ACRONIS DRIVE MONITOR Datasheet

DATA SHEET
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Free tool alerts you about the safety of your data
We all depend on instant access to data stored on our hard drives – buried
inside PC laptops, workstations and servers – but those disks are vulnerable
to severe failures that can cause you to lose business and personal data.
With so much riding on the reliability of hard disks, Acronis provides an early
warning system – Acronis Drive Monitor – that can make all the difference
between the data you have and the data you could potentially lose. This free,
downloadable software application comes to you from Acronis, the leader in
affordable, scalable, backup, disaster recovery and security solutions.
Monitors disk health
Acronis Drive Monitor checks three categories:
State and health of physical drive (including temperature, seek error
rate, spin-up time and more than 20 other indicators) via a disk-resident
monitoring function called S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and
Reporting Technology) is presented in a understable form. Acronis Drive
Monitor also supports other storage, such as non-S.M.A.R.T.-compatible
RAID systems, via scripts (see Figure 1).
Critical events may indicate increased risk of unexpected data loss. Unlike
most disk monitoring utilities that depend wholly on S.M.A.R.T. monitoring,
Acronis Drive Monitor also monitors certain events that may indicate an
increased risk for data safety, even when S.M.A.R.T. output data shows no
abnormalities. These events include: (1) logical file system corruptions on
NTFS and FAT file systems, (2) Corruption of dynamic disk logical structure,
(3) Failed read or write operations that might indicate faulty hardware or
drivers, (4) Volume Shadow Copy service failures and (5) Other similar
events (see Figure 2, next page). Unless noticed early, these problems may
become more severe and lead to partial or complete data loss. Acronis Drive
Monitor checks for such messages and can provide early warnings in order
that preventive actions can be taken.
State of disk backups – for Acronis Drive Monitor users who also already
use Acronis home or business products, such as Acronis
Acronis Backup and Security 2010 and Acronis
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10, Acronis Drive Monitor will alert the user if the latest backup has failed
or if a backup has not been created for a while. Otherwise, users will be
automatically reminded of the need for a backup whenever a potential hard
drive problem is detected.
Drive Monitor
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True Image Home,
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Backup & Recovery
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Features and benefits
Automatically checks for disk problems
Works on any Windows PC, workstation
or server.
Monitors event logs
Flags events that may indicate that data
is in danger so you can back it up.
Receive alerts immediately
Sends an email, and displays a message
on the Windows taskbar when it uncovers
a disk-related problem.
Weekly status reports
Shows the electromechanical health of
all your drives in one report.
Can support RAID drives too
Scripting allows you to monitor RAID
controllers not using S.M.A.R.T.
monitoring technology. An Acronis forum
acts as a clearinghouse for users to share
scripts.
Three kinds of support
An Acronis forum, a knowledge base with
dozens of articles and a built-in help
function are available for this easy-to-use
software application.
Figure 1
Disk health monitors SMART parameters and displays
status.