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HP ProLiant RAID?

January 13th, 2021, 19:17

I have images only of 2 Hdds from HP ProLiant ML310e Server which are almos identical so I suppose they worked in RAID1. Server worked with WinServ2012 R2. When I list partitons I have two NTFS partitons on the first 100GB of disk. After that there is space marked as unpartitioned but its not true. There are some data structures like this:
Code:
00000000: 7856 3412 ffff ffff bdae 7f0c 0000 0000  xV4.............
00000010: 1bfb 3a53 0000 0000 7cf0 3a53 0000 0000  ..:S....|.:S....
00000020: 2f64 6576 2f73 6462 0000 0000 0000 0000  /dev/sdb........
00000030: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000  ................
00000040: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000  ................
00000050: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000  ................
AND MORE DATA

From SleuthKit view this part of disk is not unpartitioned:
Code:
DOS Partition Table
Offset Sector: 0
Units are in 512-byte sectors

      Slot      Start        End          Length       Description
000:  Meta      0000000000   0000000000   0000000001   Primary Table (#0)
001:  -------   0000000000   0000002047   0000002048   Unallocated
002:  000:000   0000002048   0000718847   0000716800   NTFS / exFAT (0x07)
003:  000:001   0000718848   0209694396   0208975549   NTFS / exFAT (0x07)
004:  -------   0209694397   1953525167   1743830771   Unallocated

as I see the same bytes are located on header of every sector.
After that I see some data but unreadable. Is it some sort of software raid ? I think its not because its only used on third partition

Re: HP ProLiant RAID?

