Notification of ZimaOS RAID Drive Failure

Operating System ZimaOS
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I just set up RAID5 on my ZimaOS server and I was wondering if there was a way to be notified somehow (text, email, discord, etc) when a drive fails? I understand that it shows on the homepage but I don’t check my homepage often and I’d like to know as soon as possible.

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Just to clarify, ZimaOS still doesn’t provide built-in failure notifications (only the dashboard), and while Scrutiny is the best option from the App Store, email alerts aren’t configured through the UI.

Scrutiny can send alerts (email, Discord, webhooks), but email requires manual config inside the container, it’s not exposed in the App Store version by default.

So if you’re just using the App Store install as-is, you won’t see email alerts out of the box.

In practice, most people either:

add a webhook/Discord (simpler), or
manually edit the config to enable SMTP

Still, Scrutiny is the cleanest solution on ZimaOS right now, just worth knowing the alerting needs that extra step.

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Thanks so much, this helped a lot!

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How to Set Up ntfy Phone Alerts (ZimaOS)

If you want instant notifications (disk failure, SMART warnings, etc), this is the easiest method using ntfy.

Step 1 — Install ntfy on your phone

  • Go to Google Play Store or App Store
  • Search: ntfy
  • Install the app

Step 2 — Open the app

  • Launch ntfy
  • Allow notifications when prompted

Step 3 — Subscribe to a topic

  1. Tap “Subscribe to topic”
  2. Enter:
zima-alerts
  1. Make sure:
  • Do NOT enable “Use another server”
  • Leave default (this uses ntfy.sh)
  1. Tap Subscribe

Step 4 — Test it works

Run this on your ZimaOS terminal:

curl -d "Test alert working" https://ntfy.sh/zima-alerts

You should instantly receive a notification on your phone.

Step 5 — Connect Scrutiny (recommended)

Edit your Scrutiny config:

nano /DATA/AppData/big-bear-scrutiny/config/scrutiny.yaml

Add:

notify:
ntfy:
topic: zima-alerts
url: https://ntfy.sh

Restart Scrutiny:

docker restart big-bear-scrutiny

Result

  • Instant phone alerts
  • No email setup needed
  • Works outside your local network

Notes

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