How To React In A RAID Data Loss Situation

Find yourself in a situation where you have lost access to the data on your RAID system?
Not sure how to react or what to do?
Here’s a few tips to help you through this troubling time.

1. Don’t Panic
2. Don’t allow any disk checking software to run on the array, (e.g. Scandisk / Chkdsk etc)
3. Don’t change the disk order
4. Don’t continue to run the system
5. Don’t reconfigure the array
6. Do not attempt to rebuild the RAID

If you would like more information on what to do in this type of situation then see our How to react in a data loss situation page