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Upon power on, beeps can come from the server board, from the RAID controller, or from other
devices installed in the system. The message conveyed by the beep codes will vary depending
on the make and model of the device. Try to determine which device is emitting the beep
codes and refer to the documentation for that device.
Though it is unlikely that a server will not boot, the following are some of the possible reasons for failure to boot:
• Some ATX power supplies have a power switch on the back of the power supply next to
the fan. Is this switched on?
• Check for proper power cord connections. Some chassis allow the use of two power
cords and the system will not power on when a single cord is used and is plugged into
the wrong connector.
• Your RAID controller may require the addition of a memory module. Verify that the
module is included on the tested memory list for the RAID controller. The tested
memory list is available at http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/server.
Remove and reseat the memory module if memory on the card is installed in a memory
socket.
• Remove all add-in cards, including the RAID controller. See if the server boots using
only the on-board components. If successful, add the cards back in one at a time,
rebooting between each addition. This will help you determine the card that is causing
the problem.
• The Intel RAID Controller requires additional power to run. Although the amount
required is minimal, it may cause the system to exceed the power available from the
system power supply. Failure to provide the correct power supply or sufficient output
from the power supply may result in a failure of the system to power on. Refer to the
server board’s Technical Product Specification to calculate the necessary power budget
for all installed devices that draw power. These devices may include the memory, disk
drives, and add in cards. Verify sufficient power exists to run the system.
• Examine the LEDs on card and compare them to the product documentation to
determine if the LEDs give an indication of the failure.
• Compare any RAID card beep codes to the codes outlined in the product documentation
to determine if the beep codes you hear give any indication of the failure.
If you are unable to resolve this issue, contact your customer support representative. Gather
the following information before making your phone call:
• The make and model server board and RAID controller are you using.
• The version of BIOS and firmware of the server board.
• The version of the firmware on the RAID controller.
• The PBA (Product Board Assembly) number on the board.
• The chassis and power supply the server is using.
• Note what is displayed on the monitor or any sounds emanating from the server system.
Ask small business IT staff what worries them most . They won’t talk about natural disasters, power outages, security breaches or running out of disk space. They will probably tell you that what keeps them up the most are nightmares about backing up and recovering servers and workstations and the data on them. This shouldn’t be the case, because the market is full of very good software and hardware backup products, each of which can be used in conjunction with a variety of backup strategies. So, if you’re one of those worriers, sit back, relax and get rid of those backup/recovery blues by selecting the right product and strategy for your backup needs.
Most backup products support backup of files to tape and disk, and they let you restore discrete files from your backups. That’s great if you have to restore one or a few lost files. But what if you have to recover an entire disk drive, like your system drive? Older solutions require you to fix your hardware and then reinstall the operating system, then install your backup software, then install your applications and then install each data file to the repaired hardware. Better backup products allow you to restore application configuration information (for example the Windows Registry) and then restore applications from your backup. But all of these solutions are nerve-wracking and time-consuming. The full process can take six to eight hours or even more, depending on how much data you have to restore. This is not a fun way to spend your day, especially in a small business environment where IT resources are often limited and you have a lot of “real” work to do.
products are a great solution for small businesses. The best allow you to backup and then restore servers and sometimes networked workstations at either the level of discrete files or the entire disk volume. When you restore a disk volume to a new empty disk drive, you’re doing what is called “bare metal recovery” or “disaster recovery.” Most products let you restore to a drive temporarily mounted in any computer. Most also let you boot your original repaired computer off a CD-ROM and restore your disk drive from CD-ROM, a second disk drive connected to the computer, a disk on the network or, in some cases, tape. Bare metal recoveries save lots of time – they can take less than one-sixth the time of a discrete file recovery.
It is true if you’re buying a solution for a large networked environment, using a complex backup product with special modules for bare metal backup and recovery. However, there are very reasonably priced bare metal products designed specifically for the small and medium-sized business market.
Software: Getway Raid Recovery 2.0;
RAID Type: RAID 5 with 3 drives, 1 drive defect;
Factory Type: IBM
Malfunction Description: Sudden RAID damaged, all in the state of “DDD”, RAID corrupted by replacing the hard disk order off-line or push-pull, all the files lost.
Select the “Smart Mode”, and then click the “Next” button.
(Once you get a RAID recovery case, we usually suggest you firstly select “Smart Mode“, It is the most convenient and efficient Mode: Fast, Intelligent. Certainly, if you clearly know the RAID details, you can recover the data by directly using either the Manual Mode or User-defined Mode.)
The default set is Factory Type as “Standard” and the Raid Type as ” Raid 5″ (you can select the right Factor Type and the Raid Type according to your RAID Array), and then click the “Next” button to rebuild and recover the RAID Array.
