RAID Recovery by HDRG
RAID Recovery Performance and Redundancy are what make
today's RAID systems the most sought after data storage solutions for
mission critical software and databases. In fact, in today's corporate
environment, a Microsoft Exchange Server NOT hosted on at least a RAID
5 system is considered bad practice. Why take the risk?
The Redundancy
ensures that your data is protected, while the multiple drive setup increases
the speed. RAID recovery rarely becomes an issue. But when it does, because
of the nature of the systems, it is truly critical that the right steps
are taken.
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The single raid hard drive failure in most RAID setups (perhaps besides RAID 0, which is not considered by most to be an actual RAID setup because of its non-redundancy) is one of the most common failures which require RAID recovery. But because of its redundant nature, most RAID systems can continue to function seemingly as normal. In fact, a RAID system with a single lost drive runs in a degraded state. Degraded status, or critical in some setups, denotes that a drive has failed, but that the array continues to function.
Degraded RAID - DIY Still Possible
Degraded RAIDs do not usually require professional RAID recovery intervention. In fact, many software RAIDs come with utilities which will allow you to quickly add a new drive to the array to pick up the slack for the old drive with very little visible effect. Then, once the drive has been replaced in the array, the RAID system will function as normal, with full performance and backup capabilities.
Where some System Admins run into problem with the single hard drive failure is that they attempt to use other non-replacement utilities to "fix" the broken RAID. Even worse, they mistakenly "reformat", and lose all data contained on the RAID. These situations definitely require professional RAID data recovery, and can be addressed easily if there is not too much data written over the old data.
Hard Drive Recovery Group RAID recovery engineers are some of the most experienced in the industry today. And, HDRG is one of the few shops to offer expedited 24 hour turnaround RAID data recovery services. Our ability to drop-ship a RAID box from anywhere in the United States makes our expedited service a critical one for small companies all the way up to Fortune 500 corporations and US Government departments including all branches of the US Military.
Each day, we get several RAID recovery requests, each receiving the highest priority status. Our role as RAID recovery experts is not something we take lightly.
If your RAID setup has encountered serious problems
such as a second drive failure or utility mishap, call us today. You'll
be glad you did.
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