Main Hardware Features:
- Case: Desktop, Industrial
- CPU: i7 with the Latest generation
- Display: 10" touchscreen, color LCD display
- 8 Channel HDD Open Tray: Easy to insert and plug tray that accommodates any size and shape of drives or storage devices; contains power status LED indicators.
- Hardware: Very high-quality, high performing components; some with military specifications.
- OS: Linux Ubuntu 64 bit
- Security: Linux OS (Linux is less targeted by malware).
- Application Updates: The application can easily be updated via a USB thumb drive and displays a special update application screen.
Hardware Specifications:
- RAM: 8GB DDR4 internal memory.
- Storage controller: SAS 3.0, 8 Channel LSI controller supports 12Gigabit/s SAS drives.
Hardware Supports:
- Source Ports: One SAS/SATA port and one USB3.0 port are set as source ports for cloning operations (these ports’ role cannot be changed by the user).
- Supports Storage Protocols and Interfaces: SAS, SATA, e-SATA enclosures, IDE, USB2.0, USB3.0, MMC, M.2 NGFF (SATA or PCIE base), 1394*, Thunderbolt*, SCSI*, FC*, and USB3.1.
- Supports Form Factors: 3.5", 2.5", ZIF, 1.8", Micro-SATA, Mini-SATA, PCIE*, Mini PCIE*, and M.2 NGFF storage devices.
- Cross Copy from Ports and Interfaces: The user can choose to clone from one type of port, storage protocol, and interface, and save it into a different port, storage protocol, and interface. The cross copy of data can be done between SAS/SATA/IDE/USB/SCSI/1394 interfaces.
Application Settings:
- HPA/DCO Automatic Supports: The application has the ability to automatically open HPA and DCO areas and re-size the drive to its full native capacity in order to erase any “hidden data” (HPA/DCO are special areas on the drive that support this feature).
- Bad Sectors Handling: The user can select to skip bad sectors/blocks or abort the operation when it encounters bad sectors/blocks on the source drive.
- 48bit LBA Addressing: Supports drives with sizes up to 256TB.
Application Features:
- GUI: The application is built with large, very simple, and easy-to-navigate icons. In a few clicks, the user can set the operation, and it will quickly start up and run.
- Speed: Extremely fast operation - 100% bit by bit can be up to 29GB/min with SSD and 11GB/min with fast Hard Disk Drives.
Application's Main Operations:
- Clone: Mirror bit by bit (any OS), Quick Copy (NTFS, FAT, exFAT, HFS+, EXT2-4), Selective Capture (Folders and Files), VHD Copy, and Copy to Folder.
- Erase or Format drives
- Drive Diagnostics
Cloning/Duplication:
- Main Copy/Duplicate/Clone Application Features:
- Mirror Image: 100% bit by bit mirror image for any size of master and target drive with any OS. The source drive and the target drives need to be the same make and size if the user wants to boot from the target drives. The user can image a portion of the drive by adjusting the % of the bit by bit mirror imaging.
- Selective Capture enables the user to browse the source drive and select partitions, folders, and files to copy. It is supported by partitions that are mountable under Linux (NTFS, FAT, exFAT, HFS, and EXT2-4).
- VHD Copy enables the user to copy VHD files from a source drive that contains multiple VHD files.
- Copy to Folder: Copy the entire drive and save it into one Folder.
- Quick Copy/Advanced Smart Copy mode: This is where the cloning and the deploying process is done with a copy of the file system.
-It supports source drives with FAT/NTFS/HFS+/EXT-2-3-4 file systems.
-Automatically scans for all the partitions on the source drive.
-Option to scale all partitions, or scale only selective partitions, by user’s selection and choice.
-Option not to scale partitions.
-Scale down: If the size of the DATA on the source drive (not the size of the source drive!) will fit the target drive, then the quick copy will be completed. If the data on the source drive does not occupy the whole drive, the user can copy it to a smaller drive (for example, if the data occupied only 200GB on 1TB source drive, then the target drive can be 200GB, and cloning from 1TB to 200GB will work).
Example of a NTFS True scaling down: Run a bench test with a 160GB source drive. This contains two NTFS partitions: 1) 100MB boot partition 2) remaining is Windows partition. The target drive's size was 120GB and the data load size was 16.4GB. The data was fragmented and the previous s/w revision could not succeed in copying it into an 80GB sized target drive. The new s/w version allows the target drive to shrink from a size of 120GB down to 23.5GB!
-Scale down is not applicable for EXT2-4 nor HFS+.
- Automatically formats and partitions the target drives: On-the-fly, while the duplication runs.
- Verification of the copied data:
-Built-in data transfer verification mode applies for all modes of copy.
-For 100% bit by bit copy: The user can select to add an optional HASH calculation value during the data transfer (MD5, SHA-1, SHA-2) as authentication and verification of the copied data. SHA-1 is the fastest mode and it almost adds not delays the total copy time. For extra precaution, the user can also enable the option to “HASH target drives and compare” which will run an additional read-pass over the target drives at the end of the copy, calculate a HASH value by reading the data from the target drives, and compare the HASH values to the one that was generated from the source drive. That extra step adds some extra time; for example, running 100% bit by bit copy from 1TB source drive to 15 of 1TB target drives can take around 2h. “HASH the target drives and compare” can add another hour to the total time.
Erase and Format Operation:
- Drive Erase Protocols: DoD 5220-22M, DoD Lite (Total of 4 passes), Security Erase, Enhanced Security Erase, Sanitize (SAS SSD), NVMe-format (NVMe SSD), or User-Defined Final Data Filing Pattern and the number of erase iterations (all erase protocols are NIST 800-88 compliance).
