Retrodata RAID Recovery

If your Silicon Graphics / SGI / IRIS server has failed, any recovery attempts you make could have dire consequences on the integrity of the data currently stored on the server and severely limit the chance of a successful data recovery. If the server or attached storage device is already powered off then we advise you keep it so, and contact us for advice. If you have already tried a RAID rebuild and it has failed, or appears to be making no progress, please contact us.



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.

Most IRIS servers are now considered legacy or retired, although they generally run UNIX, Linux and various derivatives, with a brief period when some were supplied with Microsoft Windows NT.  We have expert knowledge of all these operating systems, and our RAID data engineering services are able to recover failed storage devices from even the most dated systems, which include the IRIS Indigo, SGI Octane, SGI Zx10 server, and SGI Onyx.

More recently, all models now fall under the Silicon Image brand, and include SGI Altix, SGI CloudRack, SGI InfiniteStorage NAS and Server, InfiniteStorage NEXIS, and the SGI Mobirack Center.

Whatever model you have, regardless of the operating system, we are your best choice for the successful recovery of your data.  We typically manage the recovery of a failed RAID array of 1TB within 24 hours – and can often start returning your critical data far sooner.

Emergency Data Recovery We can (in all likelihood) regenerate and rebuild your RAID and start recovering and extracting your data from within as little as one hour of receipt of the drives from your RAID array. We cover all operating systems and file sytems – even those for which support ceased decades ago.

Crashed server causing critical production downtime?
Just call us. We work with all storage devices.
There. Practically already sorted.

SGI Zx10 VE • SGI Zx10 • SGI 1100 • SGI Cluster • SGI Prism Deskside • SGI Visual Workstation • SGI 320 visual workstation • SGI 540 Workstation • SGI 1100 • SGI Graphics Cluster • Silicon Graphics Prism • SGI IRIS • IRIS Indigo • SGI Octane Workstation • IRIS Crimson • SGI CloudRack C2 Server • SGI Altix 450 Server • SGI Altix 4700 Blade computer • SGI Altix XE1200 Cluster • SGI InfiniteStorage Server • SGI InfiniteStorage NAS • SGI MobiRack Datacenter