PC-3000 SAS 6 Gbit/s

The PC-3000 SAS 6 Gbit/s is a hardware-software solution intended for testing and restoring damaged HDDs with SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) or SCSI based interfaces.

The PC-3000 SAS 6 Gbit/s coupled with the Data Extractor SAS forms the PC-3000 SAS 6 Gbit/s Professional System, which allows you to recover data from SAS or SCSI based HDDs. To repair these HDDs, you only need the PC-3000 SAS 6 Gbit/s – for data recovery you need both the PC-3000 SAS 6 Gbit/s and the Data Extractor SAS.


The PC-3000 SAS 6 Gbit/s Controller

The new High Performance SAS controller PC-3000 SAS is a PC extension board for the PCI SAS 6 Gbit/s x4 bus that takes two adjacent slots which allows for working with four HDDs simultaneously.


Four independent channels provide up to a 6 Gbit/s data transfer rate for each channel according to the SAS-2.0. The data transfer speed depends on the speed of the connected drives.


Working with SATA HDD, SSD

The PC-3000 SAS 6 Gbit/s controller allows you to connect SATA HDDs and SSD in read-write modes, test their surface, copy data, and make the image copies at maximum possible speed.


Chart performance for two SATA SSDs and two SAS SSDs

Chart performance for two SATA SSDs and two SAS SSDs


Intelligent Power Supply Unit


The PC-3000 SAS Power Supply Unit
The PC-3000 SAS Power Supply Unit

A 4-channel Power Supply Unit is used to power the HDDs which are connected to PC-3000 Express. The Power Supply Unit protects the HDDs from overvoltage and overcurrent. In case of emergency, the HDDs will be powered off automatically. Furthermore, each channel has feedback with the PC-3000 software for monitoring the stability of +5V and +12V voltage supply and informing the user about any problems in power circuits.

The intelligent Power Supply Unit of PC-3000 SAS 6 Gbit/s has the following features for advanced HDD diagnostic and troubleshooting:

  • The oscilloscope functionality. You can get a graph visually representing the precise information about the current power status in real time.

    This feature allows to perform advanced HDD diagnostic and determine the cause of failure.


    Power voltage oscilloscope screen after HDD start

    Power voltage oscilloscope screen after HDD start
  • The Power Supply Unit is equipped with a sound speaker which signals about the PC power supply unit failure or HDD overcurrent. Triggered protection system turns off the voltage on the corresponding channel.

Resource Management of the PC-3000 SAS board

The PC-3000 SAS 6 Gbit/s allows to launch the PC-3000 utility and Data Extractor tasks as separate OS processes. The "PC-3000 SAS Resource manager" software makes using the PC-3000 SAS 6 Gbit/s very easy and effective. It manages port and related process activity, controls the status of the ports, checks process conditions and kills processes if necessary. Once a process is started it can use any of the available ports on the PC-3000 SAS board. For instance, four processes can be used for every port or one process can use four ports etc.


The process of port selection for the PC-3000 SAS 6 Gbit/s

The process of port selection for the PC-3000 SAS 6 Gbit/s


The PC-3000 SAS Resource manager

The PC-3000 SAS Resource manager


PC-3000 SAS Kit:

  • PC-3000 SAS 6 Gbit/s controller - 1 pc
  • SAS SFF-8482/SATA/Molex (100cm) cable - 4 pcs
  • HDD SCSI (50 cm) power cable - 4 pcs
  • PC-3000 SAS software available in the Technical Support Portal
  • User manual - 1 book

PC-3000 SAS 6 Gbit/s Kit
PC-3000 SAS 6 Gbit/s Kit


The PC-3000 SAS Software and User Manual
The PC-3000 SAS Box, Software and User Manual



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Form factor: Embedded PC expansion board which uses two adjacent slots

Interface type: Four-channel PCI Express 2.0 5 Gbit/s

Diagnostic ports (location): 4 - SAS (internal)

Maximum Data Transfer Speed: 600 MB/sec for each port

Power adapter: four-channel adapter with protection, the oscilloscope functionality and the measurement of the voltages and currents values. HDD connectors are internal.

