Please help for I have committed the sin of not having backups. I had a functional 4 drive Raid5 array. I lost one drive called support to warranty it and in the time that it was coming to me a second drive died also. So from reading the raid recovery wiki page. I believe I have gathered up all the information listed. Which i will paste bellow. I don't have the second failed drive yet but it's on its way. the system is is a qnap device I have spooken to there support and they felt there was nothing else they could do. Reading the wiki though gives a glimmer of hope so here is the info I have gathered and at the end the commands that qnap support tried. Should anything be tried until replacement hard drives are in hand ? Is there any more information I should gather ? Also the message log is blank so no info is there. Thank you in advanced for any and all help and advice. [/var/log] # uname -a Linux ssdrnas 3.4.6 #1 SMP Fri Mar 1 02:27:41 CST 2013 x86_64 unknown [/var/log] # mdadm --version mdadm - v2.6.3 - 20th August 2007 [/var/log] # mdadm --examine /dev/sdb1 /dev/sdb1: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 00.90.00 UUID : 96e2de09:b9ac4714:f12744fe:2f50a9e9 Creation Time : Thu Sep 27 04:08:51 2012 Raid Level : raid1 Used Dev Size : 530048 (517.71 MiB 542.77 MB) Array Size : 530048 (517.71 MiB 542.77 MB) Raid Devices : 4 Total Devices : 2 Preferred Minor : 9 Update Time : Thu Oct 10 17:43:18 2013 State : clean Internal Bitmap : present Active Devices : 2 Working Devices : 2 Failed Devices : 2 Spare Devices : 0 Checksum : bcf9655c - correct Events : 0.122977 Number Major Minor RaidDevice State this 1 8 17 1 active sync /dev/sdb1 0 0 8 49 0 active sync /dev/sdd1 1 1 8 17 1 active sync /dev/sdb1 2 2 0 0 2 faulty removed 3 3 0 0 3 faulty removed [/var/log] # mdadm --examine /dev/sdc1 mdadm: cannot open /dev/sdc1: No such device or address [/var/log] # mdadm --examine /dev/sdd1 /dev/sdd1: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 00.90.00 UUID : 96e2de09:b9ac4714:f12744fe:2f50a9e9 Creation Time : Thu Sep 27 04:08:51 2012 Raid Level : raid1 Used Dev Size : 530048 (517.71 MiB 542.77 MB) Array Size : 530048 (517.71 MiB 542.77 MB) Raid Devices : 4 Total Devices : 2 Preferred Minor : 9 Update Time : Thu Oct 10 17:43:18 2013 State : clean Internal Bitmap : present Active Devices : 2 Working Devices : 2 Failed Devices : 2 Spare Devices : 0 Checksum : bcf9657a - correct Events : 0.122977 Number Major Minor RaidDevice State this 0 8 49 0 active sync /dev/sdd1 0 0 8 49 0 active sync /dev/sdd1 1 1 8 17 1 active sync /dev/sdb1 2 2 0 0 2 faulty removed 3 3 0 0 3 faulty removed **************** [/var/log] # dmesg k 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0 [12286.089405] ata3.00: irq_stat 0x40000001 [12286.089411] ata3.00: failed command: READ DMA [12286.089423] ata3.00: cmd c8/00:04:04:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 2048 in [12286.089426] res 51/04:04:04:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/e0 Emask 0x1 (device error) [12286.089431] ata3.00: status: { DRDY ERR } [12286.089435] ata3.00: error: { ABRT } [12286.089605] ata3.00: configured for UDMA/133 [12286.089621] ata3: EH complete [12287.077327] ata3.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0 [12287.077333] ata3.00: irq_stat 0x40000001 [12287.077339] ata3.00: failed command: READ DMA [12287.077351] ata3.00: cmd c8/00:04:04:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 2048 in [12287.077353] res 51/04:04:04:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/e0 Emask 0x1 (device error) [12287.077358] ata3.00: status: { DRDY ERR } [12287.077362] ata3.00: error: { ABRT } [12287.077527] ata3.00: configured for UDMA/133 [12287.077540] ata3: EH complete [12288.068247] ata3.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0 [12288.068253] ata3.00: irq_stat 0x40000001 [12288.068259] ata3.00: failed command: READ DMA [12288.068270] ata3.00: cmd c8/00:04:04:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 2048 in [12288.068273] res 51/04:04:04:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/e0 Emask 0x1 (device error) [12288.068278] ata3.00: status: { DRDY ERR } [12288.068282] ata3.00: error: { ABRT } [12288.068448] ata3.00: configured for UDMA/133 [12288.068461] ata3: EH complete [12289.060180] ata3.