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sg86
Mar 09, 2020Aspirant
Recover files on RAID5 with Extundelete?
So I've done a lot of reading and know this is my fault! However I still think there is a chance I can recover some files, so just wanted to ask here as a last resort. I have a 4 disk (4TB x 4) s...
StephenB
Mar 09, 2020Guru - Experienced User
sg86 wrote:
The only option is to run extundelete on the NAS itself because I don't have a drive large enough to clone this array.
extundelete won't work because the NAS uses btrfs for the data volume (not ext).
The RAID array for the data volume is /dev/md127
sg86
Mar 09, 2020Aspirant
Ok thanks for this, are there any other options? I am currently looking at running photorec directly on that /dev/md127 device, but no option to look at a specific folder so its going to take some time!
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