Free Software Magazine: How to Recover from a Broken RAID5
Aug 25, 2005, 08:30 (2 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Edmundo Carmona)
"In this article I will describe an experience I had that began
with the failure of some RAID5 disks at the Hospital of Pediatric
Especialties, where I work. While I wouldn't wish such an event on
my worst enemy, it was something that made me learn about the power
of knowledge--a deep knowledge, which is so important in the
hacking culture.
"A 5-disk (18GB each) RAID5 was mounted on a HP Netserver Rack
Storage/12. Due to a power outage yesterday, it would no longer
recognize the RAID. As a matter of fact, there were two more RAIDs
on the rack that were recovered... but this one (holding about 60GB
of data) just wouldn't work..."
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