January 14th, 2021, 5:31

First sectors look like this:
Code:
00000000: 7856 3412 ffff ffff bdae 7f0c 0000 0000  xV4.............
00000010: 1bfb 3a53 0000 0000 7cf0 3a53 0000 0000  ..:S....|.:S....
00000020: 2f64 6576 2f73 6462 0000 0000 0000 0000  /dev/sdb........
00000030: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000  ................
00000040: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000  ................
00000050: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000  ................
00000060: 62fa 737e c738 ac8d ecb9 445f d1cd 0517  b.s~.8....D_....
00000070: 76c4 63bc dbed 7edf 009a 23fe e518 caa8  v.c...~...#.....
00000080: 8aba 9667 efce 595f 14a6 8fb6 f98f 60ba  ...g..Y_......`.
00000090: 9edc a0c3 03dc d0db 28de 1c22 0d33 5df0  ........(..".3].
000000a0: b22a 16c0 1715 78cf 3c42 5f86 2102 549b  .*....x.<B_.!.T.
000000b0: c6a4 8af8 2b7a e360 50d2 ead4 35fd d8b7  ....+z.`P...5...
000000c0: da4a 92b4 3f0b a762 648e 53ab 4924 80ee  .J..?..bd.S.I$..
000000d0: ee1c c1e7 53c8 5653 7876 2d53 5d77 dd93  ....S.VSxv-S]w..
000000e0: 021b ab31 67b1 865d 8c8a 0cc2 71f6 84a8  ...1g..]....q...
000000f0: 1645 e4dd 7bc6 ca57 a0ca 8499 85a1 0ad9  .E..{..W........
00000100: 7856 3412 2a9b 00e4 8f07 b7c4 b436 2a27  xV4.*........6*'
00000110: 9978 027e 3e1d 94e7 a374 dfd2 c8ce 9064  .x.~>....t.....d
00000120: ad7b 009c 52cb 3238 b70d d85c dc92 4cf7  .{..R.28...\..L.
00000130: c1aa 98e3 66a5 70d1 cbd2 34e9 f082 f130  ....f.p...4....0
00000140: d505 5fb1 7aab e15a dfc3 89aa 049f 130f  .._.z..Z........
00000150: e98c e70d 8edd 1928 f3e0 6a7f 18e7 463b  .......(..j...F;
00000160: fd3f c6ad a23b ad38 072a 6cf2 2c5b 1f0b  .?...;.8.*l.,[..
00000170: 111f 8ff1 b6c5 2f38 1b9f 213a 40fb 3080  ....../8..!:@.0.
00000180: 252a d6e5 ca7b 357e 2f40 1f39 54c7 0f48  %*...{5~/@.9T..H
00000190: 3961 2f43 de5d 520e 430d f97d 68bf 4fbc  9a/C.]R.C..}h.O.
000001a0: 4dc4 2e6e f26b 1a98 5706 4343 7ce3 84e2  M..n.k..W.CC|...
000001b0: 6153 6877 06a6 2177 6b2b 916f 9033 436c  aShw..!wk+.o.3Cl
000001c0: 750e 701b 1a0c fcb2 7f7c 7795 a4af 1eb7  u.p......|w.....
000001d0: 89f5 d9c2 2e9e 3dff 93f9 89f3 b857 abcc  ......=......W..
000001e0: 9d08 3a82 425c 7abb a7a2 5c74 cc2b 7d62  ..:.B\z...\t.+}b
000001f0: 0000 0000 bdae 7f0c ffff ffff 7856 3412  ............xV4.
00000200: 7856 3412 ffff ffff beae 7f0c 0000 0000  xV4.............
00000210: 1bfb 3a53 0000 0000 7cf0 3a53 0000 0000  ..:S....|.:S....
00000220: 2f64 6576 2f73 6462 0000 0000 0000 0000  /dev/sdb........
00000230: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000  ................
00000240: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000  ................
00000250: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000  ................
00000260: 23a6 a890 48a0 4feb 2ded cc35 d2dc 24c9  #...H.O.-..5..$.
00000270: 37bf 07e3 5ce4 d10a 419c 8b36 e636 e9af  7...\...A..6.6..
00000280: 4b04 4bb9 7054 bdf2 5577 f87e fabc 60e8  K.K.pT..Uw.~..`.
00000290: 5f75 06c6 84f0 a520 697e a797 0e6f 1f46  _u..... i~...o.F
000002a0: 7312 ce67 98b8 1fbe 7db1 2cb5 224d b948  s..g....}.,."M.H