Supported HDD: from 18 GB to 10 TB; 3.5", 2.5"

OS Platforms: Windows 7 (starting from SP1), Windows 8, Windows 10; х86, х64

Recommended PC configuration:
CPU: Intel Core i5
RAM: 8GB
Storage configuration: 1 TB HDD
LCD Monitor: 22", 1920x1080

The main principles of PC-3000 SAS 6 Gbit/s functionality

A Hard Disk Drive (HDD) consists of three main parts: the Hard Drive Assembly, the printed circuit board and the internal software. If one of these parts is damaged, the HDD does not work. The PC-3000 SAS 6 Gbit/s System allows you to deeply diagnose HDDs, identify the cause of failure and fix the damaged HDD modules if necessary to get access to the user data.

The PC-3000 SAS 6 Gbit/s solution tests, diagnoses, and repairs SAS/SCSI HDDs according to the SAS/SCSI HDD specification in standard (user) and technological (factory) modes. The PC-3000 SAS 6 Gbit/s software consists of a Universal utility aimed at general testing for of SAS/SCSI/SATA HDDs and Specialized utilities to work with SAS/SCSI HDDs in technological mode.

To make initial diagnostics, the PC-3000 universal utility is launched. It diagnoses the HDD in user mode. If there are any HDD malfunctions, a special vendor-specific technological utility (intended for a specific HDD vendor) is used to repair the drive and gain access to user data in technological mode.

All results can be saved into a file or database. All actions are recorded. Testing for read, write, and verification are conducted by HDD performance testing coupled with performance charts.


How to work with SAS HDDs

You can work with SAS HDDs with the PC-3000 SAS controller which has 4 independent SAS ports (ver. 2.0. 6 Gbit/s).

The 4-channel power supply unit allows to manage power of SAS HDDs, protects them from overvoltage and overcurrent, has the oscilloscope functions and measures the supply voltages and currents displaying them in the graph form.

Universal Utility

The following procedures can be performed with the Universal utility:

  • General checking of HDD efficiency
  • Testing the surface for reading, writing, verification
  • Viewing the P-list and G-list tables with hidden defects
  • Viewing SMART parameters (Log Sense)
  • Viewing and changing the configuration of some HDD parameters
  • The Replication function allows both for creating an HDD image (full sector-by-sector copy) and for saving any HDD surface area to file on another HDD and writing saved data to selected media in various combinations between SAS, SCSI and SATA HDD/SSD drives.
  • The Sector Editor provides the possibility to view and edit the defined surface areas.

Specialized utilities

IBM, Maxtor-Quantum, Fujitsu, HGST and Seagate Special utilities allow to test SAS HDDs in technological mode, to check and recover the service information.

If any errors are detected, these utilities use additional Vendor code list. This list provides details about the root cause of the found error. In many cases this helps to exactly define all possible ways of repairing the HDD and recovering data from it.

The Specialized utilities are used for testing and recovery of service information, modules, and configuration pages; recalculating (regenerating) of translator; testing of magnetic heads and surfaces with physical parameters; clearing of SMART, reset the counter of power cycles and working hours, HDD firmware uploading.


How to work with SCSI HDDs

You can work with SCSI HDDs with any SCSI controller – Host Bus Adapter (not included into the PC-3000 SAS Kit, and has to be purchased separately). With a SCSI controller – Host Bus Adapter, the functionality is the same as for the PC-3000 for SCSI except for some special functions, which are available only through their own SAS controller. The PC-3000 SAS can work with any SCSI HDDs which have a parallel interface.

In the same way as it is implemented for SAS HDDs, SAS/SCSI HDD testing can be conducted in the Universal utility (SCSI HDD general testing) and in the Specialized utilities (to work with SCSI HDDs in technological mode).

Operating with SCSI HDDs, the PC-3000 SAS controller works as a power supply adapter that allows to control the power supply of up to 4 SCSI HDDs.


How to work with SATA HDDs and SSDs

The PC-3000 SAS works with SATA HDDs and SSDs in read-write modes. It enables testing of the HDD surface, for example to screen or certify. You can test up to 4 SATA drives independently at the same time. Besides you can test other drives connected to the standard motherboard ports. The PC-3000 SAS can be used for replication operations (sector-by-sector copy creation) in different combinations of SAS, SCSI and SATA HDDs/SSDs.

Data transfer is done at the highest speed possible for the HDD and is restricted only by the internal rate of data exchange between the disk surface and the internal disk buffer. The speed of reading and writing of SATA SSD can reach 600 MB/s.


