Monitoring and Managing Linux Software RAID. Without this software, EventSentry will not be able to alert you of critical hardware warnings and/or errors, such as a hard drive failure in a RAID. WinRaidMonitor queries the health of a given RAID via the drive letter it is mapped to your system (such as C:), you have to provide this letter when you call the software. If EventSentry is capable of monitoring the hardware status but the necessary WMI interface is not installed, the EventSentry agent will generate event ID 12090 each time the agent starts, and the event will have the following text:ĮventSentry determined that the recommended management suite (""%1"") from the hardware manufacturer (%2) is either not installed or not currently running on this server. When executed, WinRaidMonitor calls the standard Windows tool DISKPART in order to check the health of a given mirror/RAID. random writes in raid-5/6 are most painful because of the read/write issue to recompile the checksum/crcs.
benchmarks need to be real world - simple benchmarks dont deal with the random nature of your application use. EventSentry can also detect the firmware versions of most hardware components. fact is raid-5/6 has to read/write more than raid-10 so you have the overhead plus double read/writes. Once the first Server Monitoring data comes in, you will be able to open it up by clicking on your Uptime Monitor’s name: And then scroll down to the Disk Usage section in order to find the software RAID data: This is the place where our interface will display warning or danger indicators if your software RAID does not have a healthy. Yes, as long as the necessary WMI interface (Dell OpenManage, HP Insight WBEM) is installed in the operating system, the EventSentry agent can detect and monitor the same RAID status, fan status, power supply status, and other hardware health and status indicators that are visible in the vendor's hardware status tools.