Recovering data from a LACIE 4BIG QUADRA

[gacpac]

It's safe to take out drives of the LACIE 4BIG QUADRA Enclosure to image and try reconstructing with RAID Recovery software maybe linux like o R-studio??

Lacie uses proprietary hardware sometimes so i'm not sure if i could do that without screwing the RAID.

I've tried with WD Sharespace and successfully recovered but that's more standard because uses Linux RAID configuration


Any answer can help

Regards,

[pcimage]

Yes

[lcoughey]

Yes, but that isn't how I'd do it.

[gacpac]

So i can take out the drives, put it on right order, image bad drives and basically i can try recovering the data. without screwing the RAID on the enclosure :3


I will post my results, thanks for the help

[gacpac]

Hi,

Actually i tried to image the failing drive maybe i will need to use an imager R-studio is not working for that.

My question now is.

Can i Image the failing drive to another and put it right back into the RAID? i'm asking because the RAID set use Hitachi hard drives and i have a good Western Digital and don't know the consequences of using different drives and also LACIE are different of DROBO and others.

[DR-Kiev]

Hi,

Actually i tried to image the failing drive maybe i will need to use an imager R-studio is not working for that.

My question now is.

Can i Image the failing drive to another and put it right back into the RAID? i'm asking because the RAID set use Hitachi hard drives and i have a good Western Digital and don't know the consequences of using different drives and also LACIE are different of DROBO and others.

Has only one drive failed ? If it was raid5 , you have a channce to reconstruct array get data without failed drive.

[Dmitri]

LACIE are different of DROBO and others.

I doubt Lacie is comparable with Drobo -- Lacies only look glamourous, but there's nothing extraordinary inside, just a regular RAID array, while Drobos are a real PITA with their BeyondRAID.

Check the RAID level indeed, even if it's unobvious, you can ask the client -- if I recall correctly, by default Lacie 4big Quadra USB 2.0 configured as RAID 0, so if the client has been changing this setting, then it's RAID 5 likely, if not -- RAID 0.

[gacpac]

It was a RAID 0, also can mount and everything but the really important info that he needs it's inside the failing drive.

Basically i want to know if i can image the failing drive and replace it in the enclosure to recover the data. I've done that with a WD Sharespace on RAID 0 with the drives connected to a linux based pc.
But here i's kind o different.