Retrodata RAID Recovery

If your data storage is controlled by an Intel Matrix controller and it has failed,what you do next will have a direct impact on the possibility of successful data recovery.  If the server is currently powered down, it should be left so.  Please contact us for advice on the best procedure to prevent possible further data loss, and to ensure that the best possible recovery can take place. Retrodata’s engineers are able to deal with Intel Matrix RAID recovery configured with multiple RAID levels. We’re able to work with any file system and any operating system.

It is essential that you do not allow an unqualified person attempt recovery or a RAID rebuild; this is one of the commonest causes of data damage and permanent, irreversible loss of otherwise perfectly healthy data that we encounter.

The best scenario for a full data recovery is from a production server going down, with no attempts by the user whatsoever to recover or rebuild the array.  We term this a Virgin RAID failure where the data integrity has not been compromised by the user or IT Administrator.  We guarantee the best possible chance of recovering your data.

The Intel Matrix RAID controller allows for multiple RAID levels to be incorporated within the same set of disks.  For this reason, RAID data recovery from Intel Matrix-controlled storage systems can be exceptionally complex – especially if it has been configured with more than one RAID level.

A typical example is configuring part of the disk set as RAID 0 for performance, and another part as RAID 5 for redundancy.  As such, we recommend you do not attempt a RAID rebuild, but leave it to a specialist RAID recovery engineer. RAID rebuild failures often result in corrupted data and file systems.

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