Category Dell Server Data Recovery
Are you a network administrator of a Dell Server? Are you experiencing a data loss crisis? These articles on data recovery from Dell Servers may help.
Dell Server Data Recovery: Dell T420 “State Foreign” Error
The client in this data recovery case came to us to get data recovered from their crashed Dell T420 server. This Dell T420 server used a RAID-5 configuration. It had eight two-terabyte Seagate hard drives for a combined total of 14 terabytes of…
Dell PowerVault Recovery: Lost RAID Configuration
In this Dell PowerVault recovery case, the client came to us after their Hyper-V host machine had failed. The client’s IT technicians attempted a hard reboot of the server containing their Hyper-V datastores in an attempt to fix the problem.…
Dell EqualLogic PS4100 Data Recovery Case Study: 24-Drive RAID-50
The client in this case had a Dell EqualLogic PS4100 SAN. This SAN was filled with 24 300-GB enterprise-grade Seagate hard drives. These 24 hard drives were combined in a RAID-50 array with two hot spares. RAID-50, in general, has…
Dell Server Recovery: PowerEdge Foreign Configuration
In this Dell server recovery scenario, the client’s server fell victim to a power outage. When the power came back on, the Dell PERC 6/i RAID controller card reported two errors. One drive had failed. Another drive was reported as having a…
Dell Server Data Recovery: PowerEdge 2900 RAID 5 Data Loss
RAID 5: Overview A RAID array connects two or more hard drives together to make what is essentially a single giant hard drive. RAID arrays offer greater storage capacity, protection against data loss from individual drive failure, increased efficiency, or some combination…