Malfunctioning Nodes in HP P4000 & HP P4500 Storage Servers

Here at Easy Data Recovery we have developed an innovative way of recovering data from the malfunctioning or failed nodes that go to make up HP P4000 and P4500 storage servers as originally produced and distributed by Hewlett Packard.

Setting up these ‘nodes’ requires that the system itself is attached to something along the lines of the HP StoreVirtual Centralized Control Management Console which allows for the multiple ‘nodes’ to run in tandem with each other and also manages how the information is accessed and stored across a network that will invariably include an ‘application server’ from which all of your network-based programs operate.

At Easy Data Recovery our engineers have designed and implemented an series of bespoke methods by which it is possible to recover the data from these ‘nodes’ after they have failed. This is in contradiction to Hewlett Packard as a manufacturer who said that this is not possible. Our engineers can attest to the fact that it is and have been asked to reconstitute large volumes of data from said ‘nodes’ by customers just like you who are dependent on the information contained on them to keep your business running smoothly.

The ‘nodes’ in question are normally made up of a set number of hard drives which themselves are of a set volume. With the HP P4000 the original volume of the hard drives in a ‘node’ was 300GB (this was back in 2008 we might add) and since then HP have increased the size to 450GB although only 300GB is accessible. The failure of drives within a ‘node’ can lead to the ‘node’ itself ultimately becoming unstable or unrecognisable by the HP StoreVirtual Centralized Control Management Console and therefore no longer accessible.  Potentially this means that large volumes of data are lost if, as HP said, they were unrecoverable after the ‘node’ had failed.

Using forensic measures and a process based on reverse engineering our engineers can restore the data from said drives to a new medium with a high rate of success and in doing so can not only save you time but money. The replacement of a SAN such as the HP P4000 or P4500 (which are now both discontinued) can be a costly exercise in both financial and information terms. Many man-hours can be lost in the pursuit of recovering such data by calling upon out of date resources such as hard copy and old back-ups.

Using our data recovery method Easy Data Recovery engineers can recover the data to a new media until such times as you purchase a new SAN or recover it to a new ‘node’ in an existing SAN if that is applicable.

To find out more about how Easy Data Recovery’s engineers can help retrieve your data from a malfunctioning or failed ‘node’ contact us today on 01 6859007 and a member of our engineering team will discuss the options available to you as well as giving you a run down on the services we offer which are tailored to suit both budget and timescale when it comes to recovery.