Atola TaskForce

Finding and editing cases

TaskForce automatically creates reports for every single action applied to each drive connected to it. Whether it is a source drive or a target drive, any action, be it imaging, wiping or physically switching write protection on or off, will be documented and stored in the system. To find a case, click Cases in the top left corner, it will redirect you to the case management system. Search for a specific case or device in the Search bar (by case ID, investigator’s name or device details) and sort results by any column. To open a case, click the respective line in the list. A case page contains case details, information about Read more…

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Importing cases from Atola Insight Forensic

Among the first users of Atola TaskForce, there are many owners of Atola Insight Forensic systems. Cases from Atola Insight Forensic can easily be imported into TaskForce. First, export cases from Insight’s case management system. To import cases from Insight’s case management system, 1) click Cases in the top left corner of the TaskForce page 2) click the Import button at the bottom of the page. 3) In the file selector, find the zip file that contains cases from Insight’s case management system. Importing will take a few minutes. Then you will be redirected to the report with the list of all imported cases. Now all cases are a part of Read more…

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How we test our devices

Recent article about QA process for our devices on LinkedIn blog: The secret of making Atola forensic imagers life-ready Today we are offering you a sneak peek into Atola Technology office to show you our device storage system. As you know, both Atola TaskForce and Atola Insight Forensic support the vast majority of 1.8-inch, 2.5-inch, 3.5-inch IDE, SATA and USB hard drives, USB Flash media as well as SD, Compactflash, and Memory Stick cards. Over the years, we have accumulated hundreds of devices to develop and test our systems on them. Some of the drives date back to 2003, when the company was founded, others were purchased or donated more Read more…

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Chinese version of TaskForce launched!

With TaskForce units already sold in 4 continents, we are delighted to launch TaskForce software 2018.1.2, which includes the Chinese version. The new version can be downloaded here. To switch to the Chinese language, click Menu icon in the top right corner of the TaskForce window. This software update includes only the new language. More features will follow later this year.

Diagnostics report
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Diagnose a drive with Atola TaskForce

When an evidence drive lands on investigator’s table for the first time, there is always an uncertainty when it comes to the drive’s condition. A broken head or scratched surface of the media require different imaging tactics. That’s why it is strongly suggested that before imaging, each drive should first be diagnosed.  TaskForce has Atola’s unique diagnostics module which checks all systems of the drive: Hard drive’s motor and electronics (PCB) Head stack Media surface All firmware/system areas Partitions and file systems At the end the system produces a report which sums up all issues. The process will take only 2 – 5 minutes.  To start, click Diagnostics button in the Read more…

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Atola TaskForce’s connectivity and multi-user access

Atola TaskForce has three connectivity options: 10Gb Ethernet network Standalone mode WiFi access point 10Gb Ethernet network Atola TaskForce is equipped with two 10Gb Ethernet ports. Whenever the system is connected to a local network via one of its Ethernet ports, an IP address will be displayed on the IP screen on the front panel of the system. If the system is connected via both Ethernet ports, two IP addresses will be displayed on the screen. These IP addresses are assigned to TaskForce by your DHCP server. Multi-user access With the help of these IP addresses, TaskForce can be operated by multiple users from their workstations or mobile devices: enter Read more…

Multi-user access
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Running 8 or more tasks on TaskForce

So how exactly does Atola TaskForce perform 12 or more imaging sessions or other long-running tasks (hashing, wiping, etc.)? Multiple processes can run in parallel thanks to TaskForce’s high-capacity hardware. TaskForce is a forensic hardware that has a 8-thread Xeon CPU. Each of the threads backs imaging at the speed of 550 MB/sec (or faster on SAS and extension ports). Should a drive’s native speed be lower than that, the respective thread’s capacity is freed up for more workload. It means that you can launch more than 8 tasks at a time: 10, 12 or 15 with no negative affect on individual performance. For instance, if one of the eight Read more…

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We are launching Atola TaskForce. The revolution is here

We are very pleased to announce the official launch of our new fantastic product – Atola Taskforce. What is Atola TaskForce? It all starts with a routine problem. The problem that people face every day spending more and more effort to solve. During our conferences and private communications with customers throughout the last 3 years, we found the most critical issue is: Evidence acquisition time that has been increasing every year Atola TaskForce is designed to solve this challenge. TaskForce enables the simultaneous imaging of 8 or even more drives reaching the total performance of 15 TB per hour. This new power hides in hardware that has the compact dimensions of Read more…

SSD imaging speed
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The speed of imaging with Atola Insight Forensic

As we travel to exhibit at forensic events worldwide, we usually bring some of the fastest SSDs (usually Samsung 850 Pro) with us to show the speed at which they can be imaged with Atola Insight Forensic (on these drives, it constitutes around 500 MB/s). At the same time, we feel that in this blog we have missed the opportunity to demonstrate exactly how fast Insight can image different types of hard drives, solid-state drives, USB flash memory, etc. We test our units on a wide range of storage devices. This time we imaged a few of them and cross-checked the speed with userbenchmark.com, where you can find detailed info on the Read more…