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Hard Disk Manager 11 Server

Storage lifecycle maintenance for physical Windows® Server!

 

Hard Disk Manager Server bundles corporate editions of our bestselling Drive Backup and Partition Manager and is aimed at easy and efficient storage management within stand-alone physical Windows servers all through their life cycle:

 

  • Support for SSD, AFD, 2TB+ and non-512B sector size disks
  • Automatic partition alignment boosts storage performance
  • Disaster recovery and drive re-partitioning facilities
  • Unique file system optimization tools
  • Reliable storage disposal techniques
  • Comprehensive WinPE 3.0 recovery environment...

 


 

 

Features

 

Benefit

HDM Professional

HDM Server

HDM Server + Virtualization Add-on

Drive Partitioning

 

 

 

 

Create Partition

Create a new partition of any popular file system

yes

yes

yes

Express Create Partition

Create a new partition in the most appropriate place of a hard disk, format it to NTFS and then make it available in the system

yes

yes

yes

Format Partition

Format an existing partition to any popular file system

yes

yes

yes

Delete Partition

Delete an existing partition of any file system

yes

yes

yes

Move/Resize Partitions

Resize and/or move partitions on a hard disk

yes

yes

yes

Express Resize Partition

Increase free space on one partition by up-taking the unused space of an adjacent partition (including partitions of Apple Boot Camp)

yes

yes

yes

Convert File System

Safely change a file system type of an existing partition

yes

yes

yes

Make Partition Logical/Primary

Change type of an existing partition without data loss

yes

yes

yes

Assign/Remove Drive Letter

Mount a physical partition in Windows

yes

yes

yes

Hide/Unhide Partition

Safely hide data from Windows and applications

yes

yes

yes

Mark Partition Active/Inactive

An advanced feature for experienced users!

yes

yes

yes

Change Cluster Size

Effectively control performance of your system and the so called “waste space factor”

yes

yes

yes

Change Volume Label

Easily identify partitions by giving them catchy labels

yes

yes

yes

Change Serial Number

An advanced feature for experienced users!

yes

yes

yes

Change Partition ID

Manipulate accessibility of partitions

yes

yes

yes

Downgrade NTFS Version

You might need it for compatibility purposes

yes

yes

yes

Convert Dynamic MBR to Basic MBR

Convert a dynamic MBR disk containing simple volume(s) into a basic MBR disk

yes

yes

yes

Convert GPT to Basic MBR

Convert a basic or a dynamic GPT disk containing simple volume(s) into a basic MBR disk

yes

yes

yes

Convert Basic MBR to Basic GPT Convert a basic MBR disk into a basic GPT disk to enjoy all benefits of the newest partitioning scheme with minimal effort yes yes yes

Update MBR

Repair a corrupted bootable code of a hard disk to recover the startup ability of your system

yes

yes

yes

Change Primary Slots

Fix problems resulted from an inappropriate order of partitions in the Partition Table

yes

yes

yes

Merge Partitions

Safely merge contents of two partitions into one bigger partition

yes

yes

yes

Redistribute Free Space

Increase free space on one partition by up-taking the on-disk unallocated space and the unused space of other partitions

yes

yes

yes

Undelete Partitions

Find and recover any accidentally deleted partition

yes

yes

yes

Data Backup & Restore

 

 

 

 

Smart Backup

(Sector or File Backup)

Back up exactly what you need - the whole system, e-mail databases (MS Outlook, Express, Windows Mail) media files or office documents of the My Documents folder, or any other files and folders yes yes yes

Differential Backup

It’s good for regular sector backup, as it only archives changes since the last full sector-based image, thus considerably saving the backup storage space

yes

yes

yes

File Increment

It’s good for regular file backup, as an incremental archive is smaller and takes less time to create, but you will require the initial full archive and all of its increments to restore the latest point of this kind of backup

yes

yes

yes

File Complement

It’s a unique technology that enables to back up OS on a sector-level to get it back on track in minutes, and then make file increments to keep updated only critical information, thus considerably saving the system resources

yes

yes

yes

Synthetic Backup

Change any property (merge a given differential image with its full image, split/un-split, compress/de-compress, etc.) of an existing archive without carrying out a physical backup operation

yes

yes

yes

Cyclic Backup

Establish a self-acting data that is fully compliant with the Set-and-Forget Backup Policy

yes

yes

yes

Backup to an FTP/SFTP server

Back up files or entire disks to an FTP/SFTP server to provide a new level of system and data protection

yes

yes

yes

Backup Capsule

It has an independent system layout and will stay operable should the active file system be damaged. Thus it grants an additional level of security to archives it contains. It can be bootable

yes

yes

yes

Backup to CD/DVD/Blu-ray

Guarantees a high level of data protection as long as the backup media is kept secure

yes

yes

yes

Mount Images

The mounted archive is seen as a local drive in “My Computer”, so you can browse it, copy, extract files and folders, etc.

yes

yes

yes

Selective Restore

Extract files and folders from an archive without the need to restore the whole archive

yes

yes

yes

Archive Database

Easily manage backup images (get properties, add, delete, mount, etc.)

yes

yes

yes

Check Archive Integrity

Make sure backup data is OK

yes

yes

yes

Check Recovery Discs

Make sure backup data is OK and the media is bootable

yes

yes

yes

File System Optimization

 

 

 

 

Automatic partition alignment Our exclusive technology enables to automatically align partitions of your drive according to internal device geometry, thus boosting performance of your storages. It’s crucial for SSD, AFD and non-512B sector size disks (not all operations are supported*) yes yes yes

