If you are using Proxmox's software raid it should be ZFS and you can run
For problems with your hard disks you should try the "smartctl" command. For example
zpool status to se the status and health of the ZFS pools.For problems with your hard disks you should try the "smartctl" command. For example
smartctl -a /dev/sdX if you want to get detailed health information of drive "sdX" or smartctl -t short /dev/sdX to initialize a short self test of the drive "sdX".
Thanks for your prompt response Dunuin.
Do you know if there is any command to check if there is any error on the hard disk of the server from porxmox terminal ?
I notice there is red light on one of the hard disk but the smartctl command shows no error at all
Do you know if there is any command to check if there is any error on the hard disk of the server from porxmox terminal ?
I notice there is red light on one of the hard disk but the smartctl command shows no error at all
Software raids don't control leds..
You have a hardware raid, find out which brand the raid controller is (lspci) and download the management utility.
Your smartctl output already tells you it's a Adaptec RAID 7805.
https://storage.microsemi.com/en-us/speed/raid/storage_manager/arcconf_v2_05_22932_zip.php
BTW zfs on a hardware raid controller is a bad idea.
You have a hardware raid, find out which brand the raid controller is (lspci) and download the management utility.
Your smartctl output already tells you it's a Adaptec RAID 7805.
https://storage.microsemi.com/en-us/speed/raid/storage_manager/arcconf_v2_05_22932_zip.php
BTW zfs on a hardware raid controller is a bad idea.
Ok, that makes sense. If you use HW raid with a raid1 array both disks are presented ZFS as a single disk. One drive might still be failing but ZFS can't see this because its hidden behind the abstraction of the raid controller.
Here is the explanation why its bad: https://openzfs.github.io/openzfs-docs/Performance and Tuning/Hardware.html#hardware-raid-controllers
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