Seagate Exos X16 16TB Enterprise HDD Recovery in Surat (Data Center)
Case Overview :
A 4.8-year-old Seagate Exos X16 16TB enterprise HDD failed in a Surat data center while part of a RAID6 pool supporting 13.7TB of SQL backups, CRM stores, and VM images across Vesu, Piplod, and Udhna. The member dropped mid-scrub, pushing the pool into degraded state and freezing mapped services. Seagate Exos X16 16TB Enterprise HDD Recovery in Surat began with parity-aware procedures and No Data No Charge intake to prevent collateral corruption.
- Brand: Seagate Exos X16
- Capacity: 16TB
- Data Size: 13.7TB
- Success Rate: 100%
Problem Description
Monitoring in Vesu flagged rising read timeouts and pending sectors. Reseats produced intermittent clicks and invisibility, and attempts to force rebuild risked parity drift across surviving members. With ERP closings and VM workloads blocked, a clone-first, assemble-later flow was crucial to validate stripe order before any filesystem mounts or repair attempts.
Understanding the Challenge
Enterprise arrays under sustained duty cycles develop head wear and firmware drift that destabilize scrubs and rebuilds. A safe recovery plan replaces heads, calibrates firmware, images sector-consistently with head map tuning, and constructs a virtual RAID to verify stripes/parity before extraction. Filesystem work must follow only after block integrity passes to preserve ACLs and timestamps.
Data Recovery
Matched donor heads were installed in a Class 100 clean-room, and firmware adaptives recalibrated for stable access. Imaging cloned healthy bands first, cataloging marginal tracks for adaptive retries under temperature control. A virtual RAID6 was assembled from the clone and healthy members; stripe/parity checks passed. Extraction prioritized SQL/VM/CRM data; mounts and database opens were validated.
Outcome of Data Retrieval
All 13.7TB restored with clean structures, permissions, and timestamps. Teams across Piplod and Udhna resumed operations with minimal reconfiguration. Preventive measures—hot spares, staggered drive refresh, predictive SMART, and vibration/thermal control—reduced recurrence risk in the Surat data center.
Conclusion:
Degraded enterprise pools are recoverable with parity discipline. Seagate Exos X16 16TB Enterprise HDD Recovery in Surat proved donor+firmware stabilization and parity-consistent imaging preserve complete estates without collateral data loss.
Call To Action
If a RAID member fails in Surat, Vesu, or Udhna, pause rebuilds and contact DataCare Labs for enterprise RAID recovery under the No Data No Charge Policy.
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