A) Analyze:
Click the “Analyze” button after your finish the parameter setup. Getway RAID Recovery software will display the parameters and the right disk order of your RAID Array, and also you can view the reconstructed partition information.
B) File View:
Select one partition and click “File View” button, a file browser will be popped up. You can view the folders and the files from the browser after successfully analyze. You will know the analysis was successful or not by this step.
C) Export Image:
After you verify the authenticity of the data, and also you sure you want to get the data back, you can purchase a License Key and activate the software. The detailed operations are as follow: after you get the License key, please click the “About” button and input the ID and License Key to activate the software.
Then you can export the partition as the image files or export the image to other hard disk.
Attention: Please don’t export the image to your system disk, otherwise it will cover the data which on your system disk.
Rebuild RAID:
Verify the authenticity of the image files, and then reload the image files to the new RAID Array. RAID Recovery is successful.
File Name: ZAR
Version: 8.4
Publisher: Zero Assumption Recovery
Raid Supported: RAID 0, RAID 5
Analyze Mode: Manual Mode
Price: US $99.00
What can ZAR Do?
This tutorial describes the data recovery procedure used to recover a RAID 0 or RAID 5 array if
* the controller failed and the array parameters are lost
* Windows software-based RAID configuration data is damaged
Download: http://www.z-a-recovery.com/download.htm
Buy: http://www.z-a-recovery.com/register.htm
File Name: R-STUDIO Network Edition
Version: RAID-0 Version/RAID-5 Version
Publisher: R-tools Technology Inc
Raid Supported: RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5
Analyze Mode: Manual Analysis
Price: $179.00
What can RAID Recovery Presentation do?
R-Studio detects and treats valid software or hardware RAIDs as regular drives/volumes. But what to do if you have only drives or drive images of a faulty RAID? R-Studio can still help you to get the data back provided that the drives necessary for the RAID to operate are working or you have the images of those drives. The number of drives enough to get data back depends on the RAID layout. For example, for a mirror (RAID 1) of two drives, at least one must be valid, whereas for a RAID5 of 3 disks, the number of valid drives should be two.
Download:
http://www.data-recovery-software.net/Data_Recovery_Download.shtml
Buy:
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File Name: Quick Recovery for RAID
Version: RAID-0 Version/RAID-5 Version
Publisher: Unistal Systems
Raid Supported: RAID 0, RAID 5
Analyze Mode: Manual Analyze
Price: $674.00/$994
What can Quick Recovery for RAID?
Quick Recovery RAID is a do-it-yourself non-destructive raid data recovery software. There are just two steps to perform the complete operation. Analysis, Select & Save. Analysis is the most important aspect of data recovery.
Download:
Raid 0 Demo: http://www.unistal.com/download-form.html?id=10
Raid 5 Demo: http://www.unistal.com/download-form.html?id=10
Buy:
http://www.unistal.com/raid-data-recovery.html#buy-online
First, you should consider what kind of service you are going to need from a data recovery company.
1) Local Company: you can physically take the hardware to them.
2) A company that can recover your data using remote sources.
Also you should determine how much money you are willing to spend to recover your data. Recovery rates will vary depending on whether you need remote, in-lab or on-site recovery services.
Second, use an internet “Search Engine” to find websites for data recovery companies. Search specifically for local companies if you are going to need in-lab or on-site service.
Third, visit the websites of potential data recovery companies. Make note of each company’s available services, pricing system and testimonials or references. Feel free to eliminate any companies that don’t offer the services you are looking for or whose prices are not close to what you are willing to spend. Many websites will list testimonials, but the testimonials are more dependable if they are from a recognizable company. Any company that lists a Fortune 500 company as a client should top your list of candidates. Check the “Privacy Policy” of any company you are considering. Many companies have specific privacy policies and some will follow your specific instructions on handling your recovered data.
Fourth, call the data recovery companies that you feel offer the service you need at a price you can afford. Eliminate companies that cannot be reached over the phone. You will want a company you know you can contact when necessary.
Fifth, verify with each company the service provided, whether remote, in-lab or on-site, and pricing structure that you are looking for. Answers that differ from what is stated on the company’s website should be looked into further. Consistency in policy is something you should look for in a trustworthy data recovery company.
Sixth, ask the phone representative for each company about their success rate. Any company which claims a 100% success rate is either not being honest with you or has not been in business very long. Also, ask about any service guarantees and whether or not the rates are determined by the amount of data recovered. Finally, ask about the equipment they will use in the data recovery process. The equipment of companies to be considered for in-lab services will use a class 100 clean room and nondestructive methods.
Last, consider your findings with each company and decide which company is trustworthy to recover your lost data.
