I've got a synology ds1812+ Could have sworn I did raid 6, but md says raid5 (dont recall personalities pre-failure) Lost disk 2, was rebuilding and disk 6 crashed. Booting from a fresh machine, and attempting to discover the arrays (md125 is the target) root@ds:~# mdadm --assemble --scan mdadm: /dev/md/DiskStation:2 assembled from 6 drives - not enough to start the array. mdadm: /dev/md/1_1 has been started with 7 drives (out of 8). mdadm: /dev/md/0_1 has been started with 7 drives (out of 8). mdadm: /dev/md/DiskStation:2 exists - ignoring mdadm: /dev/md125 assembled from 6 drives - not enough to start the array. root@ds:~# cat /proc/mdstat Personalities : [linear] [raid0] [raid1] [raid10] [raid6] [raid5] [raid4] md126 : active raid1 sda1[0] sdh1[7] sdg1[6] sde1[4] sdd1[3] sdc1[2] sdb1[1] 2490176 blocks [8/7] [UUUUU_UU] md127 : active raid1 sda2[0] sdb2[7] sdh2[6] sdg2[5] sde2[3] sdd2[2] sdc2[1] 2097088 blocks [8/7] [UUUU_UUU] md2 : active raid5 sdf3[5] 20478809792 blocks super 1.2 level 5, 64k chunk, algorithm 2 [8/1] [_____U__] md1 : active raid1 sdf2[0] 2097088 blocks [8/1] [U_______] md0 : active raid1 sdf1[0] 2490176 blocks [8/1] [U_______] Attempting to assemble gives the same error: root@ds:~# mdadm --assemble --force /dev/md125 /dev/sda3 /dev/sdb3 /dev/sdc3 /dev/sdd3 /dev/sde3 /dev/sdg3 /dev/sdh3 mdadm: /dev/md125 assembled from 6 drives - not enough to start the array. but also yields: root@ds:~# cat /proc/mdstat Personalities : [linear] [raid0] [raid1] [raid10] [raid6] [raid5] [raid4] md125 : inactive sda3[8](S) sdh3[7](S) sdg3[6](S) sde3[4](S) sdd3[3](S) sdc3[2](S) sdb3[9](S) 20478810915 blocks super 1.2 but: root@ds:~# mdadm --detail /dev/md125 mdadm: md device /dev/md125 does not appear to be active. I attempt to run: root@ds:~# mdadm --manage --run /dev/md125 mdadm: started /dev/md125 root@ds:~# cat /proc/mdstat Personalities : [linear] [raid0] [raid1] [raid10] [raid6] [raid5] [raid4] md125 : active raid5 sda3[8] sdh3[7] sdg3[6] sde3[4] sdd3[3] sdc3[2] 20478809792 blocks super 1.2 level 5, 64k chunk, algorithm 2 [8/6] [U_UUU_UU] Add back in the disk we were rebuilding (disk 2) before we lost disk 6: root@ds:~# mdadm --manage /dev/md125 --add /dev/sdb3 mdadm: added /dev/sdb3 root@ds:~# cat /proc/mdstat Personalities : [linear] [raid0] [raid1] [raid10] [raid6] [raid5] [raid4] md125 : active raid5 sdb3[9](S) sda3[8] sdh3[7] sdg3[6] sde3[4] sdd3[3] sdc3[2] 20478809792 blocks super 1.2 level 5, 64k chunk, algorithm 2 [8/6] [U_UUU_UU] But nothing is happening, recovery-wise: root@ds:~# mdadm -D /dev/md125 /dev/md125: Version : 1.2 Creation Time : Fri Oct 17 22:45:17 2014 Raid Level : raid5 Array Size : 20478809792 (19530.12 GiB 20970.30 GB) Used Dev Size : 2925544256 (2790.02 GiB 2995.76 GB) Raid Devices : 8 Total Devices : 7 Persistence : Superblock is persistent Update Time : Sun Apr 16 16:22:16 2017 State : clean, FAILED Active Devices : 6 Working Devices : 7 Failed Devices : 0 Spare Devices : 1 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 64K Name : DiskStation:2 UUID : e299685e:5842617d:6d90981b:8f7b91e4 Events : 351742 Number Major Minor RaidDevice State 8 8 3 0 active sync /dev/hda3 1 0 0 1 removed 2 8 35 2 active sync /dev/sdc3 3 8 51 3 active sync /dev/sdd3 4 8 67 4 active sync /dev/sde3 5 0 0 5 removed 6 8 99 6 active sync /dev/sdg3 7 8 115 7 active sync /dev/sdh3 9 8 19 - spare /dev/sdb3 Sooo.. how screwed am I? Can I recover? Detailed drive status from --examine below: root@ds:~# cat raid.status /dev/sda3: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 1.2 Feature Map : 0x0 Array UUID : e299685e:5842617d:6d90981b:8f7b91e4 Name : DiskStation:2 Creation Time : Fri Oct 17 22:45:17 2014 Raid Level : raid5 Raid Devices : 8 Avail Dev Size : 5851088833 (2790.02 GiB 2995.76 GB) Array Size : 40957619584 (19530.12 GiB 20970.30 GB) Used Dev Size : 5851088512 (2790.02 GiB 2995.76 GB) Data Offset : 2048 sectors Super Offset : 8 sectors State : clean Device UUID : f6be170f:999d3a14:0911df81:519c5544 Update Time : Sun Apr 16 16:33:10 2017 Checksum : eef101aa - correct Events : 351744 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 64K Device Role : Active device 0 Array State : A.AAA.AA ('A' == active, '.' == missing) /dev/sdb3: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 1.2 Feature Map : 0x0 Array UUID : e299685e:5842617d:6d90981b:8f7b91e4 Name : DiskStation:2 Creation Time : Fri Oct 17 22:45:17 2014 Raid Level : raid5 Raid Devices : 8 Avail Dev Size : 5851088833 (2790.02 GiB 2995.76 GB) Array Size : 40957619584 (19530.12 GiB 20970.30 GB) Used Dev Size : 5851088512 (2790.02 GiB 2995.76 GB) Data Offset : 2048 sectors Super Offset : 8 sectors State : clean Device UUID : 0f426e67:9501ed59:df7ecf80:36f1bc62 Update Time : Sun Apr 16 16:33:10 2017 Checksum : aa51ab8c - correct Events : 351744 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 64K Device Role : spare Array State : A.AAA.AA ('A' == active, '.' == missing) /dev/sdc3: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 1.2 Feature Map : 0x0 Array UUID : e299685e:5842617d:6d90981b:8f7b91e4 Name : DiskStation:2 Creation Time : Fri Oct 17 22:45:17 2014 Raid Level : raid5 Raid Devices : 8 Avail Dev Size : 5851088833 (2790.02 GiB 2995.76 GB) Array Size : 40957619584 (19530.12 GiB 20970.30 GB) Used Dev Size : 5851088512 (2790.02 GiB 2995.76 GB) Data Offset : 2048 sectors Super Offset : 8 sectors State : clean Device UUID : 10494bba:5db57d5f:bbabfc26:7792e5ad Update Time : Sun Apr 16 16:33:10 2017 Checksum : f415346b - correct Events : 351744 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 64K Device Role : Active device 2 Array State : A.AAA.AA ('A' == active, '.' == missing) /dev/sdd3: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 1.2 Feature Map : 0x0 Array UUID : e299685e:5842617d:6d90981b:8f7b91e4 Name : DiskStation:2 Creation Time : Fri Oct 17 22:45:17 2014 Raid Level : raid5 Raid Devices : 8 Avail Dev Size : 5851088833 (2790.02 GiB 2995.76 GB) Array Size : 40957619584 (19530.12 GiB 20970.30 GB) Used Dev Size : 5851088512 (2790.02 GiB 2995.76 GB) Data Offset : 2048 sectors Super Offset : 8 sectors State : clean Device UUID : 253ec56c:8d4a1ffa:24abf930:a47b2c9e Update Time : Sun Apr 16 16:33:10 2017 Checksum : 3b74a738 - correct Events : 351744 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 64K Device Role : Active device 3 Array State : A.AAA.AA ('A' == active, '.' == missing) /dev/sde3: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 1.2 Feature Map : 0x0 Array UUID : e299685e:5842617d:6d90981b:8f7b91e4 Name : DiskStation:2 Creation Time : Fri Oct 17 22:45:17 2014 Raid Level : raid5 Raid Devices : 8 Avail Dev Size : 5851088833 (2790.02 GiB 2995.76 GB) Array Size : 40957619584 (19530.12 GiB 20970.30 GB) Used Dev Size : 5851088512 (2790.02 GiB 2995.76 GB) Data Offset : 2048 sectors Super Offset : 8 sectors State : clean Device UUID : c3e94c4f:10a5ff16:05fd1967:2fd44d38 Update Time : Sun Apr 16 16:33:10 2017 Checksum : b1e57c5 - correct Events : 351744 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 64K Device Role : Active device 4 Array State : A.AAA.AA ('A' == active, '.' == missing) /dev/sdg3: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 1.2 Feature Map : 0x0 Array UUID : e299685e:5842617d:6d90981b:8f7b91e4 Name : DiskStation:2 Creation Time : Fri Oct 17 22:45:17 2014 Raid Level : raid5 Raid Devices : 8 Avail Dev Size : 5851088833 (2790.02 GiB 2995.76 GB) Array Size : 40957619584 (19530.12 GiB 20970.30 GB) Used Dev Size : 5851088512 (2790.02 GiB 2995.76 GB) Data Offset : 2048 sectors Super Offset : 8 sectors State : clean Device UUID : 8f0770d8:c3e6df4b:f2ab4b40:06c57ad1 Update Time : Sun Apr 16 16:33:10 2017 Checksum : 3b80570b - correct Events : 351744 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 64K Device Role : Active device 6 Array State : A.AAA.AA ('A' == active, '.' == missing) /dev/sdh3: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 1.2 Feature Map : 0x0 Array UUID : e299685e:5842617d:6d90981b:8f7b91e4 Name : DiskStation:2 Creation Time : Fri Oct 17 22:45:17 2014 Raid Level : raid5 Raid Devices : 8 Avail Dev Size : 5851088833 (2790.02 GiB 2995.76 GB) Array Size : 40957619584 (19530.12 GiB 20970.30 GB) Used Dev Size : 5851088512 (2790.02 GiB 2995.76 GB) Data Offset : 2048 sectors Super Offset : 8 sectors State : clean Device UUID : fba39acd:5df21885:b9a329c5:cffdf686 Update Time : Sun Apr 16 16:33:10 2017 Checksum : a43e2fa2 - correct Events : 351744 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 64K Device Role : Active device 7 Array State : A.AAA.AA ('A' == active, '.' == missing) -- 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