Dell MD3000 RAID Failure
Dell MD3000 or PowerVault MD3000 generally contains multiple drives, in sometimes multiple RAIDs setup.
It’s designed to be a scalable storage array that can quickly expand upon need.
It generally supports SAS or SATA Drives, SAS Drives tend to be faster and more reliable, but SATA drives can have bigger capacity.
Often, the storage is accessed through an iSCSI Target or Fiber.
We recovered many MD3000 units, please contact us and speak to an expert for a free consultation.
PowerVault MD3000 Direct Attached Storage Data Recovery Service.
Generally configured with one or multiple RAID setups, in many instances, those RAID setups are configured with no alerts when a drive fails.
More often than not, a client discovers he lost access to the RAID, after a second drive fails in a RAID 5 setup (3rd drive fails in a RAID 6 setup)
MD-3000 Can host SAS or SATA drives. SAS Drives tend to be more reliable, faster, and more expensive. SATA drives are generally low-cost and can provide greater capacity.
Some of the error messages on MD3000 event log:
- Timeout on the drive side of the controller [physical disk]
- VDD logger an error
- MD3000i 4011 error
- “The storage array contains a RAID controller module that has not been added”
- LUN Error
- The physical disk status LED is flashing amber.
- Multiple physical disks are not seen in MD Storage Manager.
- The enclosure is not seen by the attached host controller.
Contact us and speak to an expert about your data loss event. We offer a free expert consultation to get you back up and running as fast as possible.
