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I plan on creating a Windows software RAID 5 array but need to know when a drive goes bum. I don't plan on wanting to check the server every so often, so how can I have an email sent when a drive goes kapüt or otherwise has problems? Keying off the event log would be OK, but how does one set up notifications on it when the exact event ID(s) may not be known?

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Spend the extra few hundred dollars and get a hardware RAID controller. SW RAID on Windows is poo, and you can get a new RAID controller for a few hundred dollars and the same part or its immediate predecessor off ebay for maybe $100-200.

Most branded vendors of such kit (Adaptec, 3Ware, LSI etc.) ship a RAID management tool with the controller and these often have some sort of notification facility. Do your homework and find one that will do what you want. In addition, the controllers will do hot spares properly, run RAID 5/50 fairly quickly and offer a much wider feature set than the SW RAID functionality available on Windows.

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The company I work for uses Proactive server monitoring support and has had great success you can look over what is offered here

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Good find for sure, but quite a bit out of my league for how much it costs. Not everyone uses this exact software, what else is used??? – Wayne Hartman Jan 7 '10 at 0:25
I found a piece of software for $34 that should do the trick. It's called Intelli-SMART and you can try or purchase it here: intelli-smart.com/software/ismdetail.html – Kythos Jan 7 '10 at 1:29
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