Broken RAID

A broken RAID is simply a RAID that will not boot. It is possible that several things have happened. There could be a physically defective RAID controller, logically or physically damaged RAID drives or other problems.

A broken RAID 5 does not mean that your important data is lost. One of the most important things to consider when your broken array won't boot is to be careful what steps you perform. We do not recommend running chkdsk or any other type of disk repair program on either a single drive or the entire array.

With that said, a broken RAID can generate some downtime but doesn't have to mean you won't get your data back. Our Engineers perform RAID data recovery every day.