A two‑bay NAS near Sector 22 and Sector 35, Chandigarh, flagged a failed member and shares turned slow and occasionally read‑only for users in Sector 17 and Industrial Area. The pool showed degraded after a restart, so the office asked for a member‑first plan that protected the healthy disk and preserved share names. DataCare Labs outlined a mirror‑safe flow: stabilize the failed disk, produce a clean sector clone, assemble a virtual mirror, and verify paths and permissions on test hosts before export to new media.

• Brand: Toshiba N300
• Capacity: 16TB
• Data Size: 12TB
• Success Rate: 100%

Timeouts and retries grew, then a failed member alert appeared; the partner disk started logging slow reads. A forced rebuild risked copying bad sectors to the good member and complicating recovery. The team paused changes and requested short, plain updates and a familiar layout at return to avoid confusion. They wanted mapped paths and names unchanged so staff could reconnect quickly without rework.

With mirrors and small arrays, rushed steps can spread corruption. The safer route is to stabilize mechanics, correct addressing, and create a clean, sector‑consistent clone of the failed disk. Reading data from a virtual mirror then preserves structures and permissions while avoiding any writes to the healthy disk, making the handover smooth and keeping downtime low.

DataCare Labs installed matching donor heads in a Class 100 clean‑room, repaired translator settings, and imaged stable regions first using short, gentle passes. Weak tracks were revisited with cooling intervals to limit stress and heat. With a consistent clone complete, engineers built a virtual mirror to access shares safely. Paths and ACLs were validated on test hosts; sample files opened normally before packaging.

A total of 12TB was recovered, including departmental shares, templates, and backup sets. Folders mounted cleanly, mapped paths stayed consistent, and permissions behaved correctly. A brief checklist explained the structure and sensible backup steps. The office resumed work the same day with minimal disruption and no renaming or remapping.

Conclusion:
A measured, member‑safe plan protects both data and time. With careful mechanics and parity‑aware steps, DataCare Labs returned a familiar environment ready to use immediately—without risking the healthy disk during a stressful window.

If a NAS in Chandigarh shows a failed member or degraded pool, pause rebuilds and contact DataCare Labs. No Data No Charge keeps each step safe and straightforward.