RAID 5 Multiple crash
We have a Dell PV 220S SCSI Storage. We configured 8 hard disks with RAID5 and leaving one as a Hot Spare. Due to heat problems there was a three hard disk crash.
One of our administrators reconfigured the RAID and initialized it.
My Question: Is there a way to recover the data which was on it. We have lost almost 70 GB of data files.
One of our administrators reconfigured the RAID and initialized it.
My Question: Is there a way to recover the data which was on it. We have lost almost 70 GB of data files.
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Don't want to sound patronising - but surely you have a tape backup on a server like that??
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Thanks to all of you. Right now I am skipping the recovery part. But all the answers will be of great use for me for a next crash.
Yes our backup has been having problems since a long time (permissions, too many files etc.). But now hopefully it will be fine.
Probably it will be more helpfule if pjedmond can provide a document with the complete recovery procedure with all details if possible. it will be useful not only for me but for others who face a problem in the future
Yes our backup has been having problems since a long time (permissions, too many files etc.). But now hopefully it will be fine.
Probably it will be more helpfule if pjedmond can provide a document with the complete recovery procedure with all details if possible. it will be useful not only for me but for others who face a problem in the future
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Regarding RAID 10, is it not a requirement that the RAID controller (Dell PERC3 DC) should support RAID 10. It was supporting RAID5 configuration already