Case Study

NetGear NAS Storage - 6 TB Data Recovery for an Automobile Company

Recovering operational critical data to ensure business continuity

Overview:

A manufacturing company in Ahmedabad faced a critical challenge when they encountered physical damage to their storage infrastructure. This automobile manufacturing company sought a comprehensive solution to recover valuable data crucial for their operations. Explore their journey to successfully navigate data loss and recovery. Find out the key strategies and solutions that helped them restore essential data and overcome operational setbacks.

Client Background:

The company provides manufacturing, assembly, sequencing, supply chain, and logistics management for complete seat assemblies in the automotive and other industry verticals.

Addressing Key Challenges in Data Recovery:

The company needed to recover essential operational data stored on their Netgear NAS system to ensure business continuity. This data included critical MS Office files and PDFs necessary for daily operations and client deliverables.

Drive Specifications:

3 HDDs with 2 TB each
Netgear NAS storage model
(BTRFS) Linux file system
Total media capacity: 6 TB

Issue:

2 HDDs were non-working
Existing data in the media: 6 TB
Already shown to a local vendor by the client
Recovery duration: 8 days

Data Recovery Actions & Approach:

Our meticulous recovery process involved the following key steps:

Cloning of all 3 HDDs, each with a capacity of 2 TB
Finding the RAID configuration like Stripe Size, Data Flow, etc., to optimize data retrieval
Creation of linear images for streamlined recovery
8 days of dedicated effort resulted in the successful recovery of almost all data to the client's satisfaction

Data Recovery Success:

The outcome of this extensive recovery effort was remarkable:

Total Data Recovered: 6 TB, approx.
The entire recovery process was completed within a tight timeframe of 8 days.

Conclusion:

We successfully retrieved approximately 6 TB of critical data. The entire process was completed within the client's required timeframe of 8 days.

Business Need

The company needed to recover essential operational data stored on their Netgear NAS system to ensure business continuity. This data included critical MS Office files and PDFs necessary for daily operations and client deliverables.

Solution Approach

We followed a meticulous recovery process involving the following key steps:

Cloning of all 4 HDDs, each with a capacity of 2 TB.
Finding the RAID configuration, like stripe size, data flow, etc., to optimize data retrieval.
Creation of linear images for streamlined recovery.
8 days of dedicated effort resulted in the successful recovery of almost all of the client’s data.

Result

The outcome of this extensive recovery effort was remarkable: