A SQL Server backup is invalid when the backup is performed on a computer that is configured to use a DPT RAID controller card
Symptoms
When you restore backups that were performed through Microsoft SQL Server for databases created on a drive that is running a DPT SmartRAID V controller, the following error message may occur:
Msg 3270, Level 0, Sev 16
An internal consistency error occurred. Contact Technical Support for assistance.If you detach the database by using the sp_detach_db stored procedure and then try to attach the database by using the sp_attach_db stored procedure, the following error message may occur:
Server: Msg 5172, Level 16, State 15, Line 1
The header for file ‘d:\pubs.mdf’ is not a valid database file header. The PageAudit property is incorrect.The same error messages may also occur with other models of the DPT RAID controller card.
Resolution
This problem occurs from a particular combination of the firmware version on the DPT controller card and the version of the DPT Performance Enhancing driver, Dptdisk.sys.

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