I am in utter desperate need of RAID help....

[phatcow]

We had a Raid 0 array, and the controller on the bottom of one of the hard drives burnt out.

The data is still intact, and we are able to get a brand new controller and hook it up and replace the burnt.


How do i RECOVER the broken stripe array in a HIGHPOINT based raid system.

 

[hausdave]

There is a utility called raidrb or raidlb. It may or may not get it done for you.

 

[phatcow]

how do you know what order the drives are supposed to be connected tot he array?

 

[SCSIRAID]

If you have a RAID 0 stripe set and a drive fails... you data is lost. If you can replace the drive PCB and get it running again then you could be OK. Just put the Master/Slave jumper on the new PCB in the same place the old PCB had them and all should be well. I believe when you said the 'controller' on the drive failed.. you actually meant the PCB on the drive. The other drives and the RAID controller are OK... correct?

 

[phatcow]

everything else is alright...

the drive PCB is dead.. we swapped it with another production hard drive, and the HD can be read...


do i have to run that utility like the guy said?


thanks scsi raid

 

[SCSIRAID]

Sounds like you 'dodged the bullet'. The only thing you should do now is back up your data.....

 

[Lucky]

Originally posted by: SCSIRAID
Sounds like you 'dodged the bullet'. The only thing you should do now is back up your data.....

or stop using RAID-0.

 

[SCSIRAID]

Lucky... True.....

 

[vetteguy]

I would think that maybe using RAID 0 would be ok for apps/OS (which are easy to replace) but I don't think I'd store any data on a 0 array. Hope you can get your data back.