UFS Explorer RAID Recovery

Effective work with RAID

UFS Explorer RAID Recovery offers the possibility to restore data from RAID of different configurations, among which are standard RAID levels (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 1E, RAID 3, RAID 5, RAID 6, etc.), nested patterns (RAID 10, RAID 50, RAID 60, RAID 50E, etc.) and custom RAID setups via RDL or Runtime VIM. The program also works with specific RAID sets, like Drobo BeyondRAID, Synology Hybrid RAID and Btrfs-RAID which makes it efficient in most instances of data loss related to complex storage systems.

Wide range of supported file systems

Along with RAID units, the software handles other common storages, providing direct access to the available content and means for data recovery from internal and portable hard drives, memory cards, thumb drives, etc. of different formats used by Windows (FAT/FAT32/exFAT and NTFS), macOS (HFS+, APFS), Linux (Ext2/Ext3/Ext4, ReiserFS, XFS, JFS, IBM JFS2) and BSD/Solaris (UFS/UFS2, ZFS).

Optimal for data recovery from NAS

UFS Explorer RAID Recovery is capable of processing NAS appliances of such popular vendors as Drobo, Buffalo (TeraStation, LinkStation), Synology, QNAP Systems, etc. and is a perfect solution for cases involving Network Attached Storages. The application reads out RAID metadata from NAS drives and uses it for automatic reconstruction of its configuration. RAID can also be defined manually with the help of a specialized RAID builder.

Support of various storage technologies

The software is able to work with many storage technologies that can be found in modern computing devices, including Windows Dynamic Disks and Storage Spaces, Apple Software RAID and APFS-based Fusion Drive, Linux mdadm and LVM, virtual disks employed by major virtualization systems, like VMware, Hyper-V, VirtualBox, QEMU, XEN and others, as well as diverse formats of disk images.

Broad possibilities for disk reading and imaging

UFS Explorer RAID Recovery provides several options for data access and allows choosing a timeout for cases when reading fails due to an I/O device error. With an embedded advanced tool for disk imaging, it is possible to adjust the imaged area and specify various parameters, like read timeout, block size, direction, protocol and settings for the omission of defective blocks. The bad blocks detected in the process get mapped in a dedicated file which can be used for other data recovery processes. Also, the instruments like an event log and S.M.A.R.T. monitor make it much easier to control the procedure.

Adaptive RAID reconstruction

The utility enables the adaptive reconstruction of redundant disk arrays (RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, etc.) with the help of bad sector maps created for the constituents during of their imaging or through recognition of a predefined pattern and external maps generated by compatible third-party tools. The software identifies defective blocks on disks relying on the corresponding maps and can restore them using redundancy (parity information or a copy of data).

Customizable scanning procedure

The software presents several variants of scanning, including a quick scan for defined file system types, a longer profound search for lost data by known content with an option to load custom IntelliRAW rules, scanning of the space occupied by the file system or just the “free space” areas. The scanning process can be paused with the possibility to check the intermediate results and can be saved for further references.

Defining bad sectors

UFS Explorer RAID Recovery creates maps of defective blocks during disk imaging and supports ones produced by other compatible tools. The application can define virtual damaged blocks on the storage using such a map or identify them dynamically by looking for a specified content pattern. The faulty areas can also be masked with a given text or hexadecimal template.

Useful supplementary options

UFS Explorer RAID Recovery is augmented with multiple auxiliary possibilities aimed at its convenience. Among them, you will find an advanced search function, an embedded viewer for files of popular formats, including images, PDF documents and text files, sorting and filtering options for items with different criteria.