Hard Drive Recovery Group Requests RAID Recovery Service Customer Testimonials

In efforts to inform newer RAID recovery customers about issues surrounding seeking out a server repair or RAID recovery company, Hard Drive Recovery Group is calling upon previous customers to consider adding their experiences at the company's Google Reviews page.

One of the key barriers for IT Administrators seeking professional RAID restoration services tends to be vendor information, as server repair and recovery tends to be a very slim niche. In fact, many data recovery services claim to offer RAID recovery even when they do not, as they can then usually contract out the service to an experienced shop like Hard Drive Recovery Group.

"The basic fact with any kind of RAID recovery service is simply that this is a very high value kind of task, and the stakes tend to be high because of the frequently mission critical nature of the data involved," said Maureen Davies of Hard Drive Recovery Group. "One of the worst things that can happen to a company is when they send a failed RAID array to a provider, only to find out that the company couldn't perform the task. Time is money with these things, and claims should always be verified."

An additional advantage that comes with Hard Drive Recovery Group's RAID recovery service is the fact that the company can pick up and drop ship any server throughout North America, frequently receiving it in less than 12 hours. The company does offer an expedited service for companies that have experienced a RAID array failure where the data must be returned as soon as is possible.

"Obviously, the level of service with us always depends on the importance of the data," said Davies. "A personal user looking to restore a few photos is an entirely different customer than a sales department that has a failed RAID 5 array that is supposed to run an Exchange Server."

RAID Recovery Timing

Physical RAID recovery time does depend on a few factors. First, the condition of the array itself, as well as the individual disks, is a key factor in how quickly data can be recovered. A mainly uncorrupted single drive failure, as an example, may possibly be recoverable using simple RAID rebuild utilities.

However, RAID arrays with multiple drive failures because of major physical problems must be addressed first before the array can even be analyzed. Once the condition of the individual drives are stabilized, each is imaged to ensure the original copies maintain integrity.

From this point, RAID recovery depends greatly on how large the sample of data is within the disk set, as well as the specific array configuration parameters. The more complex the array, the more time it may take restore.

Industry Trends Speak To Consumer Level Service Growth

Over the past 10 years, the hard drive recovery and data recovery industries have shown specific patterns when it comes to user classification. Each year, the consumer side of the data recovery business grows, while the business side tends to contract. This is generally attributed to the fact that businesses are starting to understand not only the importance of maintaining leading edge backup software, but also that Cloud backup solutions have grown consistently better over the recent past. Couple this with more complex RAID applications like RAID 10, and it's easy to see that RAID failures tend to be less common than before.

"One of the most critical points about RAID servers and array setups is the fact that the already inexpensive hard disks have gotten much larger while prices have stayed low," said Davies. "This means formerly difficult configurations are much cheaper, and that many companies are moving to SSD only arrays."

Either way, companies that have difficulties with their RAID array setups can easily access expedited, high speed RAID recovery services with just the click of a mouse, ensuring their organizations continue to run smoothly.