mfid, raid monitoring daemon

[Vincent Hoffman]

On 09/03/2012 11:52, Damien Fleuriot wrote:
> On 3/8/12 7:08 PM, Sean Bruno wrote:
>> I'm trying to decide if I should cram "mfid" for mfi(4) controllers into
>> the src tree or if we should package it up into a ports package.  I
>> suspect that either one is acceptible, but it seems to make more sense
>> to put it into the src tree since mfiutil is also there.
>>
>> Comments?
>>
>> Sean
>>
>> ref:  http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/user/sbruno/mfid/
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> For what it's worth, we use the following plugin for our Nagios RAID
> checks on MFI controllers.
> I'm attaching the nagios script below for those that are interested.
> The downside is it uses Megacli and all the linux compatibility stuff :(
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> I for one would be *delighted* if a system came up that would allow me
> to skip the whole linux compatibility layer !
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Can you not get enough info via mfiutil? not to mention there is a
FreeBSD megacli
sysutils/megacli as well as sysutils/linux-megacli

that said I favour a port for the reasons you give below.

Vince
> IMO:
> - port: flexibility (can choose to install or not, can update whenever
> you want)
> - base: no hassle with managing the port, at the cost of less
> flexibility (installed by default, updates only with the base system)
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> I slightly favor a port.
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