Recover RAID

Professional RAID repair & recovery. We recover all RAIDs and restore data from degraded disks, offline drives, corrupt RAID configurations, failed controllers & more...
Failed RAID

RAID recovery procedures involve determining the damage, source of the problem, and how much data can be extracted. For serious failure, this may involve careful disassembly and extensive manual repair in our clean room. Our lab supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 2, RAID 3, RAID 4, RAID 5, RAID 0+1, RAID 1+0, and RAID 5+0.

We use complex data recovery methods to safely and securely restore your business-critical data and mission-critical files from the following types of data loss:

Hardware conflicts
Software corruption
RAID controller failure
Rebuild failure
Damaged striping
Multiple drive failure (when multiple drives go offline)

RAID array or volumes that won’t mount after a server crash
Configuration corruption
Addition of incompatible drives
Software or operating system upgrades

Damage to individual disks can cause the whole array to fail because data spans across multiple hard drives (called “striping”), and when any of those hard drives become damaged, the system can no longer “find” necessary files.

Other factors that could cause a RAID array to become unusable could include:

Power failure
Back-up that may have been restored unsuccessfully
Malicious human intervention

System updates
Viruses
Boot drive failure
Natural disaster

Recovering Your Data

We have successfully recovered data from all operating systems and server types, including relational database servers, web servers (Microsoft IIS and Apache), business application servers, document management systems, and content management systems (CMS).

Our RAID recovery specialists repair and recover RAID servers when one or more hard drives have failed, are offline or status shows one or more RAID disks are in degraded mode.

Failed RAID

When a RAID failure occurs, the three most common mistakes made when attempting 'do-it-yourself' recovery methods are:

Forcing a rebuild.
This will increase the odds that your data loss is permanent. If you are experiencing a RAID failure, do not perform a forced rebuild unless you have images or clones of your drives or you run the risk of corrupting your array and destroying your data.
Swapping the order of the hard drives.
Your RAID configuration knows the order and sequence of accessing the disks. Swapping drive positions or removing disks will change the RAID configuration and cause parity and striping damage, especially if you swap the wrong drive or multiple drives have failed.
Off the shelf recovery software.
Before attempting to recover a RAID using data recovery software and RAID utilities you need to be sure you do not have failed disks. Software and utilities can not recover or restore data from non-functioning hard drives. Even with functioning drives it's tough to recover a RAID array that's damaged or has corrupt or missing configuration files. Unless you are experienced with the nauances of parity, striping and able to identify which drives hold the current data structure you will get old, stale or corrupt data.

To improve the chances of recovering your data you should hire an experienced RAID data recovery specialist. The RAID data recovery specialist you choose should have thorough knowledge of RAID configurations, drive structures, MFT mount points, HEX, and offsets to avoid destroying data while attempting a recovery. Most "data recovery companies" don't have the experience or knowledge you need. They outsource it which costs you more money and lost time.

As seen on CNN, we are one of the top rated RAID recovery companies in the industry. Our specialty is RAID. Every day we recover RAID data for large and small companies. Some of our clients include insurance companies, government agencies, law enforcement, universities and corporations like IBM, Microsoft, Boeing, and Johnson Controls.

Do not risk permanent data loss by swapping multiple hard drives in a RAID or moving them from one position to another. Do not put them in a different server or on another controller. Do not attempt a forced rebuild without have images or clones of your drives. Be extremely careful with RAID utilities and data recovery software. The most important thing is to preserver the integrity of your data.

The safest and smart thing to do is hire a RAID recovery specialist so you don't risk losing your vital business data. We offer 24/7 emergency service for time-critical situations.

To recover RAID data
Call 1-800-450-9282