Compare Atola forensic imaging tools

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 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, JBOD, Synology NAS RAID –
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
Remote forensic acquisition Via iSCSI, with free Atola Boot Image
Imaging targets
  • E01/RAW/AFF4 files located on connected drives (Veracrypt-encrypted as option)
  • E01/RAW/AFF4 files located on a server or NAS
  • bit-to-bit cloning to connected drives
Target file templates Image file, folder path naming and templated metadata
according to your organization's rules 		-
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
  • 25G Fiber
  • M.2 NVMe/PCIe/SATA
  • Apple PCIe
  • Thunderbolt
  • 25G Fiber
  • 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
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, exFAT, XFS, ZFS, Btrfs, APFS (with encrypted volumes), 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