SAS Drive Cleanroom Recovery
June 3rd, 2015, 18:49
I am in need of help with a Dell (Seagate) SAS drive. Part of a RAID. I have the other drives imaged but I don't have either SAS DDI or SAS PC3000 for this work. USA based of possible. Please PM.
Re: SAS Drive Cleanroom Recovery
June 3rd, 2015, 20:12
I can only think of Dmitri, and he is not from USA :/
USA based I believe data-medics has experience in raid recoveries.
USA based I believe data-medics has experience in raid recoveries.
Re: SAS Drive Cleanroom Recovery
June 3rd, 2015, 20:22
DRUG wrote:I can only think of Dmitri, and he is not from USA :/
USA based I believe data-medics has experience in raid recoveries.
Indeed Dmitri is looking at a complex RAID for me now
. I have images of all the other drives and a reasonable amount of experience at RAID recoveries, so its not really a RAID question more clean room recovery of a SAS drive. Thanks.
Re: SAS Drive Cleanroom Recovery
June 4th, 2015, 22:31
We can probably assist.
Jon
Jon
Re: SAS Drive Cleanroom Recovery
June 5th, 2015, 4:13
i do not untherstand.
what is the problems with not clonned SAS drive?
what is the problems with not clonned SAS drive?
Re: SAS Drive Cleanroom Recovery
June 5th, 2015, 10:48
hhddrec wrote:i do not untherstand. what is the problems with not clonned SAS drive?
Drive will not initialize.
Re: SAS Drive Cleanroom Recovery
June 5th, 2015, 11:12
DRUG wrote:I can only think of Dmitri, and he is not from USA :/
Thank you for the reference, but I'm indeed, not in the US yet :)
Re: SAS Drive Cleanroom Recovery
June 5th, 2015, 11:18
ddrecovery wrote:hhddrec wrote:i do not untherstand. what is the problems with not clonned SAS drive?
Drive will not initialize.
Sounds Good?
Re: SAS Drive Cleanroom Recovery
June 5th, 2015, 11:25
hhddrec wrote:ddrecovery wrote:hhddrec wrote:i do not untherstand. what is the problems with not clonned SAS drive?
Drive will not initialize.
Sounds Good?
It clicks three times but stays spinning so there is hope, but I think a PC3000 SAS is needed.
Re: SAS Drive Cleanroom Recovery
June 5th, 2015, 11:28
Dmitri wrote:DRUG wrote:I can only think of Dmitri, and he is not from USA :/
Thank you for the reference, but I'm indeed, not in the US yet
Perhaps you want to move to Canada, instead?
Re: SAS Drive Cleanroom Recovery
June 5th, 2015, 11:32
I think FW problems. i think i can help but not in USA and not In canada
speak with Luke, he is on Canada
speak with Luke, he is on Canada
Re: SAS Drive Cleanroom Recovery
June 5th, 2015, 11:35
lcoughey wrote:Dmitri wrote:DRUG wrote:I can only think of Dmitri, and he is not from USA :/
Thank you for the reference, but I'm indeed, not in the US yet
Perhaps you want to move to Canada, instead?
No I think it will have to be Alaska, because apparently you can see Russia from there......
Re: SAS Drive Cleanroom Recovery
June 5th, 2015, 12:08
I don't have any firmware tools for SAS drives unfortunately so I can't help there. RAID rebuilding on the other hand, I can certainly help with (as long as it isn't another X-RAID2 nightmare like I had earlier this week). 
SAS Hard Drive Recovery
June 5th, 2015, 14:25
ddrecovery wrote:It clicks three times but stays spinning
That's not the best symptom, I'm afraid.
Most likely servo wedge and/or heads issue.
The most appropriate way to proceed with this recovery is to send TEST UNIT READY command.
If status is SENSE 2-04-00, then chances are 90% that the drive is dead.
I'd also look at the front/back photos of the drive (over PM if necessary), but SENSE-code is a more precise indication.
Re: SAS Hard Drive Recovery
June 5th, 2015, 14:30
Dmitri wrote:ddrecovery wrote:It clicks three times but stays spinning
That's not the best symptom, I'm afraid.
Most likely servo wedge and/or heads issue.
The most appropriate way to proceed with this recovery is to send TEST UNIT READY command.
If status is SENSE 2-04-00, then chances are 90% that the drive is dead.
I'd also look at the front/back photos of the drive (over PM if necessary), but SENSE-code is a more precise indication.
How should the sense code be sent to the drive?
SAS Data Recovery
June 5th, 2015, 14:43
This SCSI command is standard, so it can be sent using just software.
I believe the most well-known one is sg3_utils. There's also something like SCSI Toolbox for Windows, but I have never used it myself, so even the name can be incorrect.
Probably some other tool(-s) are available, but I'm unaware of them, as do not keep an eye on this part of the market.
I believe the most well-known one is sg3_utils. There's also something like SCSI Toolbox for Windows, but I have never used it myself, so even the name can be incorrect.
Probably some other tool(-s) are available, but I'm unaware of them, as do not keep an eye on this part of the market.
Re: SAS Drive Cleanroom Recovery
June 5th, 2015, 14:48
If it is the only bad drive in the RAID, why not just recover with a missing drive? Odds are, the SAS drive is toast.
Re: SAS Drive Cleanroom Recovery
June 5th, 2015, 14:55
lcoughey wrote:If it is the only bad drive in the RAID, why not just recover with a missing drive? Odds are, the SAS drive is toast.
Difficult with an 8xRAID0
Re: SAS Drive Cleanroom Recovery
June 5th, 2015, 14:59
ddrecovery wrote:lcoughey wrote:If it is the only bad drive in the RAID, why not just recover with a missing drive? Odds are, the SAS drive is toast.
Difficult with an 8xRAID0
Yuck. I guess someone wasn't thinking when they setup that RAID, where they?
Re: SAS Drive Cleanroom Recovery
June 5th, 2015, 15:12
lcoughey wrote:Yuck. I guess someone wasn't thinking when they setup that RAID, where they?
An understatement I think. The IT company who gave me this RAID said they spoke to the CTO and he said (and I quote). "We originally set the server up as a RAID 5, but it somehow rolled back to a RAID 0......."
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