[root@localhost ~]# mdadm --monitor --mail=root@localhost --program=/root/md.sh  --syslog --delay=300 /dev/md0 --daemonise  
								
									3305
								
									[root@localhost ~]# mdadm -f /dev/md0 /dev/sdb 
								
									mdadm: set /dev/sdb faulty in /dev/md0
								
									[root@localhost ~]# mdadm -f /dev/md0 /dev/sd 
								
									sda   sda1  sda2  sda3  sda4  sda5  sdb   sdc   sdd   sde   sdf   sdg   sdh   sdi
								
									[root@localhost ~]# mdadm -f /dev/md0 /dev/sdb   
								
									mdadm: set /dev/sdb faulty in /dev/md0
								
									[root@localhost ~]#   
								
									[root@localhost ~]#   
								
									[root@localhost ~]#   
								
									[root@localhost ~]# mdadm -D /dev/md0   
								
									/dev/md0:  
								
									        Version : 0.90  
								
									  Creation Time : Thu Jun 27 21:54:21 2013  
								
									     Raid Level : raid5  
								
									     Array Size : 41942912 (40.00 GiB 42.95 GB)  
								
									  Used Dev Size : 20971456 (20.00 GiB 21.47 GB)  
								
									   Raid Devices : 3  
								
									  Total Devices : 4  
								
									Preferred Minor : 0  
								
									    Persistence : Superblock is persistent
								
									    Update Time : Thu Jun 27 22:03:48 2013 
								
									          State : clean, degraded, recovering  
								
									 Active Devices : 2  
								
									Working Devices : 3  
								
									 Failed Devices : 1  
								
									  Spare Devices : 1
								
									         Layout : left-symmetric 
								
									     Chunk Size : 64K
								
									 Rebuild Status : 27% complete
								
									           UUID : c7b98767:dbe2c944:442069fc:23ae34d9 
								
									         Events : 0.4
								
									    Number   Major   Minor   RaidDevice State 
								
									       3       8       64        0      spare rebuilding   /dev/sde
								
									       1       8       32        1      active sync   /dev/sdc
								
									       2       8       48        2      active sync   /dev/sdd
								
									       4       8       16        -      faulty spare   /dev/sdb
								
									[root@localhost ~]# tail –f /var/log/messages 
								
									Jun 27 22:03:48 localhost kernel:  --- rd:3 wd:2 fd:1  
								
									Jun 27 22:03:48 localhost kernel:  disk 0, o:1, dev:sde  
								
									Jun 27 22:03:48 localhost kernel:  disk 1, o:1, dev:sdc  
								
									Jun 27 22:03:48 localhost kernel:  disk 2, o:1, dev:sdd  
								
									Jun 27 22:03:48 localhost kernel: md: syncing RAID array md0  
								
									Jun 27 22:03:48 localhost kernel: md: minimum _guaranteed_ reconstruction speed: 1000 KB/sec/disc.  
								
									Jun 27 22:03:48 localhost kernel: md: using maximum available idle IO bandwidth (but not more than 200000 KB/sec) for reconstruction.  
								
									Jun 27 22:03:49 localhost kernel: md: using 128k window, over a total of 20971456 blocks.  
								
									Jun 27 22:03:48 localhost mdadm[3305]: RebuildStarted event detected on md device /dev/md0
								
									Jun 27 22:03:49 localhost mdadm[3305]: Fail event detected on md device /dev/md0, component device /dev/sdb
								
									[root@localhost ~]# mail 
								
									Mail version 8.1 6/6/93.  Type ? for help.  
								
									"/var/spool/mail/root": 4 messages 4 new  
								
									>N  1 logwatch@localhost.l  Wed Jun 12 03:37  43/1629  "Logwatch for localhost.localdomain (Linux)"
								
									 N  2 logwatch@localhost.l  Wed Jun 12 04:02  43/1629  "Logwatch for localhost.localdomain (Linux)"
								
									 N  3 logwatch@localhost.l  Thu Jun 27 17:58  43/1629  "Logwatch for localhost.localdomain (Linux)"
								
									 N  4 root@localhost.local  Thu Jun 27 22:03  32/1255  "Fail event on /dev/md0:localhost.localdomain"
								
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									Message 4:  
								
									From root@localhost.localdomain  Thu Jun 27 22:03:49 2013  
								
									Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 22:03:49 +0800  
								
									From: mdadm monitoring <root@localhost.localdomain>  
								
									To: root@localhost.localdomain  
								
									Subject: Fail event on /dev/md0:localhost.localdomain
								
									This is an automatically generated mail message from mdadm 
								
									running on localhost.localdomain
								
									A Fail event had been detected on md device /dev/md0.
								
									It could be related to component device /dev/sdb.
								
									Faithfully yours, etc.
								
									P.S. The /proc/mdstat file currently contains the following:
								
									Personalities : [raid6] [raid5] [raid4]  
								
									md0 : active raid5 sdd[2] sde[3] sdc[1] sdb[4](F)  
								
									      41942912 blocks level 5, 64k chunk, algorithm 2 [3/2] [_UU]  
								
									      [>....................]  recovery =  0.9% (200064/20971456) finish=1.7min speed=200064K/sec
								
									unused devices: <none>
								
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