Data Recovery Santa Barbara

Raid 5 Data Recovery Services

When a RAID 5 fails, many of our customers come to us desperate for help. In most instances, a person's job or business can be on the line when this type of data loss occurs. Many corporate executives don't understand why there wasn't a backup of the data prior to the crash, and that can be a hard thing to explain. We understand how difficult this time can be, and we work with you every step of the way in order to get your data back as quickly and efficiently as possible.

One of the biggest concerns we have from potential customers is: "will your services make matters worse?" The answer is a resounding NO. We start off with an initial evaluation just to determine the integrity of the drives, and confirm they are functioning as they should. This usually consists of just a quick power up to verify there is no unusual noises. If the customer has specified that a drive is making unusual noises, then we do not risk powering it up at all. There are a series of tests we can perform in order to determine how serious the failure is, without risking further damage.

In situations where there is a physical problem with the drives, then we will proceed with making whatever repairs are necessary in order to get the drive functioning, in order that we may be able to image it. While we can technically rebuild the array in our emulator with one drive missing, rarely have we seen this work effectively enough to garner the best results in the recovery process.

If all of the drives power up and appear to be functioning properly, then we start off by creating an image of each drive in the array. These are sector-by-sector clones. From there we analyze the strip, and determine a number of parameters associated with the array that will allow us to recover as much data as possible.