A two‑bay NAS near Kadri and Bejai, Mangaluru, flagged a failed member during a sync and shares slowed for teams working around Lalbagh and Kottara Chowki. Some folders turned read‑only and the pool showed degraded after a restart, creating risk for the remaining disk. The office wanted a simple, low‑risk plan that kept the healthy member safe and returned the same share names. DataCare Labs proposed a calm sequence: stabilize the failed disk, create a clean sector clone, assemble a virtual mirror, and verify paths and permissions on test hosts before export to new media.

• Brand: Seagate IronWolf
• Capacity: 8TB
• Data Size: 6TB
• Success Rate: 100%

Save delays turned into timeouts, and the dashboard showed rising read errors on the failed member while the partner disk logged warnings. A forced rebuild might have copied bad blocks into the healthy member and caused wider issues. The team paused changes and requested short, plain updates and a familiar layout at return. They asked for a few sample opens to confirm everything behaved normally before handover.

With mirrors and small arrays, rushing a rebuild can spread corruption silently. The safer route is to stabilize mechanics, restore ordered addressing, and capture a sector‑consistent clone from the failed disk. Reading through a virtual mirror avoids touching the good member, preserves structures and permissions, and lets staff resume work without renaming or re‑mapping folders. This approach reduces stress and protects uptime.

DataCare Labs installed compatible donor heads in a Class 100 environment, repaired translator settings, and imaged stable zones first using short, gentle passes. Weak tracks were revisited with cool‑down intervals to control heat and surface stress. With a consistent clone ready, engineers built a virtual mirror with the healthy disk to access shares safely. Paths and ACLs were validated on test hosts; sample files opened normally ahead of packaging.

A total of 6TB was recovered, including departmental shares, templates, and scheduled backups. Folders mounted cleanly, mapped paths stayed consistent, and permissions worked as expected. Delivery included a simple checklist describing the layout and a practical rotation plan for backups. The office reattached shares the same day and returned to normal work without rework.

Conclusion:
A steady, member‑safe sequence protects data and shortens downtime. With careful mechanics, clean imaging, and a virtual mirror, DataCare Labs returned a familiar environment teams could use immediately, without risking the healthy disk during recovery.

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