How to recover data with the Data Extractor

To recover data you should the PC-3000 SAS 6 Gbit/s Professional System which consists of the PC-3000 SAS 6 Gbit/s and the Data Extractor SAS.

The Data Extractor SAS is a professional data recovery software that allows to recover data from SAS and SCSI drives connected to the PC-3000 SAS controller and the PC SCSI controller (which is not included into the PC-3000 SAS Kit).

The Data Extractor SAS can recover data from both physically damaged HDDs and in the case of logical damaged caused by failures or malfunctions of the drive or operating system, incorrect user actions, or the effects of virus programs. The Data Extractor SAS supports the following file systems: FAT, exFAT, NTFS, EXT2/3/4, HFS+, APFS, UFS1/2, XFS, ReiserFS, VMFS, WFS0.x (for video recorders) and virtual machine images.

If you deal with RAID, you may also get the Data Extractor SAS RAID Edition (or upgrade your DE to RAID Edition). The Data Extractor SAS RAID Edition is a professional solution for data recovery from damaged RAID storage based on SAS (Serial Attached SCSI), SCSI,  SATA interfaces and supporting the following configurations: Stripe, Mirror, JBOD, 1E Offset, 1E Adjacent, 4, 5, 5E, 5EE, 6, 6 Adaptec, any combined (10, 50, 51, 60...), and table-defined custom levels, as well as WSS (Windows Storage Spaces), ZFS RAID-Z, BtrFS RAID, Apple Fusion Drive (HFS+, APFS).


PC-3000 SAS 6 Gbit/s advantages

  • Diagnosis and restoration of SAS HDDs with any capacities on its own SAS controller
  • Diagnosis and restoration of SCSI HDDs on an external controller
  • Operation with SATA HDDs/SSDs in read-write modes both on a SAS controller and on standard motherboard controllers
  • The full support of the Data Extractor SAS and Data Extractor SAS RAID Edition to recover data
  • Maximum possible speed of working with HDDs/SSDs, restricted only by internal HDDs/SSDs speed
  • The PC-3000 SAS software is supported by 32-bit and 64-bit OS Windows Platforms
  • Functions for screening, certification and replication (sector-by-sector copy) in various combinations of SAS, SCSI and SATA HDDs/SSDs
  • 4-channel power supply adapter with protection from overvoltage and current overloading, the oscilloscope functions and measurement of the supply voltages and currents
  • Collaboration of the PC-3000 SAS 6 Gbit/s and PC-3000 Express controllers to physically connect hybrid RAID which consist of SAS/SATA/HDD/SSD (up to 8pcs)
December 10, 2020 The new versions of PC-3000 Portable/Express/UDMA Ver. 6.8.8, Data Extractor / Data Extractor RAID Edition Ver. 5.11.5, PC-3000 SSD / PC-3000 SSD Extended Ver. 2.9.5 are available!

We continually enhance the PC-3000 tools by adding new modes, algorithms, and functions. Today we are glad to announce that the following English, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese software updates are released:

  • PC-3000 Portable-II/Portable-III/Express/UDMA-e version 6.8.8
  • PC-3000 SAS-I/SAS-II version 6.8.8
  • Data Extractor/Data Extractor RAID Edition version 5.11.5
  • PC-3000 SSD/PC-3000 SSD Extended version 2.9.5

All authorized technical support users will get the latest software versions.

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May 07, 2020 The new versions of PC-3000 SAS Ver. 6.7.12, Data Extractor Ver. 5.10.7, Data Extractor RAID Edition Ver. 5.10.7 are available!

The PC-3000 SAS is the most sophisticated and the fastest tool to recover data from SAS/SCSI Hard Disk Drives. Only the best components and parts created specifically to deal with damaged storage devices were used when developing it. Besides, we have drawn on all our experience to design the solution that has unmatchable features for different SAS/SCSI HDDs families.

And we continue to enhance the PC-3000 SAS software upon our users’ requests. Today, the following English, Japanese, Chinese and Korean software updates are released:

  • PC-3000 SAS version 6.7.12
  • Data Extractor/Data Extractor RAID Edition version 5.10.7

All authorized technical support users will get the latest software versions.

