Recovery of data from a single faulty hard drive can always be a potentially tricky issue. If the data you wish to recover is stored on a RAID array, this adds another factor on top which complicates the process further ( RAID Data Recovery Dundee Services ).
Fortunately, Mobile Solutions has years of experience in providing data recovery for Dundee, Angus and Fife, and RAID is another string in our bow. Choosing us provides you with a significantly-increased chance of getting your data back.
Issues with RAID Data Recovery
Depending upon the RAID level you chose for your drive configuration, it may reduce the chance of data loss (such as with RAID 1) or increase it (RAID 0).
These are on top of the usual logical and physical drive reliability issues.
Recovery of data from a RAID is often more complicated than from a single drive, particularly with the likes of RAID 0, where data is striped across multiple drives and there is no redundancy. (This increases both the complexity of the system, and the chance of failure, since any one of several drives going down can cause data loss).
Other RAID levels can increase the chance of data recovery- which is often the whole point (such as with RAID 1).
Nevertheless, RAID in general introduces an additional complexity into the process due to potential failure or problems with the RAID controller itself. Specialised tools can be used to retrieve data from an array whose RAID controller has failed. However, these generally require skill to use- even more so than for traditional single-drive setups- because the added complexity significantly increases the potential for further damage and data loss with those who don’t understand what they’re doing. RAID Data Recovery Dundee Services!
Tayside and Fife’s RAID Data Experts
For all the reasons given above, it is generally recommended that data recovery from a RAID array is left to those who know what they’re doing. Fortunately, at Mobile Solutions Dundee we have years of experience in the field- we started trading in 2001, and our data recovery technician has over eight years of experience in this area.
We know what we’re doing so that you don’t have to- if you have a problem with your RAID array, but you’re not sure where to begin, contact us. We’ll investigate the problem and offer one or more options for getting your data back.