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0 [12289.060188] ata3.00: irq_stat 0x40000001 [12289.060195] ata3.00: failed command: READ DMA [12289.060207] ata3.00: cmd c8/00:04:04:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 2048 in [12289.060209] res 51/04:04:04:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/e0 Emask 0x1 (device error) [12289.060215] ata3.00: status: { DRDY ERR } [12289.060219] ata3.00: error: { ABRT } [12289.060388] ata3.00: configured for UDMA/133 [12289.060403] ata3: EH complete [12290.051113] ata3.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0 [12290.051118] ata3.00: irq_stat 0x40000001 [12290.051124] ata3.00: failed command: READ DMA [12290.051135] ata3.00: cmd c8/00:04:04:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 2048 in [12290.051137] res 51/04:04:04:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/e0 Emask 0x1 (device error) [12290.051142] ata3.00: status: { DRDY ERR } [12290.051146] ata3.00: error: { ABRT } [12290.051321] ata3.00: configured for UDMA/133 [12290.051338] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE [12290.051345] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Sense Key : Aborted Command [current] [descriptor] [12290.051353] Descriptor sense data with sense descriptors (in hex): [12290.051357] 72 0b 00 00 00 00 00 0c 00 0a 80 00 00 00 00 00 [12290.051371] 00 00 00 04 [12290.051378] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Add. Sense: No additional sense information [12290.051385] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] CDB: Read(10): 28 00 00 00 00 04 00 00 04 00 [12290.051402] end_request: I/O error, dev sdc, sector 4 [12290.051408] Buffer I/O error on device sdc, logical block 2 [12290.051414] Buffer I/O error on device sdc, logical block 3 [12290.051440] ata3: EH complete [12290.051728] ata3.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0 [12290.051736] ata3.00: irq_stat 0x40000001 [12290.051741] ata3.00: failed command: FLUSH CACHE [12290.051753] ata3.00: cmd e7/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0 [12290.051755] res 51/04:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 Emask 0x1 (device error) [12290.051761] ata3.00: status: { DRDY ERR } [12290.051765] ata3.00: error: { ABRT } [12290.051927] ata3.00: configured for UDMA/133 [12290.051933] ata3.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0 [12290.051942] ata3: EH complete [12291.042048] ata3.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0 [12291.042054] ata3.00: irq_stat 0x40000001 [12291.042059] ata3.00: failed command: FLUSH CACHE [12291.042070] ata3.00: cmd e7/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0 [12291.042072] res 51/04:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 Emask 0x1 (device error) [12291.042078] ata3.00: status: { DRDY ERR } [12291.042082] ata3.00: error: { ABRT } [12291.042250] ata3.00: configured for UDMA/133 [12291.042257] ata3.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0 [12291.042267] ata3: EH complete [12292.032963] ata3.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0 [12292.032970] ata3.00: irq_stat 0x40000001 [12292.032976] ata3.00: failed command: FLUSH CACHE [12292.032991] ata3.00: cmd e7/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0 [12292.032994] res 51/04:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 Emask 0x1 (device error) [12292.033000] ata3.00: status: { DRDY ERR } [12292.033004] ata3.00: error: { ABRT } [12292.033170] ata3.00: configured for UDMA/133 [12292.033177] ata3.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0 [12292.033186] ata3: EH complete [12293.017919] ata3.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0 [12293.017928] ata3.00: irq_stat 0x40000001 [12293.017934] ata3.00: failed command: FLUSH CACHE [12293.017949] ata3.00: cmd e7/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0 [12293.017951] res 51/04:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 Emask 0x1 (device error) [12293.017957] ata3.00: status: { DRDY ERR } [12293.017961] ata3.00: error: { ABRT } [12293.018124] ata3.00: configured for UDMA/133 [12293.018131] ata3.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0 [12293.018140] ata3: EH complete [12294.003875] ata3.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0 [12294.003882] ata3.00: irq_stat 0x40000001 [12294.003887] ata3.00: failed command: FLUSH CACHE [12294.003899] ata3.00: cmd e7/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0 [12294.003901] res 51/04:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 Emask 0x1 (device error) [12294.003906] ata3.00: status: { DRDY ERR } [12294.003910] ata3.00: error: { ABRT } [12294.004081] ata3.00: configured for UDMA/133 [12294.004087] ata3.