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I have Dell PowerEdge R620 Server on which Vmware Esxi host is running but yesterday 2 HDD showing missing and foreign state.

Dell powerEdge R620 Foreign configuration found on adapter. Press any key continue or "c" load the configuration utility or "f" to import foreign configuration and continue

Please suggest what step will save my Raid 5 without loosing data

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    Cool story, bro. Id there a question here?
    – joeqwerty
    Commented Mar 16, 2018 at 17:50
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    Please suggest what step will save my Raid 5 without loosing data With two dead drives in a RAID5, I'd hope my backup is up to date because more likely then not, that array is gone for good. When you restore, switch to a better RAID type. If you have no good backup, hire a data recover company ...
    – Sven
    Commented Mar 16, 2018 at 18:32
  • Should i press the "F" aur "C"
    – Rohit Singh
    Commented Mar 16, 2018 at 19:02
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    By the way: RAID5 is a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad RAID. If you're looking for sensible defaults, choose RAID6 if you want cheap and slow across many drives, or RAID1+0 if you want fast but not cheap. If you had been using RAID6 or RAID1+0 this error would not have taken down your array.
    – Skyhawk
    Commented Mar 16, 2018 at 19:38
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    @RohitSingh: No, it won't. RAID5 can withstand the failure of a single disk. If two disks fail, your data is lost except you either have a good backup or spend a lot of money for a professional data recovery service (the second option is not guaranteed, they can't do magic).
    – Sven
    Commented Mar 16, 2018 at 23:28

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"Please suggest what step will save my Raid 5 without loosing data"

Restore from last known good backup, oh and don't use RAID5.

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    +1 for "don't use RAID5"
    – Skyhawk
    Commented Mar 16, 2018 at 19:33

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