When Recovery Requires Precision, Not Guesswork

Recovering from a RAID failure is not about running software or retrying rebuilds.
It is about judgment, sequencing, and restraint.

ADR provides professional RAID data recovery for complex parity-based failures where standard rebuilds are unsafe, incomplete, or have already failed. Our work is performed by engineers — not scripts — using disciplined processes designed to preserve what remains recoverable.

If your RAID is degraded, offline, or behaving unpredictably, the next step should be deliberate.

Talk directly with a RAID engineer:
1-800-228-8800

What Makes ADR Different

Most RAID recovery attempts fail after the original incident — not because recovery was impossible, but because actions were taken without understanding parity confidence, metadata integrity, or failure boundaries.

ADR’s recovery process emphasizes:

  • Diagnosis before intervention
  • Minimal handling of original media
  • Validation before reconstruction
  • Controlled execution at every stage

We do not rely on generic, one-size-fits-all tools. Every recovery begins with an assessment of what the array can still safely support.

Cases We Are Commonly Asked to Take Over

Clients often contact ADR after one or more failed recovery attempts. Common scenarios include:

  • Rebuilds that never started or stalled indefinitely
  • Arrays reinitialized in an attempt to “reset” the system
  • Drives swapped or reordered incorrectly
  • Parity overwritten during repeated rebuild attempts
  • Systems altered after backups were restored unsuccessfully

In many cases, recovery is still possible — but only if further damage is prevented.

Why Recovery Still Succeeds After Failed Attempts

Successful RAID recovery depends on identifying what has been altered and what remains intact.

ADR’s internal analysis focuses on:

  • Residual metadata and layout fragments
  • Stripe alignment and parity consistency
  • Block-level validation across surviving members
  • Isolation of overwritten or unstable regions

This allows recovery efforts to be scoped precisely, rather than applied blindly across the entire array.

Remote RAID Recovery — When Shipping Drives Is Not Required

Many RAID failures do not involve physical drive damage.
They involve logical faults, controller confidence loss, or localized media instability.

When appropriate, ADR performs recovery remotely, allowing systems to remain onsite while diagnosis, imaging, and reconstruction proceed safely. This approach reduces risk, shortens downtime, and meets the needs of organizations with security, compliance, or custody constraints.

Remote recovery is not a shortcut — it is a controlled execution path chosen only when conditions allow.

They said it couldn’t be done… but ADR recovered all my files remotely—even when local techs gave up.

— Ed Soderstrom, Bakersfield, CA

Trusted by the Data-Driven

They recovered 8TB of oceanic research data after three other companies gave up. ADR saved the mission.

— Lead Systems Engineer, U.S. Oceanographic Research Division

When to Contact ADR

You should speak with a RAID engineer if:

  • A rebuild failed, stalled, or never began
  • The virtual disk disappeared unexpectedly
  • More than one drive shows errors
  • The system was power-cycled while degraded
  • Recovery actions have already been attempted

Early evaluation preserves options. Delay reduces them.

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Talk to the Engineers — Not a Sales Desk

ADR does not route critical failures through sales staff or scripted intake.
Your situation is reviewed by engineers who understand parity-based storage systems and the consequences of each action taken.

Call to discuss your RAID safely:
1-800-228-8800

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