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Hiya,
so i have a small mac mini server with an internal 500gb hdd that has been hosting a softraid 12tb raid 5 array, 3 x 4tb drives in a thunderbolt OWC external box for many years sucessfully.
Unfortunately during a power outage the mac MBR got broken and the server no longer boots, apple have failed to restore the MBR, so the question is how can i get the 12tb raid 5 softraid array back working on a new server? for the 2 scenarios below:-
1) if i cant recover the server HDD and any config files.
2) if i can get to access the server drive what should i be looking for to transfer to the new server?
and how can i get this array working again without losing the data thats on it.
thanks for any help and advicePete.
Posted : 05/12/2022 11:10 am
If you connect the drives to a new intel computer, they will immediately mount, unless the file system is damaged. If so, then get Disk Warrior to rebuild the directory (intel only and requires Big Sur or older)
SoftRAID Drives are independent of MacOS, so install SoftRAID as normal on the new server.
Posted : 05/12/2022 11:42 am
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thanks for your help
so for clarity the 500gb drive from the mac can just be connected to another intel mac and recovered using disk warrior or similar.
and the raid 5 array will be discovered by installing a new license of softraid on a new server and the data will be usable.
Pete.
Posted : 05/12/2022 1:58 pm
Just responding to make sure the above two statements are independent. the drives will mount yes. Just install SoftRAID on the new computer to take advantages of managing the volume. I mentioned Disk Warrior in case your RAID does not mount, the crash could have damaged the volume's directory.
Posted : 05/12/2022 4:42 pm
