A DegradedArray event had been detected on md device /dev/md/1. Faithfully yours, etc. P.S. The /proc/mdstat file currently contains the following: Personalities : [linear] [multipath] [raid0] [raid1] [raid6] [raid5] [raid4] [raid10] md0 : active raid1 sda2[0] sdb2[1] 488128 blocks super 1.2 [2/2] [UU] md1 : active raid1 sda3[0] sdb3[1](F) 58560512 blocks super 1.2 [2/1] [U_] md2 : active raid1 sda4[0] sdb4[1] 2871042048 blocks super 1.2 [2/2] [UU] bitmap: 0/22 pages [0KB], 65536KB chunk unused devices: