Re: [SLUG] data recovery from raid
On Fri, Oct 08, 2004 at 11:11:57AM +1000, Anth Courtney wrote: Howzit, One of our raid arrays kicked the bucket over night - 6 drives in a raid 0+1 array, 2 of which have bitten the dust. Can anyone recommend a data recovery company anywhere in Australia who may be able (somehow) to take the disks, work some magic, and recover data from the array? Thanks in advance. We have used http://www.doctordisk.com.au/recovery.htm before at iiNet for our data recovery when this sort of thing has happened. Its been a few years now (we can afford backup systems :-), but I haven't heard anything adverse about their service. Glen -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
RE: [SLUG] data recovery from raid
And your tape backups are ...? (silly question) If you don't want to pay for the expensive recovery work (yes there is a mob in Melbourne that specialises in data recovery -- someone on this list previously said something about $1000 to $5000 per drive), then the next best option is to recover everyone's work from the junk they keep on their own PC hard drives, and all the printouts they like to keep. BTW I think they will need the whole array, not just the two faulty drives, as the 0+1 data is spread with little pairs all over the whole array. After you recover your data, go look at some offsite storage. If it's for business, try http://www.tape.com.au/ and read over http://www.tape.com.au/tms/industry.htm If it's for home, you still need to devise a system to ensure that if your equipment is broken, lost, catches fire or is stolen you can still rebuild it from scratch and load your data back on. Regards, Jill. -Original Message- From: Anth Courtney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 8 October 2004 11:12 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [SLUG] data recovery from raid Howzit, One of our raid arrays kicked the bucket over night - 6 drives in a raid 0+1 array, 2 of which have bitten the dust. Can anyone recommend a data recovery company anywhere in Australia who may be able (somehow) to take the disks, work some magic, and recover data from the array? Thanks in advance. cheers, Anth -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- IMPORTANT NOTICES This email (including any documents referred to in, or attached, to this email) may contain information that is personal, confidential or the subject of copyright or other proprietary rights in favour of Aristocrat, its affiliates or third parties. This email is intended only for the named addressee. Any privacy, confidence, copyright or other proprietary rights in favour of Aristocrat, its affiliates or third parties, is not lost because this email was sent to you by mistake. If you received this email by mistake you should: (i) not copy, disclose, distribute or otherwise use it, or its contents, without the consent of Aristocrat or the owner of the relevant rights; (ii) let us know of the mistake by reply email or by telephone (+61 2 9413 6300); and (iii) delete it from your system and destroy all copies. Any personal information contained in this email must be handled in accordance with applicable privacy laws. Electronic and internet communications can be interfered with or affected by viruses and other defects. As a result, such communications may not be successfully received or, if received, may cause interference with the integrity of receiving, processing or related systems (including hardware, software and data or information on, or using, that hardware or software). Aristocrat gives no assurances in relation to these matters. If you have any doubts about the veracity or integrity of any electronic communication we appear to have sent you, please call +61 2 9413 6300 for clarification. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] data recovery from raid
Anth Courtney wrote: Howzit, One of our raid arrays kicked the bucket over night - 6 drives in a raid 0+1 array, 2 of which have bitten the dust. Can anyone recommend a data recovery company anywhere in Australia who may be able (somehow) to take the disks, work some magic, and recover data from the array? Thanks in advance. cheers, Anth very unusual for two drives to go at the same time. have you gone into the raid card bios at startup and tried to switch the drives from offline to on again. you can with some cards software and you may get one of them up again. might work in a desperate situation and allow data to be pulled off. Ben -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] data recovery from raid
Hey Ben, very unusual for two drives to go at the same time. have you gone into the raid card bios at startup and tried to switch the drives from offline to on again. you can with some cards software and you may get one of them up again. might work in a desperate situation and allow data to be pulled off. Yup, we tried this, and while it came online and the array could be mounted, ls'd, etc, attempts to copy data off resulted in io errors. cheers, Anth -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] data recovery from raid
Anth Courtney wrote: Yup, we tried this, and while it came online and the array could be mounted, ls'd, etc, attempts to copy data off resulted in io errors. What is your disk controller ? Rather than your disk drive, can you try and replace your disk controller ? -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] data recovery from raid
On Fri, 8 Oct 2004 11:29:34 +1000, Rowling, Jill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And your tape backups are ...? (silly question) Yup, especially silly q as I wasn't asking for a lecture on tape backups, but for data recovery company recommendations. I'm aware of the need for tape backups - in this case I'm just picking up the pieces. For reference (and possible help to someone else), we've gone with Forensic Data who get good reviews and who also are based in Sydney which is convenient for us - most companies seem to be Melb or Bris based. I'll update the list with the succes/failure of the operation for further reference. Thanks to everyone who emailed on-list and off-list with a recommendation. cheers, Anth -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
