I accidentally re-formatted my RAID volume(s) - can data still be recovered?

The data can be recovered inmost of the failure cases, but the recovery depends on the volume being formatted. The re-formatting through the system will re-establish the logical volume quickly. A controller level format only overwrites the array information and leaves the original data intact in the array. It depends entirely on the user the utility and type of format used.

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