Atola Insight Forensic
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Atola Insight Forensic, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Atola Insight Forensic's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Atola Insight Forensic | Priced on request | Hardware unit and software subscription; subscription includes software updates |
The facts
Each one read from Atola Insight Forensic's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Analysis and recovery
- Features include sector-level artifact search, locating files by drive sectors, hashes including MD5 and SHA-256, and file recovery for listed file systems including NTFS, APFS, XFS, ext4, and exFAT.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Drive support
- The system supports SATA, IDE, and USB drives, while SAS, M.2 NVMe, and PCIe AHCI SSD support is available through extensions.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Evidence protection
- The DiskSense 2 hardware unit has a write protection switch for source ports, and Atola says all source ports have a built-in hardware write blocker.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Extension limits
- M.2 extensions support only M-key interface drives, and the page describes NVMe and PCIe operations as partial support.checked 12 Oct 2026
- File preview
- Yeschecked 24 Sep 2026
- Imaging formats and speed
- It creates E01, AFF4, or Raw target images on network locations or target drives, with session speeds up to 500 MB/s.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The product is designed for use in both forensic labs and field work, and was developed with law enforcement agencies and forensic experts.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Memory card recovery
- Yeschecked 24 Sep 2026
- Network and storage connections
- DiskSense 2 has two 10Gb Ethernet ports for imaging to a network server or NAS.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Operating systems
- Windowschecked 24 Sep 2026
- Purpose
- Atola Insight Forensic is a forensic imager that can run three simultaneous imaging sessions and includes automated data recovery functions for failing storage devices.checked 12 Oct 2026
- RAID recovery
- Yeschecked 24 Sep 2026
- Recovery sources
- Hard drives,SSDs,removable media,flash drives,memory cards and RAID arrayschecked 24 Sep 2026
- Remote acquisition
- Insight supports remote forensic drive acquisition via iSCSI.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Sales and pricing
- Atola provides a request-a-quote form for Insight Forensic rather than listing a price on that page.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Support and warranty
- Atola offers direct product support, and the Insight hardware unit is covered by a lifetime warranty for as long as its subscription is active.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Updates
- The maker's download page lists Insight Forensic version 5.8, released June 18, 2026, with update and full installation packages.checked 12 Oct 2026
The company
- Founded
- 2003checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- Burnaby, British Columbia, Canadachecked 28 Sep 2026
- Maker
- Atola Technology is a privately held company founded in 2003; its listed mailing address is in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.checked 12 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Nochecked 24 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Software platform
- The Insight Forensic control application runs on a Windows PC; the DiskSense 2 unit itself runs a custom Linux kernel.checked 12 Oct 2026
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