SAN Data Recovery

Investment in a Storage Area Network (SAN) provides high performance, reliability and flexible storage capacity management. SAN storage systems rarely fail. Data loss on SANs tends to be the result of user error with snapshot management or an error with other SAN data management features.

SAN systems support a large number of users. Due of the sheer volume of users and the critical nature of the data they store, a SAN recovery usually requires emergency 24/7 recovery services. Kroll Ontrack is the only provider of data recovery services for SAN storage.

Fast Recovery Solutions For SAN Systems

The Kroll Ontrack patented Remote Data Recovery^TM service is the most secure and fastest way to search for and restore the original data on a SAN’s shared pool storage architecture. Whether the SAN contains file shares, volume LUNs, or iSCSI LUNs, Ontrack Data Recovery service engineers understand how data on these systems are stored and how to restore critical data when it is no longer accessible.

Kroll Ontrack has developed data reconstruction applications and techniques for the following systems:

SAN Data Recovery Process

Data recovery from a SAN follows a 3 step evaluation process to obtain a file listing of recoverable data.

*iSCSI LUNs are reliant upon the SAN's internal file system to manage the data. Data loss within this type of logical storage may require access to the SAN's volume where the iSCSI files are stored.

**Target volumes that reside within virtual disk files are dependent upon the hypervisor's datastore file system to manage the data. Data loss at the hypervisor volume level or within the guest's virtual disk file may require additional engineering effort to complete the evaluation.