RAID
Data Recovery
: 1-800-868-6940
When a RAID failure
occurs, it can
literally threaten
the financial
life of any organization.
The biggest factor
preventing data
recovery when
a RAID failure
occurs, is not
the actual system
crash, but rather
how the disaster
is managed. It
is imperative
that a data recovery
professional be
your first call
when it comes
to a crashed RAID
array. Many times,
technical support
representatives
or IT administrators
will want to run
seriously harmful
utilities on a
failed RAID with
the hopes of bringing
it back online.
If your data is
worth anything,
you must NOT perform
any type of rebuild
or chkdsk process
on a failed RAID
array.
The
exact cause of
a RAID failure
is hard to determine
at times. It can
be due to environment
(such as excessive
heat or dust contamination),
other times it
can be a result
of human error,
power surges,
hardware failure,
software failure,
and many other
possibilities.
You want a company
that is experienced
with just about
any type of scenario,
so that you can
get your data
back quickly.
You want a company
that can recover
your data, and
follows the protocols
necessary to avoid
making the situation
worse. We are
that company.
We
can affectively
recover data from
any of the following
RAID arrays:
- RAID
0 -
(also known
as a stripe
set or striped
volume) splits
data evenly
across two or
more disks (striped)
with no parity
information
for redundancy.
It is important
to note that
RAID 0 was not
one of the original
RAID levels
and provides
zero data redundancy.
RAID 0 is normally
used to increase
performance,
although it
can also be
used as a way
to create a
small number
of large virtual
disks out of
a large number
of small physical
ones.
- RAID
1 -
A RAID 1 creates
an exact copy
(or mirror)
of a set of
data on two
or more disks.
- RAID
5 -
uses block-level
striping with
parity data
distributed
across all member
disks. RAID
5 has achieved
popularity due
to its low cost
of redundancy.
Generally, RAID
5 is implemented
with hardware
support for
parity calculations.
A minimum of
3 disks is generally
required for
a complete RAID
5 configuration.
Common
RAID failures:
- Unbootable
Systems
- Corrupted
RAID
- Missing
Partitions
- Controller
Failure
- Computer
virus
- Natural
Disaster
- Human Error
RAID Hardware
Manufacturers
- Adaptec
- Bus Logic
- HP
- PERC
- Promise
- Sun
- AMI
- Compaq
- Mylex
- Pinnacle
- Raidtec
- Storage
Dimensions
- 3ware
Operating
Systems
- Windows
NT
- Windows
XP
- Windows
2000
- Windows
2003
- Microsoft
Exchange
- Sun
Solaris
- LINUX
- UNIX
- MAC
OS9+ &
OSX
We
can effectively
recover data from
a wide variety
of RAID server
environments,
including web
servers, fileservers,
NAS / SAN devices,
and others.
 
 
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