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0 [12294.004096] ata3: EH complete [12295.000780] ata3.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0 [12295.000786] ata3.00: irq_stat 0x40000001 [12295.000791] ata3.00: failed command: FLUSH CACHE [12295.000802] ata3.00: cmd e7/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0 [12295.000804] res 51/04:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 Emask 0x1 (device error) [12295.000810] ata3.00: status: { DRDY ERR } [12295.000814] ata3.00: error: { ABRT } [12295.000977] ata3.00: configured for UDMA/133 [12295.000984] ata3.00: device reported invalid CHS sector 0 [12295.001022] ata3: EH complete [12326.303740] _ahci_qc_defer: command= 0x98 not supported [12386.325541] _ahci_qc_defer: command= 0x98 not supported [12446.571096] _ahci_qc_defer: command= 0x98 not supported [12507.024747] _ahci_qc_defer: command= 0x98 not supported [12552.635284] ata3: exception Emask 0x50 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x4090800 action 0xe frozen [12552.635290] ata3: irq_stat 0x00400040, connection status changed [12552.635296] ata3: SError: { HostInt PHYRdyChg 10B8B DevExch } [12552.635306] ata3: hard resetting link [12553.356327] ata3: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300) [12558.345890] ata3: hard resetting link [12558.650269] ata3: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300) [12558.650287] ata3: limiting SATA link speed to 1.5 Gbps [12563.639841] ata3: hard resetting link [12563.944216] ata3: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 310) [12563.944231] ata3.00: disabled [12563.944251] ata3: EH complete [12563.944264] ata3.00: detaching (SCSI 2:0:0:0) [12563.949409] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Synchronizing SCSI cache [12563.949486] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Result: hostbyte=DID_BAD_TARGET driverbyte=DRIVER_OK [12563.949493] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Stopping disk [12563.949513] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] START_STOP FAILED [12563.949517] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdc] Result: hostbyte=DID_BAD_TARGET driverbyte=DRIVER_OK [12578.121649] md: md0 stopped. [/var/log] # ***** [/var/log] # mdadm --examine /dev/sdb3 /dev/sdb3: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 00.90.00 UUID : fa23dcb8:4e94a228:9fd4582a:da8f7f01 Creation Time : Thu Sep 27 04:11:12 2012 Raid Level : raid5 Used Dev Size : 1951945600 (1861.52 GiB 1998.79 GB) Array Size : 5855836800 (5584.56 GiB 5996.38 GB) Raid Devices : 4 Total Devices : 2 Preferred Minor : 0 Update Time : Wed Sep 25 04:56:42 2013 State : clean Active Devices : 2 Working Devices : 2 Failed Devices : 1 Spare Devices : 0 Checksum : 834c51c4 - correct Events : 0.152672 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 64K Number Major Minor RaidDevice State this 1 8 19 1 active sync /dev/sdb3 0 0 0 0 0 removed 1 1 8 19 1 active sync /dev/sdb3 2 2 0 0 2 faulty removed 3 3 8 51 3 active sync /dev/sdd3 [/var/log] # mdadm --examine /dev/sdc3 mdadm: cannot open /dev/sdc3: No such device or address [/var/log] # mdadm --examine /dev/sdd3 /dev/sdd3: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 00.90.00 UUID : fa23dcb8:4e94a228:9fd4582a:da8f7f01 Creation Time : Thu Sep 27 04:11:12 2012 Raid Level : raid5 Used Dev Size : 1951945600 (1861.52 GiB 1998.79 GB) Array Size : 5855836800 (5584.56 GiB 5996.38 GB) Raid Devices : 4 Total Devices : 2 Preferred Minor : 0 Update Time : Wed Sep 25 04:56:42 2013 State : clean Active Devices : 2 Working Devices : 2 Failed Devices : 1 Spare Devices : 0 Checksum : 834c51e8 - correct Events : 0.152672 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 64K Number Major Minor RaidDevice State this 3 8 51 3 active sync /dev/sdd3 0 0 0 0 0 removed 1 1 8 19 1 active sync /dev/sdb3 2 2 0 0 2 faulty removed 3 3 8 51 3 active sync /dev/sdd3 [/var/log] # ***** [/var/log] # mdadm --examine /dev/sd[a-z] | egrep 'Event|/dev/sd' mdadm: cannot open /dev/sda: No such device or address mdadm: No md superblock detected on /dev/sdb. mdadm: cannot open /dev/sdc: No such device or address mdadm: No md superblock detected on /dev/sdd. mdadm: cannot open /dev/sde: No such device or address mdadm: cannot open /dev/sdf: No such device or address mdadm: cannot open /dev/sdg: No such device or address mdadm: cannot open /dev/sdh: No such device or address mdadm: cannot open /dev/sdi: No such device or address mdadm: cannot open /dev/sdj: No such device or address