000002b0: 87db 35a9 acac bea0 9110 1cb8 3657 c21b  ..5.........6W..
000002c0: 9bd0 d140 c0cc 164a a59b 092d 4a8d ce96  ...@...J...-J...
000002d0: aff1 3591 d418 bce7 b952 894c 5eef 713d  ..5......R.L^.q=
000002e0: c33e f6a8 e890 4253 cd35 2ffb 727d 403f  .>....BS.5/.r}@?
000002f0: d7b7 a642 fc34 3e12 e144 8fc9 8637 ce77  ...B.4>..D...7.w
00000300: 7856 3412 eb5c dbc4 1005 4356 f57f 3df4  xV4..\....CV..=.
00000310: 9a1d af6e ff2d 2842 2401 e5fc 09e7 cd63  ...n.-(B$......c
00000320: ae2f 7757 132b 2179 3829 b88f 1d7a d4ac  ./wW.+!y8)...z..
00000330: c26d ba11 2754 5ad4 4c7d 5044 3139 e50f  .m..'TZ.L}PD19..
00000340: d6d7 0c29 3ba9 676a 60fd 41fc 4524 9479  ...);.gj`.A.E$.y
00000350: ea6d 02d5 4f2a ddfd 74a9 2045 593b 7582  .m..O*..t. EY;u.
00000360: fe2f 2ff9 63d7 4efd 8881 8058 6d7e 1c6f  .//.c.N....Xm~.o
00000370: 121e 2725 77b0 5083 9c85 f51b 81ed 1d30  ..'%w.P........0
00000380: 2638 7e94 8bb5 7656 b0b5 1321 9588 0d62  &8~...vV...!...b
00000390: 3a7e c82e 9fe6 54e9 c411 6fa5 a94f 7f4d  :~....T...o..O.M
000003a0: 4ef0 9987 b343 7f5a d899 9b92 bd42 07e7  N....C.Z.....B..
000003b0: 628e 86de c7cc 8974 ec4d 2d7e d161 39cf  b......t.M-~.a9.
000003c0: 7658 221f db81 08ae 002e b8a9 e5ac a952  vX"............R
000003d0: 8a4e 01e1 ef62 8f29 143a d002 f923 ec69  .N...b.).:...#.i
000003e0: 9e70 b767 0370 b2b5 2872 0923 0dc7 94b9  .p.g.p..(r.#....
000003f0: 0000 0000 beae 7f0c ffff ffff 7856 3412  ............xV4.
00000400: 7856 3412 ffff ffff bfae 7f0c 0000 0000  xV4.............
00000410: 1bfb 3a53 0000 0000 7cf0 3a53 0000 0000  ..:S....|.:S....
00000420: 2f64 6576 2f73 6462 0000 0000 0000 0000  /dev/sdb........
00000430: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000  ................
00000440: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000  ................
00000450: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000  ................
00000460: e451 dda2 c907 f348 6e20 550c d3eb 437b  .Q.....Hn U...C{
00000470: f8b9 ab09 ddda 2436 829e f36e e754 08b7  ......$6...n.T..
00000480: 0c4e ff0a f1d9 2086 9648 6147 fbe9 6016  .N.... ..HaG..`.
00000490: 200e 6cc8 0505 7b65 aa1e 320d 0fab e19b   .l...{e..2.....
000004a0: 34fa 850f 195c c7ac be20 fae3 2398 1ef6  4....\... ..#...
000004b0: 4812 e159 2ddf 99e0 d24e 4d9b 37b1 ab7f  H..Y-....NM.7...
000004c0: 5c56 11cd 418e 8631 e6a8 bfae 4bf6 1c3f  \V..A..1....K..?
000004d0: 70c6 aa3a 5569 217c fa2e e545 5f67 06e7  p..:Ui!|...E_g..
000004e0: 8462 4120 6970 fe48 0ee1 5134 7304 fcd5  .bA ip.H..Q4s...
000004f0: 982a 69a7 7da3 b1cc 22bf 99f9 87cd 9116  .*i.}...".......
00000500: 7856 3412 ac1e b6a5 9102 cfe7 36c9 50c1  xV4.........6.P.
00000510: 9bc2 5b5f c03e bc9c a58d ea26 4aff 0a63  ..[_.>.....&J..c
00000520: afe3 ed12 d48a 0fba b944 98c2 5e61 5c62  .........D..^a\b
00000530: c330 dc3f e802 44d7 cd27 6c9f 72ef d8ee  .0.?..D..'l.r...
00000540: d7a9 baa0 fca6 ed79 e136 fa4d 86a9 14e4  .......y.6.M....
00000550: eb4e 1d9c 1077 a0d3 f571 d60a 9a8f a3c9  .N...w...q......
00000560: ff1f 9844 2473 f0c1 09d9 94be aea1 19d3  ...D$s..........
