| In case you are wondering, RAID stands for | | | | loose his or her job! Therefore, in case of a |
| "Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks", as it | | | | RAID failure, the best thing one can do is |
| is an assembly of more than one hard drive in | | | | take it to a data recovery company and let |
| a single unit. The advantages of this are | | | | them do their jobs properly. |
| numerous, but the most important one is the | | | | |
| fact that even if one of the hard drives has | | | | Even if the process of RAID data recovery can |
| failed, the computer is still able to serve | | | | cost a lot of money, it is much better to |
| its purpose and perform all the tasks the | | | | have a specialists take it through the set |
| user desires. The issue of data loss in this | | | | procedure that the data recovery companies |
| case is not so severe, as the multiple hard | | | | follow. |
| drives offer higher protection against | | | | |
| accidental damaging the data. | | | | They start by ensuring that all the hard |
| | | | drives are functional, as this is a major |
| So, why would you need RAID data recovery? | | | | factor in the success of the whole data |
| Well, RAID is said to indeed protect your | | | | recovery process. Only then they start making |
| data when one of the hard drives fails, by | | | | complete sector-by-sector clones of every |
| increasing system uptime and network | | | | drive, a process that takes place at a very |
| availability. Not to speak of the fact that | | | | low level and is not affected by the bad |
| more than one hard disk working together will | | | | sectors. |
| significantly increase the performance of | | | | |
| your system! | | | | Your initial hard drive is set to a write |
| | | | protect mode during this process, in order to |
| Generally speaking, RAID data recovery is | | | | make sure that your original data is not in |
| most definitely the most complicated thing | | | | danger of being modified in any way. |
| that a data recovery specialist or company | | | | |
| can perform on a system. It is their mission | | | | After cloning, your hard drives are no longer |
| to repair the damages that the user has done | | | | needed, as the recovery process is being done |
| before taking the hard drives to the | | | | on these cloned copies. The clones of your |
| technician for recovery. Most of the clients | | | | hard drives are then put into a system and |
| of these data recovery firms attempt to | | | | all the data scattered among the drives in |
| recover the data or even repair the array of | | | | the array will be put into an unique |
| hard disks by using the system utilities they | | | | destination drive. |
| can get their hands on. This may be all right | | | | |
| for the situation when the lost data is not | | | | This is the point when a normal recovery |
| critical to the company, but if these | | | | process can start, as there is only one drive |
| unprofessional methods fail, someone could | | | | left! |