Originally Posted By: rharv
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.. last night the RAID controller died in one of our web servers. Yes it was a mirrored RAID array AND backed up incremental to another machine.
No amount of cloning/backup would have helped bring this server back quickly. But having the back ups did help us rebuild it efficiently.

As computer users we all do what we can but sometimes it's all for naught.

If a drive had died; fine. Two (even more) drives dying would have been recoverable. When the drive 'controller' goes, it's no longer an easy fix.
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Hey rharv, I feel for ya...

Shame you weren't using a HP SMART array controller - beautiful things - just put in another HP SMART array controller (doesn't even have to be the same model, as long as it supports the interface - no point using a SAS controller on SCSI drives) and it will find the array - even if the drives are mixed up - and away you go - I love 'em, won't use any other array controller 'cos no other manufacturer has controllers that are near as good.

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