Hello.
I have a Dell PowerEdge 1850 that suffered a failed raid controller (Perc 4e) and I wanted to get the data off this RAID-1 array quickly.
I asked someone at work on our server team and he said it "might" work if I insert these into an HP Proliant server, it might recognize the array so I can grab the data. So I stuck both drives in a DL580 and waited. Well I was stupid and didn't hook up a keyboard so I could stop this from happening, because HP decided to automatically Initialize my drives (gee thanks HP, you are so helpful) which means I "think" it just overwrote the Dell RAID configuration with it's own HP crap.
I haven't tested the drives yet in a Dell. I am on the fence whether I should purchase the replacement parts for my Dell server now, or not. Because I have a feeling these drives are trashed and the data is LOST.
Can someone give me some hope? If I initialize the drives BACK to a Dell RAID array will I get my data back? Or is there some kind of recovery that can be done?
Thanks for any help.
I have a Dell PowerEdge 1850 that suffered a failed raid controller (Perc 4e) and I wanted to get the data off this RAID-1 array quickly.
I asked someone at work on our server team and he said it "might" work if I insert these into an HP Proliant server, it might recognize the array so I can grab the data. So I stuck both drives in a DL580 and waited. Well I was stupid and didn't hook up a keyboard so I could stop this from happening, because HP decided to automatically Initialize my drives (gee thanks HP, you are so helpful) which means I "think" it just overwrote the Dell RAID configuration with it's own HP crap.
I haven't tested the drives yet in a Dell. I am on the fence whether I should purchase the replacement parts for my Dell server now, or not. Because I have a feeling these drives are trashed and the data is LOST.
Can someone give me some hope? If I initialize the drives BACK to a Dell RAID array will I get my data back? Or is there some kind of recovery that can be done?
Thanks for any help.