I've been trying to follow the wiki steps to recover my data, and got to the point where I need to recreate it I believe but would like someone to confirm or offer advice: The controller failed and after reboot, I was left with this (full mdadm -E at bottom of mail): cat /proc/mdstat md2 : inactive sdac[14](S) sdn[15](S) sdaf[7](S) sdg[13](S) sdae[4](S) sdm[0](S) sdl[1](S) sdi[2](S) sdk[5](S) sdj[12](S) sdh[11](S) sdf[6](S) sde[9](S) sdd[3](S) sdc[8](S) 117208432680 blocks super 1.2 $ mdadm -E /dev/sd{ac,n,af,g,ae,m,l,i,k,j,h,f,e,d,c} | egrep 'Event|/dev/sd' /dev/sdac: Events : 485381 /dev/sdn: Events : 485381 /dev/sdaf: Events : 485381 /dev/sdg: Events : 485381 /dev/sdae: Events : 485381 /dev/sdm: Events : 485381 /dev/sdl: Events : 485381 /dev/sdi: Events : 485381 /dev/sdk: Events : 485381 /dev/sdj: Events : 485381 /dev/sdh: Events : 485381 /dev/sdf: Events : 485397 /dev/sde: Events : 485397 /dev/sdd: Events : 485397 /dev/sdc: Events : 485397 $ mdadm --stop /dev/md2 mdadm: stopped /dev/md2 $ mdadm --assemble --readonly /dev/md2 /dev/sd{ac,n,af,g,ae,m,l,i,k,j,h,f,e,d,c} --force --verbose mdadm: looking for devices for /dev/md2 mdadm: /dev/sdac is identified as a member of /dev/md2, slot 14. mdadm: /dev/sdn is identified as a member of /dev/md2, slot 10. mdadm: /dev/sdaf is identified as a member of /dev/md2, slot 7. mdadm: /dev/sdg is identified as a member of /dev/md2, slot 13. mdadm: /dev/sdae is identified as a member of /dev/md2, slot 4. mdadm: /dev/sdm is identified as a member of /dev/md2, slot 0. mdadm: /dev/sdl is identified as a member of /dev/md2, slot 1. mdadm: /dev/sdi is identified as a member of /dev/md2, slot 2. mdadm: /dev/sdk is identified as a member of /dev/md2, slot 5. mdadm: /dev/sdj is identified as a member of /dev/md2, slot 12. mdadm: /dev/sdh is identified as a member of /dev/md2, slot 11. mdadm: /dev/sdf is identified as a member of /dev/md2, slot 6. mdadm: /dev/sde is identified as a member of /dev/md2, slot 9. mdadm: /dev/sdd is identified as a member of /dev/md2, slot 3. mdadm: /dev/sdc is identified as a member of /dev/md2, slot 8. mdadm: added /dev/sdl to /dev/md2 as 1 mdadm: added /dev/sdi to /dev/md2 as 2 mdadm: added /dev/sdd to /dev/md2 as 3 mdadm: added /dev/sdae to /dev/md2 as 4 mdadm: added /dev/sdk to /dev/md2 as 5 mdadm: added /dev/sdf to /dev/md2 as 6 mdadm: added /dev/sdaf to /dev/md2 as 7 mdadm: added /dev/sdc to /dev/md2 as 8 mdadm: added /dev/sde to /dev/md2 as 9 mdadm: added /dev/sdn to /dev/md2 as 10 (possibly out of date) mdadm: added /dev/sdh to /dev/md2 as 11 (possibly out of date) mdadm: added /dev/sdj to /dev/md2 as 12 (possibly out of date) mdadm: added /dev/sdg to /dev/md2 as 13 (possibly out of date) mdadm: added /dev/sdac to /dev/md2 as 14 (possibly out of date) mdadm: added /dev/sdm to /dev/md2 as 0 mdadm: /dev/md2 assembled from 10 drives - not enough to start the array. $ mdadm -E /dev/sd{ac,n,af,g,ae,m,l,i,k,j,h,f,e,d,c} /dev/sdac: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 1.2 Feature Map : 0x1 Array UUID : bafd5cd8:094b320a:a58f4e67:db4604a3 Name : node-dc4-02:2 (local to host node-dc4-02) Creation Time : Mon Jun 26 16:10:37 2017 Raid Level : raid6 Raid Devices : 15 Avail Dev Size : 15627791024 (7451.91 GiB 8001.43 GB) Array Size : 101580637184 (96874.85 GiB 104018.57 GB) Used Dev Size : 15627790336 (7451.91 GiB 8001.43 GB) Data Offset : 262144 sectors Super Offset : 8 sectors Unused Space : before=262056 sectors, after=688 sectors State : clean Device UUID : b9291948:eb6ede73:54bfd471:5c0299f9 Internal