Then patch the kernel (Linux, right?) to just ignore the bad sector and continue, instead of voiding the entire fricken array, and you can then recover nearly all of the data.
Yes, definitely tempted. But not entirely trivial (until now I have had no need to look at the kernel RAID code).
Next time, use unRAID rather than RAID. Or mhddfs.
Or *something* (anything) other than horribly unrobust RAID.
It simply is not suitable for huge TB+ drives at home.
Have to agree - it's the classic problem of starting out using something that worked OK under the then prevailing conditions, and then doing small upgrades without biting the bullet and replacing the thing...
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