00000570: 131d bf58 389b 71ce 1d6c c9fd c2df 0ae0  ...X8.q..l......
00000580: 2746 2643 4cef b72e 312b 0809 d649 0b7c  'F&CL...1+...I.|
00000590: 3b9b 611a 606f 57c4 4516 e5cc eadf aede  ;.a.`oW.E.......
000005a0: 4f1c 05a1 741b e41c 592d f4e1 fea1 89eb  O...t...Y-......
000005b0: 63c9 a445 88f3 f171 6d70 c98c 1290 2f32  c..E...qmp..../2
000005c0: 77a2 d422 9cf7 14a9 81df f8bd 26aa 34ee  w.."........&.4.
000005d0: 8ba7 28ff b027 e153 957a 1612 3af0 2c07  ..(..'.S.z..:.,.
000005e0: 9fd8 344d c483 eaaf a941 b6d1 4e62 ac10  ..4M.....A..Nb..
000005f0: 0000 0000 bfae 7f0c ffff ffff 7856 3412  ............xV4.
00000600: 7856 3412 ffff ffff c0ae 7f0c 0000 0000  xV4.............
00000610: 1bfb 3a53 0000 0000 7cf0 3a53 0000 0000  ..:S....|.:S....
00000620: 2f64 6576 2f73 6462 0000 0000 0000 0000  /dev/sdb........
00000630: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000  ................
00000640: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000  ................
00000650: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000  ................
00000660: a5fd 11b5 4a6f 96a6 af53 dde2 d4fa 622d  ....Jo...S....b-
00000670: b9b4 4f30 5ed1 7761 c3a0 5ba7 e872 27be  ..O0^.wa..[..r'.
00000680: cd97 b35c 725f 8419 d719 ca0f fc16 6144  ...\r_........aD
00000690: e1a6 d1ca 8619 50aa ebbe bc82 10e7 a3f1  ......P.........
000006a0: f5e1 3db7 9aff 6e9b ff8f c712 24e3 83a3  ..=...n.....$...
000006b0: 0949 8c0a ae11 7520 138d 7e7e 380b 95e3  .I....u ..~~8...
000006c0: 1ddc 5059 c24f f618 27b6 7530 4c5f 6be7  ..PY.O..'.u0L_k.
000006d0: 319b 1fe4 d6b9 8610 3b0b 413f 60df 9a90  1.......;.A?`...
000006e0: 4586 8c97 ea4f ba3e 4f8c 746d 748b b76c  E....O.>O.tmt..l
000006f0: 599d 2b0c fe11 2587 6339 a429 8863 55b5  Y.+...%.c9.).cU.
00000700: 7856 3412 6de0 9086 1200 5b79 7712 648e  xV4.m.....[yw.d.
00000710: 9c67 0850 814f 50f7 261a f050 8b17 4862  .g.P.OP.&..P..Hb
00000720: b097 64ce 95ea fdfa 3a60 78f5 9f48 e417  ..d.....:`x..H..
00000730: c4f3 fd6d a9b1 2dda 4ed2 87fa b3a5 cccd  ...m..-.N.......
00000740: d87b 6818 bda4 7389 6270 b29f c72e 954e  .{h...s.bp.....N
00000750: ec2f 3863 d1c3 63a9 763a 8cd0 dbe3 d110  ./8c..c.v:......
00000760: 0010 0190 e50e 9286 8a30 a924 efc4 1637  .........0.$...7
00000770: 141c 578c f985 9219 9e52 9ddf 03d2 f78f  ..W......R......
00000780: 2854 cef1 0d29 f906 b2a0 fcf0 170b 0996  (T...)..........
00000790: 3cb8 fa05 21f8 599f c61a 5bf4 2b70 de6f  <...!.Y...[.+p.o
000007a0: 5048 70ba 35f3 48df dac0 4c31 3f01 0cf0  PHp.5.H...L1?...
000007b0: 6404 c3ac 491a 5a6f ee92 659b 53be 2595  d...I.Zo..e.S.%.
000007c0: 78ec 8626 5d6d 21a4 0291 39d2 67a7 bf89  x..&]m!...9.g...
000007d0: 8c00 501d 71ec 327e 16bb 5c21 7bbc 6da4  ..P.q.2~..\!{.m.
000007e0: a040 b232 8597 22aa 2a11 6380 8ffd c367  .@.2..".*.c....g
000007f0: 0000 0000 c0ae 7f0c ffff ffff 7856 3412  ............xV4.


Maybe that's how "HP smart storage parition" or other HP technology used in HP ProLiant ML310e writes data to disk.
Unfortunately I have no idea what tool could handle it. Any ideas?
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