Raid Data Recovery Explained:

Raid data recovery is somehow different from all other types of data recovery. Most experts advise not to try to recover the data yourself before sending in the hard drives to a data recovery company.

This is because most companies found that most of the times simple users try to recover the files all by themselves, they fail and not only. Their actions will make the recovery process even harder and if the lost information is important, someone will be in big trouble.

If it's about raid data recovery better handle it quick to the professionals without touching anything. You don't have to take chances with the recovery, it's advised to research for a data recovery company that can handle the recovery process for you.

Sometimes, it can be expensive for a raid data recovery but usually the price you will have to pay for the recovery is way lower then the price you will have to pay in time and resources to have all your data recreated.

There are procedures that data recovery companies always follow when they have a recovery on the line. These procedures are followed exactly and even expand when it comes to raid data recovery.

As a first step in any raid data recovery, experts have to make sure that all drives are working. For Raid 0 as an example, it is a must for all the drives to be 100% functional. When they are not functional, the drives will be taken in the clean room and will be repaired. When all the drives will function normally, clones of all the drives will be made.

During this process, your drive will be placed in a write protect mode to make sure the data will not be altered in any way. The normal recovery process will be performed on the cloned drives, again, for increased safety. When researching for a data recovery company you will notice some of them will offer a service full guarantee, if they don't get your data back, you don't pay.

A phone consultation is something that could help you also. They will also offer you absolute 100% confidentiality on your data. Even if raid data recovery sometimes can become expensive, most companies will not charge you for an evaluation of a complex raid system.

If you need the help of the experts, get it, it's the best way. After getting all your data back, make sure to always backup your information from now on.

Operating Systems :

Linux, Unix, MS Windows 95, MS Windows 98, MS Windows ME, MS Windows 2000, MS Windows NT, MS Windows XP, Novell Netware, Apple Macintosh. Furthermore, our services support various file systems including FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, NTFS5, Ext2, Ext3, ResierFS, NWFS, Net386, NSS, HFS, HFS+, UFS, FFS, VxFS, EAFS, HTFS etc

RAIDFLEX 500 SCSI / IDE / S-ATA RAID:

DP-520RS Rackmount 4U 13 drive dual SCSI host, SCSI drives
DP-520RF Rackmount 4U 13 drive dual Fibre Channel host, SCSI drives
DP-520DS Desktop 12 drive dual SCSI host, SCSI drives
DP-520DF Desktop 12 drive dual Fibre Channel host, SCSI drives

IDE Drives - SCSI / Fibre Host

DP-550RS Rackmount 4U 10 drive dual SCSI host, IDE drives
DP-550RF Rackmount 4U 10 drive dual Fibre Channel host, IDE drives
DP-550DS Desktop 10 drive dual SCSI host, IDE drives
DP-550DF Desktop 10 drive dual Fibre Channel host, IDE drives

S-ATA Drives - SCSI / Fibre Host

DP-560RS Rackmount 4U 13 drive dual SCSI host, S-ATA drives
DP-560RF Rackmount 4U 13 drive dual Fibre Channel host, S-ATA drives
DP-560DS Desktop 12 drive dual SCSI host, S-ATA drives
DP-560DF Desktop 12 drive dual Fibre Channel host, S-ATA drives

Features

RAID levels 0, 1, 0+1, 3 and 5
Up to 3.0 TB using 300GB drives
Hot swap drive bays
Hot spare disk option
Dual redundant hot-swappable power supplies
Platform independent
Hot-swappable field-replaceable cooling fan
Dual U160 or Dual 2GBit FC host connections
Management software for remote monitoring

Accessories and Spares

PS-200W 200W hot swap PSU
FAN/ASSY-80 80mm fan assembly pack
DR-DMF05 Drive carrier
GBIC-20-3000F Optical SFP 2GB/s
MEM-SO-256 256MB SO-DIMM cache upgrade
MEM-SO-512 512MB SO-DIMM cache upgrade