Product comparison

Forensic imaging tools: TaskForce 2
Atola TaskForce 2
High-performance forensic imager with 26 ports, including 4 M.2/U.2 NVMe ports. Compatible with server racks.
Forensic imaging tools: TaskForce
Atola TaskForce
Portable high-performance forensic imager with 18 ports.
Forensic imaging tools: Insight Forensic
Atola Insight Forensic
Portable forensic imaging tool with damaged drive support and data recovery functions.
Imaging
Simultaneous imaging sessions 25+ 12+ 3
Cumulative imaging speed 25 TB/hour 15 TB/hour 4 TB/hour
RAID support Automated reassembly: RAID types: RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 and JBOD –
Automation Web API –
Damaged drive support Damaged heads, freezing drives, short circuit detection, worn-out HDDs/SSDs
Head selection support
Network 2 x 10Gb Ethernet ports
Express mode up to 25 imaging sessions up to 17 imaging sessions –
Logical imaging to L01 –
Imaging targets
  • E01/RAW/AFF4 files located on other drives (Veracrypt-encrypted as option)
  • E01/RAW/AFF4 files located on a server or NAS
  • bit-to-bit copy on other drives
Targets per imaging session 5 5 3
Hardware unit
Ports 26 ports
with source/target switch
 18 ports
with source/target switch
 10 ports
Port types
  • 4 NVMe M.2/U.2 PCIe 4.0
  • 8 SATA
  • 8 SAS/SATA
  • 4 USB
  • 1 IDE
  • Extension port
  • 6 SATA
  • 6 SAS/SATA
  • 4 USB
  • 1 IDE
  • Extension port
  • Sources:
  • 3 SATA
  • 1 USB
  • 1 IDE
  • Extension port
  • Targets:
  • 3 SATA
  • 1 USB
Write protection on all ports (configurable) on all ports (configurable) on source ports
Extension modules
  • M.2 NVMe/PCIe/SATA
  • Apple PCIe
  • Thunderbolt
  • M.2 NVMe/PCIe/SATA
  • Apple PCIe
  • Thunderbolt
  • M.2 NVMe/PCIe/SATA
  • Apple PCIe
  • Thunderbolt
  • SAS
Server rack compatibility – –
Touch screen – –
Hardware Server motherboard, Xeon CPU, ECC RAM
Overcurrent, overvoltage protection
Current sensor
  • 8 SATA
  • 8 SAS/SATA
  • 4 USB
  • IDE
  • Extension
  • 6 SATA
  • 6 SAS/SATA
  • IDE

 
  • 6 SATA ports

 
 
 
Size 17.4 x 14.5 x 3.9 in
(442 x 370 x 100 mm) 		12 x 10 x 3 in
(300 x 250 x 75 mm) 		7.9 x 7.9 x 2.6 in
(190 x 190 x 63 mm)
Weight 17.2 lb
(7.8 kg) 		4.5 lb
(3.6 kg) 		3.3 lb
(1.5 kg)
Lifetime warranty* Lifetime warranty is available for the entire period while your software update subscription is active,
without any additional conditions.
Connectivity
Interface web-based (Chrome browser) Windows application
Multi-user access Single use
Ethernet 10Gb Ethernet
Wi-Fi mode External adapter (optional) –
Standalone mode Kiosk mode No standalone mode. Laptop/PC needed.
Other features
Drive diagnostics PCB, Heads, Media scan, Firmware, File system. Imaging time estimate.
Automated RAID configuration detection –
Unknown ATA password recovery – – Various HDD families
Wiping Zero-fill, Custom pattern, LBA number, Secure Erase, DoD 5220.22-M, NIST 800-88,
Random, Format NVM and Sanitize for NVMe drives
SSD Trim Will be added in the next major firmware update
HPA, DCO, AMA recovery
Hashing MD5, SHA1, SHA256, SHA512
Segmented hashing
Locate sectors – –
Artifact Finder (sector-level) – –
File recovery – –
Source drive files preview
File systems supported NTFS, ext4/3/2, XFS, APFS (with encrypted volumes), exFAT, HFS/HFS+, FAT32/16
Compare drives, images files
(bit-to-bit)		 – –
View S.M.A.R.T.
Scripting – –
Disk editor (HEX) – –
Case management
Automatic report generation