"Fixing" a RAID
Steve Bertrand
steve at ibctech.ca
Thu Jun 19 01:59:27 UTC 2008
Ryan Coleman wrote:
> Is there a way to figure out what order drives were supposed to go in for
> a RAID 5? Using a hex tool?
Do you mean that you physically unplugged them, and they were not labeled?
What kind of disk controller is it?
Technically, AFAIK, the order should not matter. The stripe on the disk
should know what is where and simply run with it. In practice however...
> I have time to figure all this out.
What happens when you try it?
Is FreeBSD in use in any form or fashion at all on these drives, or is
this a generalized hardware question?
Steve
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