Re: dumping a raid member with 'dd' for insurance...

2010-05-11 Thread Chuck Swiger
Hi-- On May 11, 2010, at 3:35 PM, George Sanders wrote: > [ ... ] > I am planning on attaching each individual member of the raid5 array to a > test FreeBSD system, and run: > > dd if=/dev/ad1 of=/data/disk/image.file > > Two questions: > > - is that a complete 'dd' command, or do I need to sp

dumping a raid member with 'dd' for insurance...

2010-05-11 Thread George Sanders
A 3ware raid5 array I had died. It looks like the data is intact, and there are two good recovery methods: 1) a toolchain from 3ware that, if it doesn't work, will destroy the data. This method is free, and I can do it myself. 2) professional forensic services. Costs a lot. I'm going to st