We recover data from and restore Dell PowerVault storage suffering from all hardware and software failures, including corrupted RAID, multiple disk crashes, failed RAID rebuilds and even deleted data. From small RAID arrays with up to 16 drives, to enterprise storage networks consisting of hundreds.
If your PowerVault forms part of a SAN or Xsan network, our engineers don’t just recover the data; we have developed breakthrough RAID recovery techniques that restore the server itself. This completely eliminates the need for data transfer (which can take many days) and server re-configuration required by methods used by other data recovery providers. Our procedures leave you in the position to reconnect and go live. No fuss, no post-recovery trauma.
How to proceed with Recovery
Please contact us. We have plenty of information on our website, from delivery and turnaround to what happens if you’re outside of the UK, along with a list of FAQs that will hopefully put your mind at ease.
Our engineers have industry-leading RAID knowledge of all storage systems. With almost any serious data failure, you need their assistance; the manufacturer, IT admin – even the company that installed the system – are not at all qualified to deal with serious RAID storage failures.
All RAID engineering and recovery is performed in-house, by Retrodata engineers. We do not seek RAID recovery assistance from any other company. If data security is a particular concern, we always guarantee its safety and full confidentiality.
Outside the UK?
Getting your failed storage medium to us from the USA, mainland Europe or Australia poses little more effort than shipping from within the UK? To find out more, please visit our page on international data recovery
Dell recovery and RAID Recovery Leaders
We regularly recover missing, lost or corrupt data from storage systems that other companies have declared unrecoverable. Our RAID recovery skills are acknowledged as being of the best in the industry, which is why many Data Recovery providers take advantage of our services and RAID recovery solutions.
Our engineers work with all operating systems; Apple OS, Windows, Linux, Solaris, UNIX, Novell. They have in-depth knowledge of all file systems; NTFS, HFS+, Ext3, Ext4, UFS, XFS, JFS, ZFS as well as all forms of virtual machines and virtualisation (VMWare, ESX Server, Virtual Server). As you would expect, our RAID specialists work with every RAID level, from basic RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, to nested RAID 10, RAID 30, RAID 50, RAID 60 and also proprietary RAID levels.
Recovering Dell PowerVault RAID
Powervault NX300 recovery
- Integration of Windows Storage Server 2008
- 4 drive capacity SATA or SAS
- Hardware RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 10
Powervault NX3000
- 6 drive capacity
- Hardware RAID as above
Powervault NX3100
- 12 drive capacity
- Hardware RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 50
Crashed PowerVault
- Failed hard drive – or muiltiple drive failure
- Firmware or software update corruption
- RAID rebuild failed
- Deleted files
- Power surge
Light or LED Status
- Enclosure status LED lights blue – normal operation
- Blinks and flashes orange or amber when there is a fault
- LED light blinks green, orange and off – predicted drive failure
- Orange LED light blinking – drive failed
- Slowly flashes green – RAID rebuilding
- Blinks green then orange then off – RAID rebuild failed
- EMM status LED light orange – device will not boot
- Deleted data
- Flashes amber – cannot communicate with internal drives
- Blinking amber – firmware update failed
Failures
- Failed hard drive – or muiltiple drive failure
- Firmware or software update corruption
- RAID rebuild failed
- Power surge or power spike
- Critical system error: flashing amber or blinking orange – fault state
- Deleted file recovery
PowerVault MD3220
PowerVault MD3200
PowerVault MD3000
PowerVault MD1200
- 2.5″ and 3.5″ drives – 12 drives per array
PowerVault MD1000
- 3.5″ SAS and SATA drives – 15 per array
- PowerVault MD3000 and MD3000i management software
Dell PERC H800 RAID controller
- Supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 10, RAID 50, RAID 60
