Tag Archives: RAID Edition

RAID technology overview: Proper and Improper Rebuild for RAID-1 (Mirror)

Posted on 10/28/2024 by ACELab team

Most RAID levels use redundancy to ensure the reliability of the array. Redundancy allows the array to continue operating without data loss if one of the drives fails. This technology was designed to save data, but if used improperly, it … Continue reading →

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PC-3000 Data Extractor. Rebuilding NFTS partition with lost boot

Posted on 05/19/2017 by ACELab team

Hello friends, You know that we are living in the world where PCs can be infected with malware. The best-known example is WannaCry which infected many computers in different countries of the world. However, there are many other malware worms … Continue reading →

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PC-3000 DE. Data Extractor RAID Edition. How to recover data from RAID 5 on 3 drives where one drive has outdated data (we don’t know which one)

Posted on 01/13/2017 by ACELab team

Hello friends, Data recovery can be simple when we know RAID configuration (level, block size, start of striping, delay) and all RAID members have valid data (user data without any modifications). Unfortunately, we often find ourselves in less than perfect circumstances, … Continue reading →

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A look back on RAID Recovery training sessions in the new ACE Lab training class

Posted on 12/21/2016 by ACELab team

The data recovery training class has been occupied since the first day ACE Lab opened the doors of the new office in Prague. Ten training sessions have been held so far, and more to come. As it is the biggest … Continue reading →

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PC-3000 DE. Data Extractor RAID Edition. How to mount virtual machine of Linux iSCSI server in Data Extractor RAID Edition

Posted on 08/25/2016 by ACELab team

In modern data center or enterprise environment, an iSCSI target often resides in a large storage array. These arrays can be in the form of commodity hardware with free-software-based iSCSI implementations, or as commercial products such as in StorTrends, Pure … Continue reading →

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PC-3000 DE. Data Extractor RAID Edition. Solution for LaCie Big 4 Quadra Raid 5 case

Posted on 07/20/2016 by ACELab team

The LaCie Big 4 Quadra is the most complete 4-bay RAID solution for professionals who demand exceptional performance from a storage device. There are adtantages of the LaCie 4big Quadra Speed and security for audio, video, and photo professionals; Huge … Continue reading →

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PC-3000 DE. Data Extractor RAID Edition. How to define RAID array from ‘boxes’ (WD Book Live Duo)

Posted on 05/13/2016 by ACELab team

Sometimes we look weird cases where we can’t define RAID configuration via autodetection based on metadata and user data. More we can find nothing in RAW recovery (file carving).

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PC-3000 DE. Data Extractor RAID Edition. How to find RAID configuration based on user files in Data Extractor RAID Edition

Posted on 04/13/2016 by ACELab team

For some complex RAID cases ata Extractor RAID Edition has feature which allows to determine RAID configuration based on user files. Theory and methodology. Let’s look into .zip files. They contain two types of data: – zip metadata (structures which … Continue reading →

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PC-3000 DE. Data Extractor RAID Edition. How to build RAID array with virtual machines in VMFS volume

Posted on 10/29/2015 by ACELab team

Using Data Extractor RAID Edition, we are able to identify special RAID configurations and extract data from virtual machines on RAID arrays. Data Extractor RAID Edition supports SPECIAL-VMFS level for manipulations with VMFS spanned across multiple disks These virtual machines … Continue reading →

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PC-3000 DE. Data Extractor RAID Edition. First steps. (Part 3)

Posted on 07/08/2015 by ACELab team

This part is a continuation of part 2. We proceed to work with RAID array and focus on assembling RAID configuration in interactive mode. A quick introduction: Sometimes RAID array metadata are damaged or RAID has a non-standard configuration. Data Extractor … Continue reading →

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