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I have 4 hard drives from a RAID5 array from a Dell server that suffered physical damage to the PERC 6/i RAID controller card.

The 4 disks themselves are undamaged and I've created 4 disk images using ddrescue.

Is there a way in Debian to recover the RAID array from the 4 images to a new disk image without the use of a new PERC 6/i controller card? (i.e. recovering the RAID array in software cf hardware).

TIA

Kenners
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Can't help with Debian I'm afraid, but there is software that can recover the data that was on the array. It won't create a brand new array, but it gives you a chance to get the data off the system and back it up.

The only one I've had success with was Zero Assumption Recovery.

However, the easiest thing to do would be to get a new PERC 6/i card and just plug them in; it should re-detect the existing array and just re-mount it.

Mark Henderson
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    +1 - If the disks truly are "undamaged" just get a new RAID card and you should be OK. If the disks AREN'T undamaged then you can consider other recovery options (as you already have images of them you have a lot of options). – voretaq7 Apr 08 '11 at 15:37
  • Thanks for the answers, but I was hoping someone might know some voodoo with dd or similar to avoid the outlay on new hardware for data recovery. – Kenners Apr 08 '11 at 18:24
  • I'm currently looking at Pyraid (http://code.google.com/p/pyraid) and raidextract (http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~peterb/linux/raidextract). – Kenners Apr 10 '11 at 20:53
  • if avoiding new hardware is the issue, then go find a local off lease or computer recycling company. You can easily get used PERC controller cards at very low prices. – jqa Jul 25 '11 at 00:40