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Here are the steps to gather the hidden facts

Data is a gold mine of i nsights. It is important to have an integrated information architecture that facilitates better insights on multi-dimensional information to cater to business decision making and important events. The biggest question is, 'Where to start and how to find what's hidden in the data?' It's believed that the average Practice Analyst and Data Scientist spends 70 to 80% of their time on data preparation, based on the events they think are important. There are different dimensions to the data. This data is funneled from different sources (internet /web data) that's added to the traditional sources making it complex. The more the dimensions it has, the more the complex the data, making it hard to create sustainable business value. Here are some examples of different dimensions of Unstructured Data: • Data from corporate & personal email ids and social network profiles • Text and instant messages • Data generated from user activity on sites, su

RAID card or the motherboard

If your RAID drive has failed , you need to choose a good method to recover data from the drive. Typically RAID configurations are made in a way to maintain a balance between capacity and performance of the device. Therefore, the RAID drives require the extra disk to maintain the parity info. Given below are some tips that can help you recover data from the drive and re-configure the RAID. 1. Analyze the Cituation First of all, you need to analyze the situation and examine the configurations of the RAID. In this process, make sure you try to find out which part of your data is inaccessible. Check the RAID card as well. Also, you can use Drive Monitor to check the problematic disks in the RAID. 2. Go through the Factory Manual In order to recover data from a faulty RAID drive, make sure you read the factory manual as well. This will help you get a better idea of the technical aspects of the card and the information you need for the card-configuration. 3. Check the Backup Find out