Atola Introduces Btrfs And LVM Support In Insight Forensic 5.6

Atola Technology introduces system-wide support for the Btrfs file system and Logical volume manager (LVM) in a new software update for Insight Forensic. This fast forensic imaging system can run 3 simultaneous imaging sessions and work with damaged media. 

Version 5.6 also offers up to 60% faster imaging to compressed E01 files thanks to the new optimized Deflate method and rapid adaptive algorithm.

System-Wide Btrfs and LVM Support

Insight Forensic 5.6 can identify and manage Btrfs and LVM, widely used on Linux-based operating systems. This includes diagnostics, imaging, file recovery, locate sectors, and all other modules. 

In Insight’s user interface, LVM’s volume groups and logical volumes are shown as containers with nested partitions:

Faster Imaging to a Compressed E01 File

With Insight Forensic 5.6, imaging to an E01 compressed file has become up to 60% faster when source data is encrypted or compressed. 

Thanks to the implementation of a new optimized Deflate method and rapid adaptive algorithm, Atola’s engineers were able not only to speed up the imaging process but also significantly reduce CPU load:

• With DiskSense hardware unit:
  • 10-30% speed increase depending on network speed and/or target drive write performance
  • CPU load reduction from 70% to 22% (per one imaging session) on your PC

• with DiskSense 2 hardware unit:
  • 50-100% speed increase depending on network speed and/or target drive write performance

• CPU load reduction from 70% to 30% (per one imaging session) on your PC and DiskSense 2 unit

Improvements In iSCSI Support, Diagnostics, and Case Reports

Other new features introduced in Insight Forensic 5.6 include:

iSCSI source devices

• Ability to connect to iSCSI device via DNS.
• A new Details button was added to show IQN, IP/DNS, device name and serial number.

Diagnostics 

Improvements in Firmware check for devices connected via USB adapters.

Case reports 

Unit IP и Unit serial renamed to Atola IP and Atola serial in the headers of all reports.

About Atola Insight Forensic system

Atola Insight Forensic is a fast forensic imager with the capacity to perform 3 simultaneous imaging sessions on a wide range of media. It also offers complex yet highly automated data recovery functions on failing storage devices and provides utilities for accessing hard drives at the lowest level. The system includes DiskSense 2 hardware forensic unit, hardware extension modules, and Insight Forensic software to operate them.

About Atola Technology

Atola Technology is an innovative company based in Vancouver, Canada, specializing in creating forensic imaging hardware tools for the global forensic market.

Atola’s engineers, including its founder and CEO Dmitry Postrigan, have strong expertise in storage media and data recovery and focus on creating highly efficient and user-friendly forensic imagers.