UFS Explorer RAID Recovery

Overview

UFS Explorer RAID Recovery (Standard Recovery for RAID) was designed as an extension to UFS Explorer Standard Recovery (Classic) software to expand capabilities for reconstruction of complex RAID-systems and recovery of lost and deleted data from these systems.

In addition to the set of functions contained in UFS Explorer Standard Recovery this software includes embedded RAID-Builder tool that organizes smooth operations on RAID-storages of any level. UFS Explorer RAID Recovery allows you to build, edit and save virtual RAID configuration. Advanced software techniques enable building RAID-system not only from a set of physical disks but from disk images as well. Moreover, the program has embedded VIM-Import tool allowing to import Runtime Software virtual image files (.vim) for further operations. Increased software convenience provides for effortless editing of RAID configurations. UFS Explorer RAID Recovery enables determining and setting such RAID-parameters as start sector, drive order, block size etc. and modifying created configuration, if necessary. In addition, the software has embedded hexadecimal viewer for brief data analysis on partitions and disks that is essential for creating correct RAID configuration. You can save created RAID configuration to any selected destination as a file and later download it for further operations. The software manages automatic load of certain standard RAID configuration types.

Besides, complex RAID-systems UFS Explorer RAID Recovery is applicable to other storages as well. Additionally, you can recover lost files from your PC, USB flash drive, memory card of your photo/video camera, external hard drive, virtual machine or disk image file with this tool. The software ensures safety of your data by working in safe read-only mode. This program doesn't require any prior technical skills and thus this product is perfect for both home and professional RAID reconstruction and data recovery tasks.

Key features

Immediate data access for consistent file systems

The software allows to access data on all the supported file systems, including file systems stored on disk images, virtual disk, RAID storages and etc. with no need of prior scan.

Support of disk images and virtual disks

Software allows to open disk images and virtual disks produced by virtual machines of leading virtualization software vendors (including VMware Player, VMware Workstation, Microsoft Virtual PC, Microsoft Hyper-V, Parallels Desktop etc.). The software operates virtual disks and disk image file exactly as if they are real disks and allows to access or recover lost data from disk images and virtual disks.

Embedded RAID recovery

UFS Explorer RAID Recovery software supports virtual reconstruction of RAID system after controller or RAID metadata failure. This means software can virtually build a RAID and read files and folder from it like if it is a real RAID storage. The software can easily handle simple RAID configurations (such as stripe set - RAID level 0, Span, Mirror - RAID level 1) as well as complex RAID such as RAID 5 and RAID 6. The RAID-on-RAID feature allows to build RAID configurations of high complexity such as RAID 50, RAID 60 etc. Built-in support of Runtime Software Virtual Image Files allows to set up custom RAID configuration with different data distribution algorithms.

Targeting to NAS recovery

Embedded RAID Builder feature fits best for popular NAS recovery. UFS Explorer recognizes software RAID metadata stored on drives from NAS and assists with virtual RAID reconstruction by specifying automatically drives order, RAID level, stripe size and so on. The software does not require separate license for RAID module and thus allows to evaluate entire data recovery process using trial software copy. Among supported NAS models are most popular devices from Buffalo Technology (TeraStation, LinkStation), Iomega, Synology, LaCie, Intel and so on.

Comprehensive file recovery

Set of tools implemented in the software provides solutions for most practical data loss cases. Depending of situation the software can either simply read or deeply analyze file system metadata to find lost files. Even in case metadata is lost permanently, software may predict file allocation basing on file system specifics, other files allocations and file content analysis to produce fair enough data recovery result even in this case.

Recovery after file system format

With RAID Recovery software edition you can analyze the storage for previous file system formats forcing file system type to recover. In case of file system damage, software is able to detect all the possible file system variation to recover and let you choose one for recovery.

Specifications

Supported host operating systems:

Microsoft Windows: all starting Windows NT version 5.1 (Windows XP/2003) and above;
Apple Mac OS X: all starting version 10.6 and above;
Linux: Ubuntu Linux 9.10 (or compatible) and above.

Supported host computer architectures:

Intel Architecture, 32-bit (IA-32, x86) - for all operating systems;
AMD64 (x86-64) - for all operating systems.

Supported file systems for recovery:

NTFS: full support (access and advanced recovery);
FAT/FAT32: full support (access and advanced recovery);
SGI XFS: full support (access and advanced recovery);
Apple HFS+: full support (access and advanced recovery^*);
JFS (IBM JFS2): full support (access and advanced recovery);
Ext2-Ext4: full support (access and advanced recovery^*);
ReiserFS: full support (access and advanced recovery);
UFS/UFS2: access and damaged file system recovery^** in both little-endian and big-endian variations;
Custom Adaptec UFS: access and damaged file system recovery^**;
Sun ZFS: data access only (can copy files and folders from ZFS file system);
Novell NWFS: data access only (can copy files and folders from NWFS file system);
Novell NSS: modern Novell Storage Services file system supported in data access mode only;
HFS: legacy Apple file system supported in data access mode only (can copy files and folders from HFS file system).

^* - deleted files recovery rate can be low because of file system design
^** - deleted files might be not recoverable because of file system design

Trial limitations:

Software can only copy files of size below 64KB;

System requirements

Minimal configuration:

any of supported operating systems;
at least 20MB free disk space for software executable files;
at least 1GB RAM;
Linux software version can run from most modern Linux Live CD.

Recommended configuration:

64 bit edition of any of supported operating systems;
over 1GB free disk space for program and temporary files;
at least 2GB RAM;
default web browser.