Frequently Asked Questions

Help Center Search

How can I be notified immediately when a drive fails?

Print this Article
Comment on this Article
Last Updated: April 22, 2007 8:37 AM

You can configure RAID to notify you immediately when a there is a problem with a drive on your Linux dedicated server.

NOTE: RAID automatically sends server notifications to our Dedicated Hosting support team. We recommend that you continue to use this configuration and simply add yourself to the notification list. Any other changes to your RAID configuration could result in a hard drive failure going undetected.

To Add Your Email to the RAID Notification List

  1. Connect to your Linux dedicated server using SSH.
  2. From the command prompt, type su.
  3. Enter the password you created when you set up your dedicated server.
  4. At the command prompt, type:
    hptraidconf
    .
  5. For your user name, type RAID.
  6. Again, enter the password you created when you set up your dedicated server.
  7. From the Highpoint CLI prompt, type:
  8. mail recipient add name email@coolexample.com options

    Where "name" is your name, "email@coolexample.com" is your email address, and "options" are either "Inf" (Information), "War" (Warning), or "Err" (Error)--depending on the type of problems you want to be notified about.

  9. To confirm that you were added to the notification list, type:
  10. mail recipient

Your name and email address should display in the mail recipient list along with the name and email address for your dedicated support team. If you have any problems adding yourself to your RAID notification list, please contact Customer Support.