What You See:
- Two drives marked as “Failed” or “Missing”
- Array status: “Offline” or “Degraded”
- Data inaccessible; no mount point
What It Likely Means:
- RAID 5 only tolerates one failure — two breaks parity
- One drive may have failed silently, then another dropped offline
- Controller may be guessing which config is valid
What NOT To Do:
- Don’t try to rebuild onto either failed disk
- Don’t create a new array using the same drives
- Don’t reinitialize — that wipes metadata
What You CAN Do:
- Check for drive lag or timeout, not physical failure
- Use JeannieLite to map block patterns and parity
- Save all current config data before any actions
Two failed drives might mean total loss — or temporary dropout. Let us check before you decide.