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    I can't even

    Water Closet
    wtf i cant even that is not how that works
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    • Reid CooperR
      Reid Cooper
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      How do you even lose three drives in a RAID 5? Did they drop the servers? Has it been offline for years?

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      • wrx7mW
        wrx7m
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        Hopefully she has good backups

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        • Reid CooperR
          Reid Cooper @wrx7m
          last edited by

          @wrx7m said in I can't even:

          Hopefully she has good backups

          But... what are the chances?

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          • travisdh1T
            travisdh1 @Reid Cooper
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            @reid-cooper said in I can't even:

            How do you even lose three drives in a RAID 5? Did they drop the servers? Has it been offline for years?

            Hasn't been rebooted in forever would be my bet.

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            • ObsolesceO
              Obsolesce @wrx7m
              last edited by

              @wrx7m said in I can't even:

              Hopefully she has good backups

              With a mixed bag of drives like that in a RAID5, it's unlikely backups exist... if any, I doubt it's a working backup.

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              • scottalanmillerS
                scottalanmiller @Obsolesce
                last edited by

                @tim_g said in I can't even:

                @wrx7m said in I can't even:

                Hopefully she has good backups

                With a mixed bag of drives like that in a RAID5, it's unlikely backups exist... if any, I doubt it's a working backup.

                Mixed drives, ancient RAID 5, multiple arrays of matching drives (no OBR), Windows physical server no virtualization - I'd put the chances of backups around 10%.

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                • ObsolesceO
                  Obsolesce @scottalanmiller
                  last edited by

                  @scottalanmiller said in I can't even:

                  @tim_g said in I can't even:

                  @wrx7m said in I can't even:

                  Hopefully she has good backups

                  With a mixed bag of drives like that in a RAID5, it's unlikely backups exist... if any, I doubt it's a working backup.

                  Mixed drives, ancient RAID 5, multiple arrays of matching drives (no OBR), Windows physical server no virtualization - I'd put the chances of backups around 10%.

                  I'd say a 30% chance of your 10% that the backups are too old to use.

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                  • scottalanmillerS
                    scottalanmiller @Obsolesce
                    last edited by

                    @tim_g said in I can't even:

                    @scottalanmiller said in I can't even:

                    @tim_g said in I can't even:

                    @wrx7m said in I can't even:

                    Hopefully she has good backups

                    With a mixed bag of drives like that in a RAID5, it's unlikely backups exist... if any, I doubt it's a working backup.

                    Mixed drives, ancient RAID 5, multiple arrays of matching drives (no OBR), Windows physical server no virtualization - I'd put the chances of backups around 10%.

                    I'd say a 30% chance of your 10% that the backups are too old to use.

                    Right, I'm only wagering 10% that there is an attempted backup. We'd have to take a completely different guess as to if it is tested (.1%), complete (40%), or working at all (15%.)

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller
                      last edited by

                      External lights match the screen... five green, three orange. That array is toast.

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                      • scottalanmillerS
                        scottalanmiller
                        last edited by

                        Nine years on old SAS drives. Not amazing, but not bad. More than half of them are still spinning.

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                        • Reid CooperR
                          Reid Cooper
                          last edited by

                          Hopefully they learn from this. That's their only server?

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                          • scottalanmillerS
                            scottalanmiller
                            last edited by

                            Yes, only server that they have (had).

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                            • scottalanmillerS
                              scottalanmiller
                              last edited by

                              Just confirmed that she has backups. Sadly, they are Backup Exec.

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                              • travisdh1T
                                travisdh1 @scottalanmiller
                                last edited by

                                @scottalanmiller said in I can't even:

                                Just confirmed that she has backups. Sadly, they are Backup Exec.

                                Great at taking backups.... restoring... well, it's not in the name.

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                                • scottalanmillerS
                                  scottalanmiller @travisdh1
                                  last edited by

                                  @travisdh1 said in I can't even:

                                  @scottalanmiller said in I can't even:

                                  Just confirmed that she has backups. Sadly, they are Backup Exec.

                                  Great at taking backups.... restoring... well, it's not in the name.

                                  She needs a whole new server before even thinking about that.

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                                  • wrx7mW
                                    wrx7m @travisdh1
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                                    @travisdh1 said in I can't even:

                                    @scottalanmiller said in I can't even:

                                    Just confirmed that she has backups. Sadly, they are Backup Exec.

                                    Great at taking backups.... restoring... well, it's not in the name.

                                    Lmao

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                                    • ObsolesceO
                                      Obsolesce @scottalanmiller
                                      last edited by

                                      @scottalanmiller said in I can't even:

                                      Just confirmed that she has backups. Sadly, they are Backup Exec.

                                      Tested? Working? Complete?

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                                      • scottalanmillerS
                                        scottalanmiller @Obsolesce
                                        last edited by

                                        @tim_g said in I can't even:

                                        @scottalanmiller said in I can't even:

                                        Just confirmed that she has backups. Sadly, they are Backup Exec.

                                        Tested? Working? Complete?

                                        She has to buy another server and get BE installed and working from there before we can start asking or answering those questions.

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                                        • StrongBadS
                                          StrongBad
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                                          Ouch, that's going to make for a long evening.

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                                          • bigbearB
                                            bigbear
                                            last edited by

                                            Who's Laura?

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