From a Global Monthly Search Volume by Google: computer repair 823,000; data recovery, 2,240,000; file recovery, 673,000; recovery software, 368,000; disaster recovery, 301,000. We can obviously see there are more and more people reverting their attention to data recovery field.
Above numbers of statistics are still increasing and such numbers bring a prosperous employment and development to IT industry. Especially under the pressure of financial crisis, many IT companies are adding some new services of Data recovery. Therefore, many new data recovery companies are set up and even many personal IT engineers are looking for data recovery training to be a qualified data recovery engineer.
This is a great, increasing and potential market full of competition! So, what is the new movement of big data recovery companies?
The new movement of Data recovery Services providers
These companies are mainly providing data recovery services to personal computer users, data related companies, institutes, educational centers, police and even government, depending on their marketing network and skills level. Such data recovery companies usually have many offices in different cities of different countries. They are now managing to provide a wider range of data related services, such as Hard Drive Recovery, Laptop Recovery, Desktop Recovery, Server Recovery, RAID Recovery, Tape Recovery, Mobile Device Recovery and other types of recovery services. These companies are also buying and taking advantages of more of the current best data recovery tools from different manufacturers. These tools contain data recovery software, data recovery equipment (usually hardware and software complex tools) and data recovery hardware. More tools and more services need a big market to digest and then they are taking some measures to expand themselves. For example, on April 13th, Stellar Acquired RSE Data Recovery Services B.V.. “We are delighted about this acquisition, which will further pave the way for our growth in the European market. Stellar would now also be able to serve its MNC customers with European presence more effectively. This acquisition offers us an excellent opportunity to tap into the knowledge and experience of RSE Data Recovery and springboard our growth plans.” informed Sunil Chandna, CEO, Stellar Information Systems Ltd.
“We have been offering data recovery services to European customers for over 10 years. We will be bringing in invaluable market knowledge and expertise. This acquisition will be invaluable to the development & growth of Stellar and will bring in lot of value to the customers of both the companies,” commented Ernst Eder, COO, RSE Data Recovery Services. However, these expansions don’t mean there’s no space for small and middle sized data recovery services providers, big companies charge usually much higher and many end users can not afford to it.
So only if you can provide professional data recovery services with professional data recovery equipment and you are able to have a seat in this great market.
The new movement of Data recovery tools manufacturers
According to a search in Google and other data recovery forums, we can find out some good data recovery equipment providers like ACE laboratory, SalvationDATA, Atola, Stellar Data recovery, Ontrack Data recovery, X-ways software, DeepSpar, etc. Among them, ACE and SalvationDATA are manufacturing some familiar tools for firmware repair and Data extraction, Atola as well. Their tools are usually data recovery equipment mentioned above, hardware and software complex tools. There’s one tool called HD HPE PRO other manufacturers don’t have provided by SalvationDATA to disassemble the disks(Supporting 2.5″ and 3.5″) and remove heads or multiple platters. Other manufacturers are mainly providing data recovery software.
These manufacturers are now working hard to compete and survive with their own advantages. They are now managing to add more disk manufacturers, disk models, more medias supported and more failures to handle, Like SD added spacer solution to HD HPE PRO, HFS+/HFSX and EXT2(3) file systems and RAID recovery supported by Data Compass, flash doctor to be available in July. ACE is going to add RAID soon, to add new Toshiba SATA Hard Disk drives support in PC-3000 UDMA utility. ACE is also cooperating with Deepspar in Canada. Anyway, it’s hard to find data recovery tools manufacturers to combine, with technologies shared. Nobody has all the best data recovery technologies and solutions. That’s why it is necessary if you have the budget to consider more tools from different manufacturers. This does adds to our cost. I hope one day, some of the best can truly be hand in hand and create some universal and friendly data recovery tools for all people to use.
Actually, Data recovery to Data Loss is like Doctors to diseases.
We can keep fit but we cannot dismiss the doctors. It’s the same thing. We can backup all important files but data recovery field is still growing.
File Name: Getway Raid Recovery
Version: 2.0
Publisher: Getway Recovery Ltd
Raid Supported: RAID 0, RAID 5, Raid 5E, Raid 5EE, Raid 6
Analyze Mode: Smart Mode,Manual Mode, User-defined Mode
Price: US $179.00
What can Getway Raid Recovery Do?
Getway Raid Recovery Software can help you recover data due to the following possible data loss situations: File Deletion; Accidental Array Format; MBR damage/ loss/ excursion; DBR damage; One or two RAID hard disk damage, etc. Getway Raid Recovery Software support “Smart Mode”, “Manual Mode” and ” User-defined Mode ” working modes.
Download:http://www.getwayrecovery.com/downloads/GetwayRaidRecovery.zip
Buy: http://www.getwayrecovery.com/purchase.html
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