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July 29, 2019 The new versions of PC-3000 Express/UDMA-E/Portable Ver. 6.6.35, PC-3000 SAS Ver. 6.6.35, Data Extractor Ver. 5.9.22, Data Extractor RAID Edition Ver. 5.9.22, PC-3000 SSD Ver. 2.7.11 are available!

We constantly expand and add new features to PC-3000 to meet your data recovery needs. Today we are glad to announce that the following English, Japanese, Korean and Chinese software updates are released:

  • PC-3000 Express/UDMA-E/Portable Ver. 6.6.35
  • PC-3000 SAS Ver. 6.6.35
  • Data Extractor Ver. 5.9.22
  • Data Extractor RAID Edition Ver. 5.9.22
  • PC-3000 SSD Ver. 2.7.11

For a detailed list of improvements please follow the link below.

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April 26, 2019 The new versions of PC-3000 Express/UDMA-E/Portable Ver. 6.6.29, Data Extractor Ver. 5.9.15, Data Extractor RAID Edition Ver. 5.9.15, PC-3000 SSD Ver. 2.7.8, PC-3000 SAS Ver. 6.6.29 are available now!

Today, at the ACE Lab Technology Conference on Data Recovery & Digital Forensics 2019 in Prague, the Czech Republic, we have shown a lot of new features of PC-3000. Now you can get them from your update boxes! The following English, Japanese and Korean software updates are released:

  • PC-3000 Express/UDMA-E/Portable Ver. 6.6.29
  • PC-3000 SAS Ver. 6.6.29
  • Data Extractor Ver. 5.9.15
  • Data Extractor RAID Edition Ver. 5.9.15
  • PC-3000 SSD Ver. 2.7.8.

For a detailed list of enhancements please follow the link below.

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August 8, 2018 The new versions of PC-3000 Express/UDMA-E/Portable Ver. 6.5.14, Data Extractor Ver. 5.8.5, Data Extractor RAID Edition Ver. 5.8.5, PC-3000 SSD Ver. 2.6.5 are available now!
The following English, Japanese, Chinese and Korean software updates are released:

  • PC-3000 Express/UDMA-E/Portable Ver. 6.5.14
  • PC-3000 SAS Ver. 6.5.14
  • Data Extractor Ver. 5.8.5
  • Data Extractor RAID Edition Ver. 5.8.5
  • PC-3000 SSD Ver. 2.6.5
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December 14, 2017 The new version of PC-3000 SAS Ver. 6.4.14 is available now!
The following English, Japanese and Chinese software update for PC-3000 is released today:

For all utilities:


  • The Power-on hours and Accumulated start-stop cycles indications in Log Sense have been added;
  • The ID detection option for the drives connected via third-party SAS/SCSI controllers has been enhanced;
  • Improvements and bug fixes.

Universal utility:


  • The "Utility parameters" functionality with "response to HDD error and time-out" parameters for Universal utility tests has been added;
  • The defect hiding into G-list based on test results in the Complex test has been added;
  • The defect hiding into G-list for drives with capacity 2 TB and more has been enhanced;
  • The Complex test algorithm of two and more passes has been improved;
  • Improvements and bug fixes.

Seagate:


  • The "Download microcode" functionality has been added;
  • The head map detection option for some FW versions has been enhanced.

HGST:


  • The G-list clearing and defect hiding into G-list have been added;
  • The defect transfer from G-list to P-list has been added;
  • The unlocking procedure for "Medium Format Corrupted" error has been added;
  • The reset procedure for the Power-on hours and Accumulated start-stop cycles parameters has been added;
  • The "Download microcode" functionality has been added;
  • The physical reading procedure for some families has been enhanced;
  • Improvements and bug fixes.
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November 24, 2015 New software versions PC-3000 Ver. 6.0.14, Data Extractor Ver. 5.3.1 and PC-3000 SSD Ver. 2.0.2 are available now
The following English PC-3000 software updates are released:

  • PC-3000 Express/UDMA/Portable Ver.6.0.14
  • PC-3000 SAS Ver.6.0.14
  • PC-3000 SSD Ver.2.0.2
  • Data Extractor Ver.5.3.1
  • Data Extractor RAID Edition Ver.5.3.1
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March 31, 2015 New PC-3000 software updates are available now
PC-3000 SAS 
Hitachi (HGST)
  • HUC1090xxCSxx family is now supported
  • Modules table can now be loaded from CP 82

