Hard Drive crash

[burt123]

Hello,

I have a real dilemma, I have a FreeNas box with 8 250Gb Samsungs in it, I haven't used it for months, and I have no idea what's on it, if anything.

Problem is, when I started it up, one of the Samsungs was clicking it's heads off, and the system wouldn't startup, when I removed the clicking disk, then the system would still error saying there's not enough disks.

So what "protection" has one got against crashes like that, I was using RAID 0, but I don't think anything could save what has happened.

Is there any way I can check to see if there was any data on the pool ???

Comment please !?!?!

 

[cyberjock]

If you had RAID0 you have lost any data that was on the pool. You have zero protection from a disk failure in RAID0.

RTFM

 

[burt123]

Thanks for the prompt reply.

What would suggest, for a "safe" setup with multiple "older" disk's ???

I will read the guide :)

Thanks

Geoff

 

[cyberjock]

I'd do a RAIDZ2. If you're worried about the disks and you wait for 8.3 you will be able to do RAIDZ3.