Old Atlanta Reef Club server - Any IT experts?

[Cook]

I have the old ARC server that the club has kept to try to pull the old data from the previous site if at all possible. I have made a few attempts, but I can't get the server to boot. The server doesn't like the RAM, but if I remove and reseat it will temporarily move past it. At that point, the messages indicate a bad raid controller battery and possibly 1 bad drive. I believe the raid is 7 drives. If there is anyone that knows server environments or repair please contact me.

 

[chaples55]

I'm a software engineer, mostly do front-end development, but I have some experience with things like Proxmox, TrueNAS, various Linux systems, PostgreSQL, and PC hardware (building, upgrading, troubleshooting). I could give it a shot if nobody more qualified (sys admins / IT) volunteers. Do you know what OS/software the old server was running?

 

[lmm1967]

IF it will power on and spin up the drive(s) - I can get in to it.

I'll be too busy with work for the next month or so.

I'll take a look at it if you still want to try after that.

The symptoms you are mentioning above do not sound promising to be honest - it really depends on how the server was configured and the actual state of that RAID controller & drives.

 

[anthony]

Be sure it's not hard drives. If they're the old optical ones, they will go out and you'll hear clicking sometimes. However, there is a trick. You can do where you put the hard drives in the freezer, which will allow you anywhere between 5. The twenty minutes to get the information off depending on how bad they are.

 

[msporleder]

Try the memory one stick at a time. If one is stable just leave the rest out.

Next you can try to boot from a rescue disk of some kind - CD or USB or Network Boot (if you can't get the system to boot from there).