Comments on: How to get the status of a Linux software raid? http://www.faqforge.com/linux/how-to-get-the-status-of-the-software-raid-on-linux/ Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:28:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Johnhttp://www.faqforge.com/linux/how-to-get-the-status-of-the-software-raid-on-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-154 John Tue, 30 Mar 2010 20:50:20 +0000 http://www.faqforge.com/?p=102#comment-154 Code a bit messy above. [code] <?php header( 'refresh: 300; url=/sensors/' );echo '';$raidStat = shell_exec("cat /proc/mdstat"); echo "RAID Status (mdstat): <pre>$raidStat</pre>";echo ''; ?> [/code] Code a bit messy above.
[code]
<?php
header( 'refresh: 300; url=/sensors/' );

echo '';

$raidStat = shell_exec("cat /proc/mdstat");
echo "RAID Status (mdstat):

$raidStat

";

echo '';
?>
[/code]

]]> By: Johnhttp://www.faqforge.com/linux/how-to-get-the-status-of-the-software-raid-on-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-153 John Tue, 30 Mar 2010 20:48:58 +0000 http://www.faqforge.com/?p=102#comment-153 I extended this to an Administrator only page in Drupal using PHP input format. This way I can see the status from any browser without having to run putty or other terminal program. The header command refreshes the page every 5 minutes and the output of the mdstat can be styled by using CSS on the div.<?php header( 'refresh: 300; url=/sensors/' ); echo ''; $raidStat = shell_exec("cat /proc/mdstat"); echo "RAID Status (mdstat): <pre>$raidStat</pre>"; echo ''; ?> I extended this to an Administrator only page in Drupal using PHP input format. This way I can see the status from any browser without having to run putty or other terminal program. The header command refreshes the page every 5 minutes and the output of the mdstat can be styled by using CSS on the div.

<?php
header( 'refresh: 300; url=/sensors/' );
echo '’;
$raidStat = shell_exec(“cat /proc/mdstat”);
echo “RAID Status (mdstat):

$raidStat

“;
echo ”;
?>

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