mdadm: cannot open /dev/sdk: No such device or address mdadm: cannot open /dev/sdl: No such device or address mdadm: cannot open /dev/sdm: No such device or address mdadm: cannot open /dev/sdn: No such device or address mdadm: cannot open /dev/sdo: No such device or address mdadm: cannot open /dev/sdp: No such device or address mdadm: cannot open /dev/sdq: No such device or address mdadm: cannot open /dev/sdr: No such device or address mdadm: cannot open /dev/sds: No such device or address mdadm: cannot open /dev/sdt: No such device or address mdadm: cannot open /dev/sdu: No such device or address mdadm: cannot open /dev/sdv: No such device or address mdadm: cannot open /dev/sdw: No such device or address mdadm: No md superblock detected on /dev/sdx. mdadm: cannot open /dev/sdy: No such device or address mdadm: cannot open /dev/sdz: No such device or address [/var/log] # uname -all uname: invalid option -- l BusyBox v1.01 (2013.02.28-19:11+0000) multi-call binary Usage: uname [OPTION]... Print certain system information. With no OPTION, same as -s. Options: -a print all information -m the machine (hardware) type -n print the machine's network node hostname -r print the operating system release -s print the operating system name -p print the host processor type -v print the operating system version [/var/log] # uname -a Linux ssdrnas 3.4.6 #1 SMP Fri Mar 1 02:27:41 CST 2013 x86_64 unknown [/var/log] # ******* [~] # mdadm --examine /dev/sd[bcdefghijklmn]1 >>raid.status mdadm: cannot open /dev/sdc1: No such device or address mdadm: cannot open /dev/sde1: No such device or address mdadm: cannot open /dev/sdf1: No such device or address mdadm: cannot open /dev/sdg1: No such device or address mdadm: cannot open /dev/sdh1: No such device or address mdadm: cannot open /dev/sdi1: No such device or address mdadm: cannot open /dev/sdj1: No such device or address mdadm: cannot open /dev/sdk1: No such device or address mdadm: cannot open /dev/sdl1: No such device or address mdadm: cannot open /dev/sdm1: No such device or address mdadm: cannot open /dev/sdn1: No such device or address [~] # ls index_default.html raid.status [~] # cat raid.status /dev/sdb1: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 00.90.00 UUID : 96e2de09:b9ac4714:f12744fe:2f50a9e9 Creation Time : Thu Sep 27 04:08:51 2012 Raid Level : raid1 Used Dev Size : 530048 (517.71 MiB 542.77 MB) Array Size : 530048 (517.71 MiB 542.77 MB) Raid Devices : 4 Total Devices : 2 Preferred Minor : 9 Update Time : Thu Oct 10 17:43:18 2013 State : clean Internal Bitmap : present Active Devices : 2 Working Devices : 2 Failed Devices : 2 Spare Devices : 0 Checksum : bcf9655c - correct Events : 0.122977 Number Major Minor RaidDevice State this 1 8 17 1 active sync /dev/sdb1 0 0 8 49 0 active sync /dev/sdd1 1 1 8 17 1 active sync /dev/sdb1 2 2 0 0 2 faulty removed 3 3 0 0 3 faulty removed /dev/sdd1: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 00.90.00 UUID : 96e2de09:b9ac4714:f12744fe:2f50a9e9 Creation Time : Thu Sep 27 04:08:51 2012 Raid Level : raid1 Used Dev Size : 530048 (517.71 MiB 542.77 MB) Array Size : 530048 (517.71 MiB 542.77 MB) Raid Devices : 4 Total Devices : 2 Preferred Minor : 9 Update Time : Thu Oct 10 17:43:18 2013 State : clean Internal Bitmap : present Active Devices : 2 Working Devices : 2 Failed Devices : 2 Spare Devices : 0 Checksum : bcf9657a - correct Events : 0.122977 Number Major Minor RaidDevice State this 0 8 49 0 active sync /dev/sdd1 0 0 8 49 0 active sync /dev/sdd1 1 1 8 17 1 active sync /dev/sdb1 2 2 0 0 2 faulty removed 3 3 0 0 3 faulty removed [~] # ****** This were the commands that QNAP support tried ***** ~] # df -h Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/ram0 139.5M 105.0M 34.4M 75% / tmpfs 64.0M 300.0k 63.7M 0% /tmp /dev/sda4 356.5M 259.7M 96.8M 73% /mnt/ext /dev/md9 509.5M 94.5M 414.9M 19% /mnt/HDA_ROOT tmpfs 32.0M 0 32.0M 0% /.eaccelerator.tmp [~] # cat /proc/mdstat Personalities : [linear] [raid0] [raid1] [raid10] [raid6] [raid5] [raid4] [multipath] md4 : active raid1 sdd2[1] sdb2[0] 530048 blocks [2/2] [UU] md13 : active raid1 sdd4[0] sdb4[1] 458880 blocks [4/2] [UU__] bitmap: 46/57 pages [184KB], 4KB chunk md9 : active raid1 sdd1[0] sdb1[1] 530048 blocks [4/2] [UU__] bitmap: 45/65 pages [180KB], 4KB chunk unused devices: <none> [~] # mdadm -A /dev/md0 /dev/sdb3 /dev/sdc3 /dev/sdd3 mdadm: cannot open device /dev/sdc3: No such device or address mdadm: /dev/sdc3 has no superblock - assembly aborted -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html