Bitmap : 8 sectors from superblock Update Time : Wed Dec 12 17:37:56 2018 Bad Block Log : 512 entries available at offset 72 sectors Checksum : 8de0f7a3 - correct Events : 485381 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 512K Device Role : Active device 14 Array State : AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA ('A' == active, '.' == missing, 'R' == replacing) /dev/sdn: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 1.2 Feature Map : 0x1 Array UUID : bafd5cd8:094b320a:a58f4e67:db4604a3 Name : node-dc4-02:2 (local to host node-dc4-02) Creation Time : Mon Jun 26 16:10:37 2017 Raid Level : raid6 Raid Devices : 15 Avail Dev Size : 15627791024 (7451.91 GiB 8001.43 GB) Array Size : 101580637184 (96874.85 GiB 104018.57 GB) Used Dev Size : 15627790336 (7451.91 GiB 8001.43 GB) Data Offset : 262144 sectors Super Offset : 8 sectors Unused Space : before=262056 sectors, after=688 sectors State : clean Device UUID : 8f501e76:359b4a81:e3ea7a3f:ea6d722b Internal Bitmap : 8 sectors from superblock Update Time : Wed Dec 12 17:37:56 2018 Bad Block Log : 512 entries available at offset 72 sectors Checksum : c8d1e1e0 - correct Events : 485381 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 512K Device Role : Active device 10 Array State : AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA ('A' == active, '.' == missing, 'R' == replacing) /dev/sdaf: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 1.2 Feature Map : 0x1 Array UUID : bafd5cd8:094b320a:a58f4e67:db4604a3 Name : node-dc4-02:2 (local to host node-dc4-02) Creation Time : Mon Jun 26 16:10:37 2017 Raid Level : raid6 Raid Devices : 15 Avail Dev Size : 15627791024 (7451.91 GiB 8001.43 GB) Array Size : 101580637184 (96874.85 GiB 104018.57 GB) Used Dev Size : 15627790336 (7451.91 GiB 8001.43 GB) Data Offset : 262144 sectors Super Offset : 8 sectors Unused Space : before=262056 sectors, after=688 sectors State : clean Device UUID : e76a91fa:2ec466ba:65324998:93adee7d Internal Bitmap : 8 sectors from superblock Update Time : Wed Dec 12 17:37:56 2018 Bad Block Log : 512 entries available at offset 72 sectors Checksum : 31abac56 - correct Events : 485381 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 512K Device Role : Active device 7 Array State : AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA ('A' == active, '.' == missing, 'R' == replacing) /dev/sdg: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 1.2 Feature Map : 0x1 Array UUID : bafd5cd8:094b320a:a58f4e67:db4604a3 Name : node-dc4-02:2 (local to host node-dc4-02) Creation Time : Mon Jun 26 16:10:37 2017 Raid Level : raid6 Raid Devices : 15 Avail Dev Size : 15627791024 (7451.91 GiB 8001.43 GB) Array Size : 101580637184 (96874.85 GiB 104018.57 GB) Used Dev Size : 15627790336 (7451.91 GiB 8001.43 GB) Data Offset : 262144 sectors Super Offset : 8 sectors Unused Space : before=262056 sectors, after=688 sectors State : clean Device UUID : 71af17b2:ff0a9768:36ab7eba:89ca9a78 Internal Bitmap : 8 sectors from superblock Update Time : Wed Dec 12 17:37:56 2018 Bad Block Log : 512 entries available at offset 72 sectors Checksum : b443cd7d - correct Events : 485381 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 512K Device Role : Active device 13 Array State : AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA ('A' == active, '.' == missing, 'R' == replacing) /dev/sdae: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 1.2 Feature Map : 0x1 Array UUID : bafd5cd8:094b320a:a58f4e67:db4604a3 Name : node-dc4-02:2 (local