  Seagate
      The following features have been added for the Cheetah 15K.7, Cheetah NS.2, Barracuda ES.2, Savvio 10K.3, Savvio 10K.4, Savvio 15K.2, Constellation, Constellation ES, Constellation ES.2 families:
  • System Files reading/writing
  • Non Resident G-List editing and clearing
  • P-list editing
  • Non Resident Primary DST List editing

      The following feature has been added for Cheetah 15K.6, Cheetah 15K.7, Cheetah NS.2, Barracuda ES.2, Savvio 10K.3, Savvio 10K.4, Savvio 15K.2, Constellation, Constellation ES families:
  • Editing of passport data when working with Flash ROM data (Tools->Utility extensions->Work with Flash ROM image)

      The following feature has been added for Savvio 10K.5, Savvio 15K.3, Constellation.2, Constellation ES.2 families:
  • Editing of passport data and head map when working with Flash ROM data


PC-3000 RAID Edition 
Main changes and new functionality:
  • "Row Shift" parameter for RAID 5, RAID 5EE, and RAID 6 levels, which allows to move the table by certain number of rows
  • Map and legend to estimate the state of sectors in virtual RAID
  • The functionality for indicating and editing block indices in Reed-Solomon sequence
  • Auto-detection based on meta-data of: mdadm0.9, mdadm1.x, LDM, Promise Fastrack, and several extends of VMFS
  • Auto-detection for indices of Reed-Solomon sequence
  • It has become possible to recover two drives with two Reed-Solomon blocks
  • RAID 6 level detection for mdamd (table is line shifted)


Data Extractor
Main changes and new functionality:
  • New legend for decrypted sectors
  • It has become possible to decrypt the sectors that were previously read without decryption
  • For virtual file system based on results of Scan MFT or Partition analysis, it has become possible to make "snapshots" using head map or legend, which allows to separate files with bad sectors from "fully read files" (all sectors are green) depending on parameters setting
  • Changes in the DRQ control and its options that have helped to speed up the rate of reading/writing for Express and UDMA-E
  • New type of files in RAW recovery mode
  • Improved algorithm of search in "Quick disk analisys" mode
  • EXT4 file system: It has become possible to results of uncompleted partition analysis for RAID recovering
  • UFS file system: It has become possible to results of uncompleted partition analysis for RAID recovering
  • XFS file system: ABTB and ABTC blocks have been added to the metadata map, Sparsed files are supported now, Map of XFS metadata for sector size > 512 bytes is supported now
  • HFS+ file system: detemination of block size in Partition Scan mode (if Volume Header is missing)
  • Spared files are now supported in XFS
  • New feature of the sector editor: a small white marker at the right bottom corner that indicates the "empty" sectors (sectors filled by zeros)
  • New operations have been added for maps in "Object Map" mode
    • consolidation of two maps
    • intersection of two maps
    • non-intersection of two maps
    • cutting one map from other
    • map inversion
    • map compression
  • Comments for chains in "Object Map" mode now can be cleared
  • SATA cable control for the drives connected directly to PC3000 ports
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July 22, 2014 PC-3000 SAS V. 5.7.5 and Data Extractor V. 5.1.15 released
PC-3000 SAS kernel
  • Added shortcuts for quick start without channel selection
  • Bug fix in the data reading mode for SATA HDD
  • Fixed the progress "overflow" error
  • Redesigned selection of the drives connected to external controllers, 'Refresh' command in the menu now updates the configuration of Windows devices while configuration updated in the Device Manager refreshes the list of drives available for selection
  • Redesigned functionality of the status indicators, added support for the activity of SPTI drives
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December 26, 2013 PC-3000 SAS V. 5.0.2 and Data Extractor V. 4.8.28 released
PC-3000 SAS kernel
  • PC-3000 SAS software has been redesigned completely to support operations with SAS HDD via the kit 4-channel SAS controller and with SCSI HDD via third party controllers; limited support for SATA, ATA, USB HDD on third party controllers has also been implemented
  • Implemented separate and independent management of 4 SAS ports on the kit SAS controller
  • Implemented management for the 4-channel power supply adapter
  • Implemented launch of PC-3000 SAS utilities and Data Extractor tasks as independent processes in the OS
  • Implemented driver support for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows 7 and Windows 8
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