2024-04-17

April 2009

Storage Server Data Disasters – Common Scenarios (Part I)

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When a data loss occurs on something as valuable as a server, it is essential to the life of your business to get back up and running as soon as possible. Here is a sampling of specific types of disasters accompanied with actual engineering notes from recent Remote Data Recovery jobs: Causes of partition/volume/file system corruption disasters: •    Corrupted file system due to system crash •    File system damaged to automatic volume repair utilities •    File system corruption due partition/volume resizing utilities •    Corrupt volume management settings Case study Severe damage to partition/volume information to Windows 2000 workstation; had used 3rd party recovery software – didn’t work, reinstalled OS but was looking for 2nd partition/volume, found it and it was a 100% recovery.…
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Storage Server Data Disasters – Common Scenarios (Part II)

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Possible causes of hardware related disasters: •    Server hardware upgrades (storage controller firmware, BIOS, RAID firmware) •    Expanding storage array capacity by adding larger drives to controller •    Failed array controller •    Failed drive on storage array •    Multiple failed drives on storage array •    Storage array failure but drives are working •    Failed boot drive •    Migration to new storage array system Case study Netware volume server, Traditional NWFS, failing hard drive made volume inaccessible; Netware would not mount volume.…
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Computer Data Storage Tips

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Successful server recoveries: Preventing further damage when a server goes down Despite the industry improvements in backup systems or storage array systems, server failures are a common occurrence that can leave a business paralyzed. Whether the failure is hardware-related, software-related, the result of human error or due to a natural disaster, the number of data loss events is increasing as businesses rely on their corporate server structure and document storage volumes.…
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Hardware Life Cycle Management(Part I)

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Every IT professional can tell a horror story about an upgrade, roll-out, or migration gone awry. So many factors are involved; hardware, software, compatibility, timing, data, procedures, security protocols, and of course the well-meaning but imperfect human. Over 2008, IT departments and staff can look forward to a number of upgrade projects for their computer system infrastructure.…
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