to host node-dc4-02) Creation Time : Mon Jun 26 16:10:37 2017 Raid Level : raid6 Raid Devices : 15 Avail Dev Size : 15627791024 (7451.91 GiB 8001.43 GB) Array Size : 101580637184 (96874.85 GiB 104018.57 GB) Used Dev Size : 15627790336 (7451.91 GiB 8001.43 GB) Data Offset : 262144 sectors Super Offset : 8 sectors Unused Space : before=262056 sectors, after=688 sectors State : clean Device UUID : cd41d218:9628d718:dddaa49e:0fa83d37 Internal Bitmap : 8 sectors from superblock Update Time : Wed Dec 12 17:37:56 2018 Bad Block Log : 512 entries available at offset 72 sectors Checksum : 6e078a93 - correct Events : 485381 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 512K Device Role : Active device 4 Array State : AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA ('A' == active, '.' == missing, 'R' == replacing) /dev/sdm: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 1.2 Feature Map : 0x1 Array UUID : bafd5cd8:094b320a:a58f4e67:db4604a3 Name : node-dc4-02:2 (local to host node-dc4-02) Creation Time : Mon Jun 26 16:10:37 2017 Raid Level : raid6 Raid Devices : 15 Avail Dev Size : 15627791024 (7451.91 GiB 8001.43 GB) Array Size : 101580637184 (96874.85 GiB 104018.57 GB) Used Dev Size : 15627790336 (7451.91 GiB 8001.43 GB) Data Offset : 262144 sectors Super Offset : 8 sectors Unused Space : before=262056 sectors, after=688 sectors State : clean Device UUID : 15844233:f0bab6e3:aca369e3:b84c2cb2 Internal Bitmap : 8 sectors from superblock Update Time : Wed Dec 12 17:37:56 2018 Bad Block Log : 512 entries available at offset 72 sectors Checksum : 130accab - correct Events : 485381 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 512K Device Role : Active device 0 Array State : AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA ('A' == active, '.' == missing, 'R' == replacing) /dev/sdl: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 1.2 Feature Map : 0x1 Array UUID : bafd5cd8:094b320a:a58f4e67:db4604a3 Name : node-dc4-02:2 (local to host node-dc4-02) Creation Time : Mon Jun 26 16:10:37 2017 Raid Level : raid6 Raid Devices : 15 Avail Dev Size : 15627791024 (7451.91 GiB 8001.43 GB) Array Size : 101580637184 (96874.85 GiB 104018.57 GB) Used Dev Size : 15627790336 (7451.91 GiB 8001.43 GB) Data Offset : 262144 sectors Super Offset : 8 sectors Unused Space : before=262056 sectors, after=688 sectors State : clean Device UUID : 6a46b71e:ec247f1a:6605744a:acc74fd1 Internal Bitmap : 8 sectors from superblock Update Time : Wed Dec 12 17:37:56 2018 Bad Block Log : 512 entries available at offset 72 sectors Checksum : bb75d5a9 - correct Events : 485381 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 512K Device Role : Active device 1 Array State : AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA ('A' == active, '.' == missing, 'R' == replacing) /dev/sdi: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 1.2 Feature Map : 0x1 Array UUID : bafd5cd8:094b320a:a58f4e67:db4604a3 Name : node-dc4-02:2 (local to host node-dc4-02) Creation Time : Mon Jun 26 16:10:37 2017 Raid Level : raid6 Raid Devices : 15 Avail Dev Size : 15627791024 (7451.91 GiB 8001.43 GB) Array Size : 101580637184 (96874.85 GiB 104018.57 GB) Used Dev Size : 15627790336 (7451.91 GiB 8001.43 GB) Data Offset : 262144 sectors Super Offset : 8 sectors Unused Space : before=262056 sectors, after=688 sectors State : clean Device UUID : 8a1cfae6:927ff6df:f4c985e2:1cb603cb Internal Bitmap : 8 sectors from superblock Update Time : Wed Dec 12 17:37:56 2018 Bad Block Log : 512 entries available