- Drive Formats: NTFS, FAT, exFAT, HFS+, and EXT4.
Drive Diagnostics Operation:
- Drive Diagnostics tests and S.M.A.R.T. drive tests: If the user intends to erase a drive for re-use purposes it is recommended to run some “Health test” on the drive prior to the erase process. There are 4 available types of tests:
-Read-Verify- supported by all storage protocols.
-Short Test (2-5 minutes)- scans random areas on the drive.
-Extended Full Test (Can take hours)- scans the entire drive.
-Conveyance Test- identifies damage incurred during the transporting of the drive to evaluate the “health” condition of the drive prior to the erase operation (S.M.A.R.T. is only supported by SATA/SAS/SCSI storage protocols).
- Logs and Erase Certification: The application generates extensive erase log files and erase certifications (option to save to NIST 800-88 format) that are easy to export to USB flash drives. The user can add his company logo to the erase certification and also add additional info on the erase runs that will append to the certification.
Parallel Operations:
- Multiple Session Operations:
- Versatility with Multiple Cloning Sessions: The user can assign and select one source and many target ports into one session of cloning. Also, the user can have many sessions of cloning; each will have one source drive and at least one target drive. This gives the user more possibilities to use the unit in a very efficient way. The user can run multiple, simultaneous, parallel operations using any available ports. Also, the user can combine more than one port/storage device to run in the same sessions. In addition, the user can mix different types of operations, and each operation is set as a new independent session. An example of operations: Erase data from a drive that is connected to the first port, quick copy using drives connected to ports 2 and 3, and so on.
- Multiple Sessions Application Screen: All running sessions are displayed in one “Application Screen”. The “Application Screen” shows the name of the session, the operation of the session, the error or abortion flag, the progress completion bar, and the successful completion flag. The user can abort a session, tap on a session to monitor its real-time running progress, and get the specific detailed setting for that run. It is a very easy way to view, navigate, and control the sessions.
- Drive Detection Application Screen: All drives and storage devices that are connected to the unit will be scanned and displayed in one application screen called “The Detection Screen”. The user can tap on each drive to get the drives detailed info, perform a specific operation on that drive, like resizing it, as well as select it for the desired operation they are planning to use.
Expansion Capabilities and Main Hardware Options (depends on availability of the PCIE slots):
- Expansion Slots: Optional expansion slots (3 PCIE 3.0) that can be configured at the time of purchasing the main unit to support many different kinds of storage devices; such as SCSI, FC, and 1394. The Supports is limited to the total number of available Expansion slots.
- USB3.0 to SATA Adapters and Kits Option: Today USB3.0 technology is extremely fast and can run read data from SSD drives up to 20GB/min. With the use of the USB3.0 to SATA 4 channel Kit, the user can convert 4 USB3.0 ports to 4 SATA ports on any of MediaClone’s units. The optional Kit is supplied with one external PS and it includes all the cabling to power and connect the 4 USB3.0 ports to SATA adapters. The tested performance of the unit, when running 4 adapters in parallel, was measured at a very high speed and with very little speed degradation.
- SCSI Expansion and Configuration Option: The user can select to configure the unit, at the time of purchasing, with SCSI controller cards. The kits include a SCSI LVDS 3 channel cable (68pin connectors), SCSI terminator, VHDCI to SCSI adapter, and SCA80 and HD50 SCSI adapters to support old SCSI drives and external PS. The PCIE 3.0 expansion slots provide a very high bandwidth, and the application can achieve very high-speed, meeting SCSI drives' transfer rates.
- 1394 Expansion Configuration Option: The unit can be configured with a 1394 PCIE controller to support 1394 devices (1394 devices can easily be daisy chained).
- Thunderbolt Adapter Option: With the use of the 1394 Expansion option and a Thunderbolt to 1394 adapter, the user can connect the main unit to a Mac laptop that has a TB port (the Mac needs to be booted in target mode) and gain access to the Mac’s internal drive.
- Built in the US: The units are built and tested in the US.
- Warranty: One-year free warranty on the main unit (does not include warranty on accessories, adapters, and cables).
Ports:
- Native SAS: 8 Ports
- Native SATA: 11 Ports (with use of the unit’s e-SATA port).
- USB3.1: 10 Ports (2 Gen-2 USB3.1 ports with double the speed, one Type-C USB3.1 port, and one Type-A USB3.1 port).
- USB2.0: 1 Port
- HDMI and DP port for external monitor.
- Top and Front Panel: 8 SAS/SATA, 1 e-SATA, and 4 USB3.1 ports.
- Back Panel: HDMI, DP, USB3.1 Type C Gen2, USB3.1 Type A Gen2, 4 USB3.1 Gen1, RJ45 for 1Gigabit Ethernet, and 2 e-SATA ports.
Power Characteristics:
- A built-in, universal, auto switching 750W UL/CE/PSE 110/220V power supply with an input voltage of 100-240V/50-60HZ.
Operating Environment:
- Temperature: 5°C - 55°C (40°F-130°F).
- Relative Humidity: 20-60% non-condensing.
Mechanical Characteristics:
- Base unit’s dimensions: 16.0” x 15.0” x 4.0” inch. (400 x 380 x 100 mm). A user will have to attach the display pad to the main unit.
- 8-channel open tray dimensions: 11”x 6”x 2” inch.
- Shipping Dimensions:
- Box dimensions: 20” x 20” x 15” inch.
- Shipping box weight: 28.5 lbs.
Included Items:
- 8 SAS/SATA 29 Pins, male to female power and data combo cables, with secure locking connection.
