Restoring Aperture Library from Vault

Hi all,
I hope someone can help.  I recently had my 'Drobo' die on me as two discs failed at the same time.  I also have a copy of my Aperture Library backed up in a Vault.  I have carried out a 'Restore from Vault' and my new  external HD shows 1.5TB of data (same as my original library).  When I open Aperture, I can see all my folders and projects, but each project has no photos in it.  I have tried repairing the database and rebuilding the database using the option key on start up, but I repeatedly get to approx 83-89% complete and my system hangs and I get a message that I have run out of applications memory.  I then get the Spinning wheel and eventually have to reboot the iMac.
1. How can I recover my data?
2. Is there anything else I can/should do? Am I doing anything wrong?
3. Is there anyway of recvering the files seperately of the external hard drive with other data recovery software?
I am running Aperture the most uptodate version of Aperture 3.4.x, on OS X Mavericks, on a 3.4GHz i7 iMac with 12GB ram.
One point I may need to add, I was backing up to Vault when my 'Drobo' unit failed, although based on the size of the vault, I think it had finished backing up, although can not be certain.
Any help/assistance or advice would be greatfully received as I have lost my library, its parity due to two failed drives simultaneously and possibly a corrupt vault(?).
Thank you in advance for your help.
Paul W

Will rebuilding the library place the images into their correct projects/folders?
Will rebuilding return the images to their edited version state?
This library is the restored library from your vault, correct? 
What seems to be missing are all of the 'version' images processed in Aperture.
In what way "missing"? Are all your projects empty or are you seeing broken thumbnails of the missing images in the projects?
I am afraid, rebuilding will not be able to reconnect the "recovered" originals to the versions. The images are in the "Recovered" project, because Aperture does not know the link to the version.
If your missing versions are still showing thumbnails, however correpted, you could use the lift&stamp tool to transfer the adjustments from the unusuable versions to the recovered versions.
But that would be a bit daunting for 14000 recovered originals.
I'd try something different - quick and dirty emergency measure: Try to open your vault directly on the drive where it is now without restoring it.
Keep the restored library you are now having save and don't delete it.
Change the filename extension of your vault to ".aplibrary", this will turn the vault into an Aperture library and try to open it directly in Aperture by double clicking it. This needs to be done in-place, on the Drobo-attached drive where you originally created the vault. Do not move it.
Aperture will now try to open the vault as the current Aperture library and upgrade it. There is a slim chance, that the links between originals and versions will remain intact, if the vault is not restored to a different volume but repaired in-place on the original volume.
Frank, what do you think? Should Snurge first try to repair the permissions on the drive?
-- Léonie

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