matched drives needed for Silicon Image SiI 3112 SATALink ?

Just an update: I was able to get the data recovered by a data recovery
service. I have been busy and have not yet put the RAID system back
together to see if it was the controller that was at fault for the actual
failure. If the system seems stable, I will reinstitute the RAID setup and
be much more aware of any error messages !.

-Ron-


"John Turco" <jtur.RemoveThis@concentric.net> wrote in message
news:469466BD.94E7559D@concentric.net...
> Folkert Rienstra wrote:
>>
>> "-RS-" <rbs747.RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:Ga_ji.24010$tB5.4400@edtnps90
>> > Just an update. Spinrite finished Friday afternoon and the log didn't
>> > seem
>> > to show much. I tried to read the drive via the USB dongle and it
>> > looked
>> > exactly as before (0 bytes, etc.).
>>
>> As expected. What does the filesystem checking utility say.
>>
>> > So it does not look good ...
>> >
>> > Have not tried to boot from it using the orginal motherboard yet. I
>> > don't
>> > expect that will work.
>>
>> No change: no work.
>>
>> > Will try Monday.
>> >
>> > -Ron-
>> >
>> Badly quoted text cleaned up.
>> If you don't expect someone to read the mess you made, snip it.
>
> <edited, for brevity>
>
> Hello, Folkert:
>
> Okay, so, why didn't >you< "clean up" the rest of the original poster's
> "mess" -- as I, myself, just did? :-J
>
>
> Cordially,
> John Turco <jtur.RemoveThis@concentric.net>

Previously -RS- <rbs747 DeleteThis @hotmail.com> wrote:
> Just an update: I was able to get the data recovered by a data recovery
> service.

Smar choice IMO, if the data was worth the cost.

> I have been busy and have not yet put the RAID system back
> together to see if it was the controller that was at fault for the actual
> failure. If the system seems stable, I will reinstitute the RAID setup and
> be much more aware of any error messages !.

I think the RAID is so-so. It likely works ok, but its
warnings and diagnostics are obviously not really usable.

Better get a RAID controller card that has management software and
would give you warnings and diagnostics while the system is running.

Arno


> "John Turco" <jtur DeleteThis @concentric.net> wrote in message
> news:469466BD.94E7559D@concentric.net...
>> Folkert Rienstra wrote:
>>>
>>> "-RS-" <rbs747 DeleteThis @hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:Ga_ji.24010$tB5.4400@edtnps90
>>> > Just an update. Spinrite finished Friday afternoon and the log didn't
>>> > seem
>>> > to show much. I tried to read the drive via the USB dongle and it
>>> > looked
>>> > exactly as before (0 bytes, etc.).
>>>
>>> As expected. What does the filesystem checking utility say.
>>>
>>> > So it does not look good ...
>>> >
>>> > Have not tried to boot from it using the orginal motherboard yet. I
>>> > don't
>>> > expect that will work.
>>>
>>> No change: no work.
>>>
>>> > Will try Monday.
>>> >
>>> > -Ron-
>>> >
>>> Badly quoted text cleaned up.
>>> If you don't expect someone to read the mess you made, snip it.
>>
>> <edited, for brevity>
>>
>> Hello, Folkert:
>>
>> Okay, so, why didn't >you< "clean up" the rest of the original poster's
>> "mess" -- as I, myself, just did? :-J
>>
>>
>> Cordially,
>> John Turco <jtur DeleteThis @concentric.net>