at offset 72 sectors Checksum : daf5b970 - correct Events : 485381 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 512K Device Role : Active device 2 Array State : AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA ('A' == active, '.' == missing, 'R' == replacing) /dev/sdk: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 1.2 Feature Map : 0x1 Array UUID : bafd5cd8:094b320a:a58f4e67:db4604a3 Name : node-dc4-02:2 (local to host node-dc4-02) Creation Time : Mon Jun 26 16:10:37 2017 Raid Level : raid6 Raid Devices : 15 Avail Dev Size : 15627791024 (7451.91 GiB 8001.43 GB) Array Size : 101580637184 (96874.85 GiB 104018.57 GB) Used Dev Size : 15627790336 (7451.91 GiB 8001.43 GB) Data Offset : 262144 sectors Super Offset : 8 sectors Unused Space : before=262056 sectors, after=688 sectors State : clean Device UUID : ef38d93f:d786ca24:d89d09f4:cf6be53d Internal Bitmap : 8 sectors from superblock Update Time : Wed Dec 12 17:37:56 2018 Bad Block Log : 512 entries available at offset 72 sectors Checksum : fd0e66b2 - correct Events : 485381 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 512K Device Role : Active device 5 Array State : AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA ('A' == active, '.' == missing, 'R' == replacing) /dev/sdj: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 1.2 Feature Map : 0x1 Array UUID : bafd5cd8:094b320a:a58f4e67:db4604a3 Name : node-dc4-02:2 (local to host node-dc4-02) Creation Time : Mon Jun 26 16:10:37 2017 Raid Level : raid6 Raid Devices : 15 Avail Dev Size : 15627791024 (7451.91 GiB 8001.43 GB) Array Size : 101580637184 (96874.85 GiB 104018.57 GB) Used Dev Size : 15627790336 (7451.91 GiB 8001.43 GB) Data Offset : 262144 sectors Super Offset : 8 sectors Unused Space : before=262056 sectors, after=688 sectors State : clean Device UUID : 4b63410f:cbb2a54f:48c28512:9fd1504f Internal Bitmap : 8 sectors from superblock Update Time : Wed Dec 12 17:37:56 2018 Bad Block Log : 512 entries available at offset 72 sectors Checksum : 27394749 - correct Events : 485381 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 512K Device Role : Active device 12 Array State : AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA ('A' == active, '.' == missing, 'R' == replacing) /dev/sdh: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 1.2 Feature Map : 0x1 Array UUID : bafd5cd8:094b320a:a58f4e67:db4604a3 Name : node-dc4-02:2 (local to host node-dc4-02) Creation Time : Mon Jun 26 16:10:37 2017 Raid Level : raid6 Raid Devices : 15 Avail Dev Size : 15627791024 (7451.91 GiB 8001.43 GB) Array Size : 101580637184 (96874.85 GiB 104018.57 GB) Used Dev Size : 15627790336 (7451.91 GiB 8001.43 GB) Data Offset : 262144 sectors Super Offset : 8 sectors Unused Space : before=262056 sectors, after=688 sectors State : clean Device UUID : 7c8e9518:c3fd1509:ef0bc6e6:77a8e2fb Internal Bitmap : 8 sectors from superblock Update Time : Wed Dec 12 17:37:56 2018 Bad Block Log : 512 entries available at offset 72 sectors Checksum : 6acfddf1 - correct Events : 485381 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 512K Device Role : Active device 11 Array State : AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA ('A' == active, '.' == missing, 'R' == replacing) /dev/sdf: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 1.2 Feature Map : 0x1 Array UUID : bafd5cd8:094b320a:a58f4e67:db4604a3 Name : node-dc4-02:2 (local to host node-dc4-02) Creation Time : Mon Jun 26 16:10:37 2017 Raid Level : raid6 Raid Devices : 15 Avail Dev Size : 15627791024 (7451.91 GiB 8001.43 GB) Array Size : 101580637184 (96874.85 GiB 104018.57 GB) Used Dev Size : 15627790336 (7451.91 GiB 8001.43 GB) Data Offset : 262144 sectors Super Offset : 8 sectors Unused Space : before=262056 sectors, after=688 sectors State : clean Device UUID : b62afdad:88ece794:9e43db9b:792e5d16 Internal Bitmap : 8 sectors from superblock Update Time : Wed Dec 12 17:38:25 2018 Bad Block Log : 512 entries available at offset 72 sectors Checksum : 5b6326a5 - correct Events : 485397 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 512K Device Role : Active device 6 Array State : ...A..A.AA..... ('A' == active, '.' == missing, 'R' == replacing) /dev/sde: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 1.2 Feature Map : 0x1 Array UUID : bafd5cd8:094b320a:a58f4e67:db4604a3 Name : node-dc4-02:2 (local to host node-dc4-02) Creation Time : Mon Jun 26 16:10:37 2017 Raid Level : raid6 Raid Devices : 15 Avail Dev Size : 15627791024 (7451.91 GiB 8001.43 GB) Array Size : 101580637184 (96874.85 GiB 104018.57 GB) Used Dev Size : 15627790336 (7451.91 GiB 8001.43 GB) Data Offset : 262144 sectors Super Offset : 8 sectors Unused Space : before=262056 sectors, after=688 sectors State : clean Device UUID : 5c7e81a1:36184ec2:024e8472:d9dfca41 Internal Bitmap : 8 sectors from superblock Update Time : Wed Dec 12 17:38:25 2018 Bad Block Log : 512 entries available at offset 72 sectors Checksum : 7e6461c0 - correct Events : 485397 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 512K Device Role : Active device 9 Array State : ...A..A.AA..... ('A' == active, '.' == missing, 'R' == replacing) /dev/sdd: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 1.2 Feature Map : 0x1 Array UUID : bafd5cd8:094b320a:a58f4e67:db4604a3 Name : node-dc4-02:2 (local to host node-dc4-02) Creation Time : Mon Jun 26 16:10:37 2017 Raid Level : raid6 Raid Devices : 15 Avail Dev Size : 15627791024 (7451.91 GiB 8001.43 GB) Array Size : 101580637184 (96874.85 GiB 104018.57 GB) Used Dev Size : 15627790336 (7451.91 GiB 8001.43 GB) Data Offset : 262144 sectors Super Offset : 8 sectors Unused Space : before=262056 sectors, after=688 sectors State : clean Device UUID : f8077d3b:a1403a6e:cb88d73d:c67dcf6b Internal Bitmap : 8 sectors from superblock Update Time : Wed Dec 12 17:38:25 2018 Bad Block Log : 512 entries available at offset 72 sectors Checksum : b9a3ec76 - correct Events : 485397 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 512K Device Role : Active device 3 Array State : ...A..A.AA..... ('A' == active, '.' == missing, 'R' == replacing) /dev/sdc: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 1.2 Feature Map : 0x1 Array UUID : bafd5cd8:094b320a:a58f4e67:db4604a3 Name : node-dc4-02:2 (local to host node-dc4-02) Creation Time : Mon Jun 26 16:10:37 2017 Raid Level : raid6 Raid Devices : 15 Avail Dev Size : 15627791024 (7451.91 GiB 8001.43 GB) Array Size : 101580637184 (96874.85 GiB 104018.57 GB) Used Dev Size : 15627790336 (7451.91 GiB 8001.43 GB) Data Offset : 262144 sectors Super Offset : 8 sectors Unused Space : before=262056 sectors, after=688 sectors State : clean Device UUID : 06a7b126:ae5f52df:b4d8780d:4a71f788 Internal Bitmap : 8 sectors from superblock Update Time : Wed Dec 12 17:38:25 2018 Bad Block Log : 512 entries available at offset 72 sectors Checksum : 2b9ee04 - correct Events : 485397 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 512K Device Role : Active device 8 Array State : ...A..A.AA..... ('A' == active, '.' == missing, 'R' == replacing)