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I have a relatively (I think) simple question...

I have a file server with RAID 5 that is old and pretty much dead and I need to grab the data from it. I was thinking I could pull one of the HDD's out and put it into a Linux server so I can mount the drive and copy over the files from it.

Is this possible or do I need to do something to the RAID 5 first to be able to get the data?

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No single drive in a RAID5 holds all information.

Raid5 info graphics from commons.wikimedia.org

So removing a single disk and mounting it would not be possible the first place, much less creating a backup from it. You should create a backup of the filesystem in the running array.

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