Brighton & Hove is well known for its creative industries, universities, healthcare providers, and growing IT sector. All of these rely heavily on RAID storage arrays and NAS devices to keep their operations running smoothly. While RAID offers redundancy and speed, no configuration is completely safe from disk degradation, controller malfunctions, failed rebuilds, or human errors such as accidental reinitialisation.
When failure strikes, access to data is critical. RecData provides professional RAID Data Recovery services in Brighton, with more than 15 years of experience. Using ISO-certified clean room facilities, our engineers perform sector-level disk imaging, RAID parity analysis, and logical array reconstruction to recover vital data safely and efficiently.
Common RAID Failures in Brighton
Across Brightonβs sectors, we often see RAID failures caused by:
- RAID 5 rebuild failures, where aged drives fail under stress.
- Dual drive failures in RAID 1 and RAID 10, making mirrored redundancy ineffective.
- Parity corruption from sudden power loss or controller firmware bugs.
- Controller card failures, leaving arrays unrecognisable.
- Accidental formatting or reinitialisation during system maintenance.
The RecData recovery process always begins with creating secure sector-by-sector clones of all drives before attempting logical array reconstruction, ensuring no further risk to data.
RAID 1 Recovery in Brighton β Healthcare & Legal Firms
RAID 1 is often used by law offices, healthcare practices, and local SMEs because of its simplicity and redundancy. However, if both mirrored drives fail, the array becomes inaccessible.
Case Study (healthcare practice):
A Brighton healthcare clinic lost patient record access when both drives in its RAID 1 server developed bad sectors. RecData engineers cloned the failing drives, reconstructed the mirror, and fully restored the medical records, enabling the clinic to continue patient care without disruption.
RAID 5 Recovery in Brighton β Creative Agencies & Universities
RAID 5 provides storage efficiency and redundancy, making it a popular choice for creative studios, universities, and IT firms in Brighton. But its reliance on parity makes it vulnerable when two drives fail or parity is corrupted.
Case Study (creative agency):
A Brighton-based design agency lost access to client projects when a RAID 5 NAS failed during a rebuild. RecData engineers rebuilt the parity manually and restored terabytes of creative content, allowing the agency to meet deadlines.
Case Study (university research group):
A university in Brighton had a RAID 5 server fail when the controller corrupted metadata. RecData reconstructed the logical RAID at block level and recovered datasets critical to ongoing academic research.
RAID 10 Recovery in Brighton β IT & Digital Businesses
RAID 10 is a top choice among digital companies, IT consultancies, and service providers in Brighton, combining mirroring with striping for both redundancy and performance. Yet, simultaneous mirror failures or controller corruption can render the array unusable.
Case Study (digital startup):
A Brighton startup lost development environments when mirrored drives in its RAID 10 server failed. RecData rebuilt the RAID layout and restored all development data, ensuring the project continued without setbacks.
Case Study (IT consultancy):
An IT consultancy experienced downtime when a RAID 10 array collapsed due to controller failure. RecData engineers reconstructed the array structure and restored client files, helping the firm maintain its SLAs.
NAS RAID Recovery in Brighton β Synology, QNAP & More
NAS devices like Synology, QNAP, Buffalo, and Netgear ReadyNAS are widely used by SMEs, schools, and creative companies in Brighton. Despite their popularity, they can suffer from disk degradation, firmware bugs, or failed rebuilds.
Case Study (QNAP RAID 5 media studio):
A media studio in Brighton lost access to editing projects when two drives failed in its QNAP RAID 5 NAS. RecData cloned the drives, reconstructed the array, and restored all video files.
Case Study (Synology RAID 1 school):
A local school experienced downtime when both drives in a Synology RAID 1 NAS failed. RecData engineers performed deep-level recovery and restored all teaching resources and student files.
Supported RAID Platforms & Configurations
RecData handles all major RAID and NAS platforms, including:
- RAID Levels: 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60
- Servers: Dell PowerEdge, HP ProLiant, Lenovo/IBM System x, Fujitsu PRIMERGY, Supermicro
- NAS Devices: QNAP, Synology, Buffalo, Netgear ReadyNAS
- Operating Systems: Windows Server, Linux (Red Hat, Ubuntu, CentOS, Debian)
- Virtualisation: VMware ESXi, Hyper-V, Proxmox
- Databases: SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle
RAID Recovery Across Brighton & South East England
RecData serves not only Brighton & Hove but also nearby areas including Worthing, Crawley, Eastbourne, and Horsham, providing businesses and organisations across the South East with professional RAID recovery.
Why Brighton Chooses RecData
- 15+ years of RAID recovery expertise.
- Free diagnostics with a list of recoverable files.
- 24/7 emergency RAID recovery, with turnaround in as little as 48 hours.
- ISO-certified clean room facilities.
- Trusted by creative agencies, healthcare providers, universities, and SMEs.
π RecData Brighton Contact Information
- Phone: π 02045207293
- Website: recdata.co.uk
- Email: info@recdata.co.uk
- Address: 1 Comber Grove, London SE50AS, United Kingdom (serving Brighton & South East England)
