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Windows replaced bad clusters in file xx on a HP scsi raid 5 array, how to identify defective drive?

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Cleaning up 57 unused index entries from index $SII of file 0x9.
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Windows replaced bad clusters in file 87
of name \mssql\MSSQL$~1\Data\DISTRI~1.MDF.
Windows replaced bad clusters in file 7220
of name \mssql\MSSQL$~1\REPLDATA\unc\INSIGH~1\201004~1\TB5CD1~1.BCP.
Windows replaced bad clusters in file 26077
of name \mssql\MSSQL$~1\REPLDATA\unc\INSIGH~1\201004~1\TBLPDF~1.BCP.
Windows replaced bad clusters in file 32542
of name \mssql\MSSQL$~1\REPLDATA\unc\INSIGH~1\201003~1\TB5CD1~1.BCP.
Windows replaced bad clusters in file 34123
of name \mssql\MSSQL$~1\REPLDATA\unc\INSIGH~1\200802~1\TB50D9~1.BCP.
Windows replaced bad clusters in file 59114
of name \mssql\MSSQL$~1\REPLDATA\unc\INSIGH~1\200904~1\TB4CD1~1.BCP.
Windows replaced bad clusters in file 66747
of name \mssql\MSSQL$~1\REPLDATA\unc\INSIGH~1\200904~1\TBLPDF~1.BCP.
Windows replaced bad clusters in file 306249
of name \mssql\MSSQL$~1\REPLDATA\unc\INSIGH~1\200608~1\TB50D9~1.BCP.
Windows replaced bad clusters in file 313926
of name \mssql\MSSQL$~1\REPLDATA\unc\INSIGH~1\200608~2\TB50D9~1.BCP.
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213371743 KB total disk space.
137811912 KB in 82347 files.
42892 KB in 6088 indexes.
0 KB in bad sectors.
962587 KB in use by the system.
23040 KB occupied by the log file.
74554352 KB available on disk.

4096 bytes in each allocation unit.
53342935 total allocation units on disk.
18638588 allocation units available on disk.



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this is on my domain controller, this is a HP raid5 array consisting of 4 72gb scsi disks. how can you get bad clusters on a raided drive? how can I know which physical drive is failing?

did I actually lose any data/get any data corruption?

I have backups of course, the problem if its hardware failure, and I am going to do migration to windows 2008 r2 from windows 2003, it will still take sometime to initiate things, buying a single replacement scsi might be viable but if I can't identify the drive and have to get 4 scsi drives and rebuild the array 1 disk at the time, it would be problematic not to mention prone to disaster.

Just to add this is a HP Proliant ML 350 G3, around 4+ years old.
I would also like to know what kind of remedial/repair action I can take
a) get 4 x 72gb scsi and rebuild the array disc by disc. (which I suspect is prone fo failure
b) mirror/ghost the drive using (recommend? I'm thinking macrium reflect) then plug in the new 4x 72gb scsi or 2x 300gb raid 0 and do a bare metal restore?
c) do nothing as the error appears to be logical rather than physical?

I am planning a infrastructure refresh to win2008 r2+sql2008 from the win2003 + sql2000 as well, so I think keeping costs down for the repair is probably best.

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yes, I have confirmed it is a ntfs error due to improper shutdowns (cos the whole computer hanged/stalled due to some issues with a usb drive )