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RAID 10 failure triage

Recover a failed RAID 10 without guessing at the mirror pairs.

RAID 10 recovery depends on more than the number of drives still marked healthy. ADR identifies which members belong to each mirror pair, which copies are current, and which array state can be reconstructed safely.

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Record the controller, member count, original bay order, reported status of every drive, and every rebuild or replacement already attempted.

Mirror-pair awareMembership must be established
Write history mattersHealthy does not always mean current
Sources protectedOriginals remain unchanged
Controller bypassedWhen it cannot present the array safely

Recognize the RAID 10 condition

The important question is whether each required stripe has a trustworthy mirror source.

RAID 10 can survive several failed drives when they are distributed across different mirror pairs. It can also become unavailable after two failures in the same pair, an interrupted rebuild, lost configuration, or disagreement about which mirror copy is current.

Rebuild failureRebuild started, then crashedPreserve the original members and the partial target as separate array states.Review this failure → Power eventRAID 10 offline after power lossRecord cache, controller, configuration, and mirror-pair evidence before recreation.Review this failure → Pair unavailableOne mirror pair is missingThe array cannot assemble every stripe when neither member of a required pair is usable.Review this failure → Presentation failureAll disks show OK, but no volumeDrive status does not prove that pair membership, configuration, and write history agree.Review this failure → Boot failureThe controller is healthy, but the OS will not bootSeparate array availability from boot-volume, filesystem, and operating-system damage.Review this failure → Configuration failureRAID 10 import failedDo not clear or recreate the array until every member and configuration generation is understood.Review this failure → Mirror mismatchThe mirror copies disagreeDetermine which copy is current before synchronization or repair chooses one history.Review this failure →

A controlled RAID 10 recovery path

Identify the pairs. Protect the members. Reconstruct away from the failed controller.

  1. 1

    Document the member set

    Preserve the original bay order, serial numbers, controller state, replacement history, and sequence of events.

  2. 2

    Establish mirror pairs

    Determine membership, readable coverage, and whether each candidate copy represents the required write generation.

  3. 3

    Protect unstable sources

    Image members that cannot be trusted for sustained reads before logical reconstruction proceeds.

  4. 4

    Reconstruct and verify

    Build the RAID 10 from protected member access and recover verified data to separate destination storage.

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Before another RAID 10 operation

Describe the member state and what changed.

An ADR technician can review the pair layout, controller messages, rebuild history, custody requirements, and the safest way to begin protecting the member set.

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