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Subject: getting data from a corrupted file system
From: Xander Meadow <xmeadow@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 16:26:31 -0500
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Hi,

I was running a Raid5 from consensys that ran xfs version 1.3.1 with ACLs. We had a power outage and although the raidzone didn't go down (it's connect to a UPS) I think something went wrong with it. The machine is partitioned into two large segments, each 1.4 TB and I've been denied access from one of the ever since the power outage. I believe it is due to a corrupted file system. I tried running xfs_repair multiple times and it seemed to be getting farther each time I ran it, but it would always crash with the error:

xfs_repair: buf calloc failed (4312 bytes): Cannot allocate memory

After a while of running xfs_repair it finally got to the point where it would try to repair the same disconnect inodes every single time, so I stopped running xfs_repair. However, if I ran xfs_repair with the -n flag then it would run all the way through without a problem.

What I'm wondering is, is there any way for me to get my data back? Are there any companies that are particularly good a recovering data from xfs machines? Are there any tricks I can try besides xfs_repair? Thanks very much.


>Xander


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