What You See:
- Two drives marked as failed or missing
- Array marked as “Offline” or “Critical”
- System may hang on boot or drop storage access entirely
What It Likely Means:
- RAID 6 allows two failures — but only two
- If both dropped simultaneously, the controller may panic
- If the second dropped during rebuild, data may be in flux
What NOT To Do:
- Don’t assume one failed first — failure order matters
- Don’t hot-swap without mapping order
- Don’t try to rebuild without confirming block/parity maps
What You CAN Do:
- Freeze system state — power down cleanly
- Use JeannieLite to extract current disk states
- Contact ADR for analysis before touching drives
Two failures in RAID 6 doesn’t always mean loss — but the next step will decide that.