Atola Imager VS SD Data Compass Review

Atola Imager VS SD Data Compass Review

It is a comparison table between Atola Imager and SD Data Compass. This table will help buyers to have a general knowledge of data recovery or disk image tools in one single sight.

Items	Atola Imager	SD DataCompass
General
Approximate price	$1890-$2990	$3300-3800 USD
OS supported	Windows	windows
System interface	Gigabit Ethernet	USB
Data Recovery Features
Recover data form damages in partition data structures (FAT, MFT, INODE tables etc.)	×	√
user data are deleted	×	√
RAW file recovery	×	√
Recovery data from windows dynamic disk	×	√
Recovery data from RAID system	×	√
Viewing and editing data structures of various file systems	×	√
File classification by type/ visited time/created time / modified time	×	√
Create recovered File directory table in HTML and send to customer	×	√
Extract data From “showdown disk” to protect source HDD	×	√
Extract data via SA emulation	×	√
From corrupted partitions	×	√
Monitor power supply temperature	×	√
Power surge protection	√	√
Image Features
Image specific files	×	√(FAT32, NTFS, EXT2, EXT3, HFS, HFX)
Dynamic UDMA mode alteration according to the condition of the HDD	×	√
From HDD with multiple bad sectors	×	√
Form HDD with “clicking” sounds	×	√
Image data areas only	√	√
Head map	×	√
Image by head	×	√
Switch between specific DMA and UDMA modes	×	√
Set sector range to mirror	√(requires multiple sessions that don’t cross reference the same sector map)	√
Image to file	Yes via network connection	√
Skip ‘x’ number of sectors	×	√
Image to network drive	√	×
Reverse clone	√	√
Hardware reset	×	√
Visible sector map	×	√
Stored configuration data	In Case management database	In Case management database
Set max LBA on destination	×	√
Power oscilloscope	×	√
Time to read sectors oscilloscope	√	√
Head and media test	×	√
Read ignoring ECC	×	√
Checksum calculations	MD5 SHA1,SHA224,SHA256,SHA384, SHA512	CRC
Set read timeout	√	√
Log of bad sectors	√	√
e-email notification	√	×
Force read in PIO Mode	×	√
Set read block size	√(the system slows down significantly with smaller block sizes)	√
Customizable algorithms (Set read response based on individual sector read errors	×	√
Disable SMART operations	√	√
Turn off “read bad sector” auto reallocation	√	√
Disable read look ahead	×	√
Reset HPA	×	√
Enable/Disable overwrite unread sectors	×	√
Write protection	√	√
Wipe destination sector by sector	×	√
Wipe unprocessed sectors	×	×
Set number of sectors to skip	√	√
Live sector view	×	√
Health 1TB transfer speed	100 MB/second	60MB/second
Others
Software update	One year for free-Software update for 1 year   $499.00 -Software update for 2 years $899.00-Software update for 3 years $1199.00	free
Technical support	Limited email support	free support
Warranty	One year	One year

Get more about SalvationDATA Technology Data Compass: http://www.salvationdata.com

Get more about Atola Imager: http://atola.com/products

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