Defragment NTFS, FAT

Optimize performance of your system

yes

yes

yes

Defragment MFT

Optimize performance of an NTFS file system by defragmenting its MFT

yes

yes

yes

Compact MFT

Optimize performance of an NTFS file system by shrinking its MFT

yes

yes

yes

Copy and Migration

 

 

 

 

GPT Loader Enable support for modern high capacity drives (2.2TB+) under Windows XP and later platforms  yes  yes  yes

Migrate OS to SSD

Move any Windows OS since XP from a regular hard disk to a fast SSD (Solid State Drive) even of a smaller capacity, thanks to advanced data exclusion capabilities

yes

yes

yes

Copy Partition

Make an exact clone of a partition on the same or another hard disk

yes

yes

yes

Copy Hard Disk

Make an exact clone of a hard disk on another hard disk

yes

yes

yes

File Transfer Wizard

Easily transfer files and folders between different Windows, Linux, or Mac OS X partitions. You can also use it to extract data from backups

yes

yes

yes

Volume Explorer

Browse contents of different partitions and extract data

yes

yes

yes

Virtualization and Migration

 

 

 

 

Connect VD

Mount a virtual disk and work with it in our program as if it’s an ordinary physical hard disk

yes

no

yes

Create VD Create an empty virtual disk or with specific data of one of the supported virtualization vendors yes no yes

P2V Copy

Migrate a physical system to a virtual environment by converting all installed software and data into a virtual machine

yes

no

yes

P2V Restore

Restore a physical system from a backup directly to a virtual environment

yes

no

yes

P2V Adjust OS

Restore functionality of a virtual environment after unsuccessful virtualization; prepare virtual machines out of supported virtual disks or Windows .vhd backup images

yes

no

yes

P2P Adjust OS

Migrate any Windows OS since XP to a different hardware configuration

yes

yes

yes

Supported Virtual Machines

 

 

 

 

MS Virtual PC

 

yes

no

yes

MS Virtual Server

 

no

no

yes

MS Hyper-V

 

no

no

yes

VMware Workstation

 

yes

no

yes

VMware Fusion

 

yes

no

yes

VMware ESX Server

 

no

no

yes

Oracle Virtual Box

 

yes

no

yes

Automatization

 

 

 

 

Scheduling

Set a time table for any operations to execute them later automatically

yes

yes

yes

Scripting

Automate the program’s execution on multiple computers without the need of manual configuration from GUI

yes

yes

yes

Additional Functionality

 

 

 

 

Check FS Integrity and Data Loss Protection Policies

Specify the acceptable balance between the operation performance and the risk of data loss

 yes  yes  yes

Boot Manager

Choose what OS to boot during the computer startup

yes

yes

yes

Install New OS

Minimize time to prepare your system to install a new OS

yes

yes

yes

Test Surface

Minimize the risk of data loss by automatically hiding unstable and bad sectors in the file system metadata

yes

yes

yes

Check File System Integrity

Detect possible file system errors before performing any operation on a partition

yes

yes

yes

View/Edit Sectors

View and edit the smallest essential pieces of data, stored in sectors of your HDD

yes

yes

yes

Log Saver

If you experience problems with our program, you can get more efficient help from our support team

yes

yes

yes

Send E-mail Notifications

Automatically gather reports on completed operations executed on different machines in one and the same place

yes

yes

yes

Run During Backup

Specify external applications to execute at various phases of the backup process, thus providing for imaging high availability systems

yes

yes

yes

Data Wiping

Four wipe algorithms (custom, US DoD 5220.22-M, Russian GOST R 50739-95, Paragon’s algorithm) to destroy all on-disk information or only remnants of deleted files / directories without affecting the used data

yes

yes

yes

Supported Technologies / Operating Systems

 

 

 

 

New Hardware Support

SSD, AFD, 2TB+ and non-512B sector size disks as well as USB 3.0 devices

yes

yes

yes

Paragon Hot Processing

Migrate or protect an active physical system in the online mode, even if there are locked volumes, files or folders

yes

yes

yes

Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (MS VSS)

Migrate or protect an active physical system in the online mode, even if there are locked volumes, files or folders

yes

yes

yes

Dynamic Volumes

Formatting, data wiping and disaster recovery operations for MS dynamic volumes

yes

yes

yes

GPT Volumes

Drive partitioning and disaster recovery operations for GPT volumes

yes

yes

yes

Apple HFS+

Get full read/write access to the native file system for Mac OS X

yes

yes

yes

Ext4FS

Drive partitioning and disaster recovery operations for the new Linux file system

yes

yes

yes

Windows 7

Install and use our program under the latest Windows 7

yes

yes

yes

Windows 2003/2008 Server

 

no

yes

yes

Windows 2003/2008 Small Business Server

 

no

yes

yes

WinPE 3.0 Environment**

You’ve got no need to install our program

yes

yes

yes

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Available Licenses   Single / Volume Single / Volume Single / Volume/ Technician Licenses***

 

Notes:

 

*       Automatic partition alignment is always active during create/move operations, active during redistribute free space/resize operations only when the left partition boundary is affected, active during copy/restore operations with resize only.

**     All corporate editions come with a fully-functional WinPE environment, which can be used to start up a system for any migration, maintenance or disaster recovery purposes.

***  Our company offers several Technician Licenses for Hard Disk Manager Server