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Adaptec RAID

Plugin: go.d.plugin Module: adaptec_raid

Overview

Monitors the health of Adaptec Hardware RAID by tracking the status of logical and physical devices in your storage system. It relies on the arcconf CLI tool but avoids directly executing the binary. Instead, it utilizes ndsudo, a Netdata helper specifically designed to run privileged commands securely within the Netdata environment. This approach eliminates the need to use sudo, improving security and potentially simplifying permission management.

Executed commands:

  • arcconf GETCONFIG 1 LD
  • arcconf GETCONFIG 1 PD

This collector is supported on all platforms.

This collector only supports collecting metrics from a single instance of this integration.

Default Behavior

Auto-Detection

This integration doesn't support auto-detection.

Limits

The default configuration for this integration does not impose any limits on data collection.

Performance Impact

The default configuration for this integration is not expected to impose a significant performance impact on the system.

Metrics

Metrics grouped by scope.

The scope defines the instance that the metric belongs to. An instance is uniquely identified by a set of labels.

Per logical device

These metrics refer to the Logical Device (LD).

Labels:

LabelDescription
ld_numberLogical device index number
ld_nameLogical device name
raid_levelRAID level

Metrics:

MetricDimensionsUnit
adaptecraid.logical_device_statusok, criticalstatus

Per physical device

These metrics refer to the Physical Device (PD).

Labels:

LabelDescription
pd_numberPhysical device index number
locationPhysical device location (e.g. Connector 0, Device 1)
vendorPhysical device vendor
modelPhysical device model

Metrics:

MetricDimensionsUnit
adaptecraid.physical_device_stateok, criticalstatus
adaptecraid.physical_device_smart_warningssmartwarnings
adaptecraid.physical_device_temperaturetemperatureCelsius

Alerts

The following alerts are available:

Alert nameOn metricDescription
adaptec_raid_ld_health_status adaptecraid.logical_device_statusAdaptec RAID logical device (number ${label:ld_number} name ${label:ld_name}) health status is critical
adaptec_raid_pd_health_state adaptecraid.physical_device_stateAdaptec RAID physical device (number ${label:pd_number} location ${label:location}) health state is critical

Setup

Prerequisites

No action required.

Configuration

File

The configuration file name for this integration is go.d/adaptec_raid.conf.

You can edit the configuration file using the edit-config script from the Netdata config directory.

cd /etc/netdata 2>/dev/null || cd /opt/netdata/etc/netdata
sudo ./edit-config go.d/adaptec_raid.conf

Options

The following options can be defined globally: update_every.

Config options
NameDescriptionDefaultRequired
update_everyData collection frequency.10no
timeoutarcconf binary execution timeout.2no

Examples

Custom update_every

Allows you to override the default data collection interval.

Config
jobs:
- name: adaptec_raid
update_every: 5 # Collect Adaptec Hardware RAID statistics every 5 seconds

Troubleshooting

Debug Mode

To troubleshoot issues with the adaptec_raid collector, run the go.d.plugin with the debug option enabled. The output should give you clues as to why the collector isn't working.

  • Navigate to the plugins.d directory, usually at /usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/. If that's not the case on your system, open netdata.conf and look for the plugins setting under [directories].

    cd /usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/
  • Switch to the netdata user.

    sudo -u netdata -s
  • Run the go.d.plugin to debug the collector:

    ./go.d.plugin -d -m adaptec_raid

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