Recovering data from a flood damaged RAID server array
Severely flood damaged drives are putting Data
Clinic’s Advanced Data Recovery Services to the test
Recent floods in the UK have caused many homes, businesses and
public sector institutions to lose valuable data from their computer
systems. Flood damage to a hard drive can contaminate the platters,
corrode the internal infrastructure and destroy the circuitry;
leaving the data indecipherable.
St James’ Primary School in Hull, was badly affected by
the recent floods, their RAID, which contained extremely valuable
school, pupil and teacher information was submerged in the soiled
flood water. The flood water had penetrated three of the six drives
to a severe extent and damaged the motherboard rendering it out
of use. This case scenario leaves the data irretrievable.
Due to the excessive water damage, conventional data recovery
methods are not applicable, as the drive will have sustained severe
damage such that attempting a recovery using conventional methods
will render the data unrecoverable. In these instances, use of
Data Clinic's Advanced Data Recovery (ADR) service is appropriate
as there are many critical phases in successfully recovering the
data. Correct storage and handling of the media is very important
as oxidisation of the hard disk will begin to occur. As a result
of this, recovery is time consuming as components must be treated
with extreme care.
The recovery process involves:
Fresh flow treatment and cleaning
Platter dismounting & surface treatment
Chemical drying in a controlled sealed environment
Platter surface re-lubrication
Mounting and recalibration
The data was completely recovered.
“We
were extremely impressed with the recovery of the data on
the RAID. St James Primary school contacted us, as their
hard drive had been damaged by the flood; we were unable
to recover the data, and thought that the probability of
it being recovered was negligible. We chose to contact the
Data Clinic. The team managed to completely restore all
of the data. The turnaround time was remarkable, and the
service provided was exceptional...resulting in full operations
at the site within days"
Paul Stevens
Learning Services IT Manager |
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