RAID 50 and RAID 60 are nested arrays – RAID 5 or RAID 6 groups combined into a single striped volume. They’re used in large storage systems where capacity and resilience matter, and they’re among the most complex recoveries there are. When multiple drives fail across different groups – or a rebuild goes wrong – consumer tools can’t even see the problem, let alone fix it.
Common RAID 50 / 60 failure scenarios
- Drives fail in more than one RAID group
- A group rebuild fails and corrupts the parent stripe
- Controller failure on large enterprise arrays
- Re-initialization or accidental volume deletion
Yes – in the majority of cases, by engineers who understand nested RAID geometry. We reconstruct each RAID group first, then the parent stripe, then the filesystem on top.
How we recover RAID 50 / 60 arrays
This is lab work. We image all drives, map the group structure and parity layout, rebuild groups virtually in the correct order, and extract the volume. We’ve done this successfully on enterprise arrays including Dell EqualLogic systems.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes – nested arrays are our specialty, and we’ve recovered 100% of data in such cases.
Typically 3-15 days depending on array size; emergency service in 24-48 hours.
RAID 50/60 usually requires lab work, but we can start diagnostics remotely via ARRM and decide together.
Call 844-223-7243 — engineers answer 24/7 — or start a case online.
No data, no fee