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All these tips are in Kepler in highest place. First of all, all jobs are made by people. All Kepler’s technicians are exceptionally well-educated in data recovery questions, they knows all old and modern types of data media and can easily work with them. For me, it was a great surprise that Kepler’s technicians are multi-purposed specialists, it makes “brain work” extremely fresh and stable in high effort. In my opinion, only constant mind exercise makes good specialists, and Kepler’s technicians every day have this exercise.

Exclusively nice equipment and big and fine office’s and lab’s building make this company, as I think, the best data recovery company in South America at all. Especially I want to mark the clean room of own Kepler’s design: it is precisely clear, extremely comfortable for all hard drive’s jobs (because of mounted inside room some special equipment and also computer and microscope, so technician can do all data recovery jobs from registering of case in data base and to copying of all data to one of data storage servers in company) and easily to preparation. For sure in Kepler lab are also present data recovery products of world leaders in this industry like ACE Laboratory, Deep Spar, Soft Center etc.

As I think, Kepler is most perspective data recovery company in South America, and with no doubts, the best in Chile. Constant investment in equipment and technologies, discovery of data recovery techniques and learning, experience exchange and partnership of specialists makes this company not only good in data recovery, but also very perspective. I hope to visit Kepler Data Recovery Services again to see my rightness and to have again all positive emotions from touch of fine data recovery services.

Stanislav K. Korb
25th June 2008, Nizhny Novgorod Russia ]]> Data Recovery http://keplerlabs.com/blog/index.php?itemid=33 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:13:29 -0500 http://keplerlabs.com/blog/index.php?itemid=32 General http://keplerlabs.com/blog/index.php?itemid=32 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:37:33 -0500 http://keplerlabs.com/blog/index.php?itemid=31
nullThe first of these presentations was given by one of our Directors, Orlando Gaete, at a business breakfast held by the Venezuelan Business Club in Weston. With a turnout of over 150 of its members, the event was a total success. Teaching people how to correctly manage their data is the first step to avoiding data loss. However, in case anybody were to suffer from it, they will now know who to turn to for a second chance with their data.

For further information on the event visit the Venezuelan Business Club]]> General http://keplerlabs.com/blog/index.php?itemid=31 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:48:14 -0500 http://keplerlabs.com/blog/index.php?itemid=29
The monitor brings a flash unit with the software that is required for its operation. All you need to do is plug it in and install the UbiSync utility.

UbiSync allows you to connect up to 6 monitors, besides the six monitors that you could connect to the graphics card.

The 19” Syncmaster is the first model with Ubisync, however, in the near future, Samsung will also include this technology on other models.
]]> General http://keplerlabs.com/blog/index.php?itemid=29 Wed, 20 Jun 2007 16:51:48 -0500 http://keplerlabs.com/blog/index.php?itemid=28
In the case of the I-RAM, with it’s 4GB maximum storage capacity, its only good for installing the operating system and some other programs. It is quite a sacrifice of storage space, but it surely promises gains in transfer velocity and in access times.
Technical Information

The I-RAM ismade up of 4 184-pin modules for DDR memories, supporting 266, 333 and 400 Mhz memories; each slot being able to hold 256, 512 or 1024 MB modules. It also carries a LI ON rechargeable battery, responsible for powering up the memories in order to avoid information loss. With all this in mind, the key element in this mix is the chip in charge of emulating the SATA interface, allowing the I-RAM to be connected to the SATA controller on the mother board.

Compatibility

According to manufacturer the I-RAM is compatible with the following mother borrad chipsets:

Intel : ICH6 / ICH6R / ICH7 / ICH7R
VIA : 8237R
SiS : 964 / 965L
NVIDIA : NF4 SLI / NF4 4X / NF4 SLI Intel Edition + MCP04
ULi : M1689

Preview
In the following images you’ll be able to see the I-RAM and a detail of its main features:
Box image
Frontal View
iram
You can apréciate the memory slots, the battery ad the SATA connector.

Back view
back view iram
LED battery charge indicators.
leds iram

Test and procedures

In order to measure the I-RAM’s performance a synthetic benchmark was carried out; for the unit in question as well as for other HDs.

Test Machine

MSI K8N NEO4 PLATINUM
AMD ATHLON 64 X2 3800
1 Gb in RAM PC 3200
SEAGATE 120GB SATA
I-RAM v1.3 with 4 1-GB memory modules.

Software

Windows XP SP2
HD TACH

Results
chart
The performance of the IRAM as a primary drive presents a constant oscillation that can be attributed to the read and write processes of the operating system.


chart 2 iram
When used as a secondary drive, the I-RAM’s performace is flat. Here we can highlight that the read-write velocity is constant in its 4GB of storage capacity.

With a read-write velocity topping 130 MB/s and access times of cero or practically imperceptible, it beats its “platter and head” competitor by far; even when comparing its performance to that of a RAID 0 with two SATA drives.

Comparisons
iram 3

The previous image shows the behavior and performance of the great majority of conventional hard drives. Here you can clearly appreciate a lower performance than that of the I-RAM, higher access times and a velocity loss towards the end of the drive, totally opposite to the I-RAM’s performance stability. Another important issue is the noise that is generated by the mobile parts of a hard drive, in addition to the heat generation and a higher electrical consumption compared to that of the I-RAM.


Conclusions

Performancewise, the I-RAM is far better than a conventional hard drive due to its greater transfer velocity and its access times that approach to zero, compared to the milliseconds of a hard drive. However, with only 4GB, and even when placed on a RAID 0 with another I-RAM, it still does not top 10GB of storage capacity. With this in mind, its great performance is overshadowed by its small storage capacity and its high cost.

Pros and Cons

Pros:
• Great Performance.
• Noiseless
• Very short access times
• Its LEDs contribuye to giving the PC’s look a more technological edge, greatly appreciated when in possession of a tower with a clear side.
• Battery charge level LED indicators.


Cons:

• Large size
• Extremely costly
• Compatible to only a few chipsets.
• Small storage capacity.
• Information is lost if the battery dies.

What is coming next?

With only 4GB of storage capacity, we can only expect it to grow by using 2GB memory modules, attaining a total storage capacity of 8 GB; certainly more than enough to install the operating system and additional programs.

Another important upgrade would be the use of SATA II standards, allowing the device to reach even higher transfer velocities.


]]> General http://keplerlabs.com/blog/index.php?itemid=28 Mon, 4 Jun 2007 15:30:58 -0500 http://keplerlabs.com/blog/index.php?itemid=27
This problem might have been greatly solved by the introduction of these new solid state drives, known in the industry as SSD. These, as we have commented in the past, work with memories similar to those inside pendrives.

SSDs use up to 300% less energy, are more resistant to vibrations, are more silent and even quicker (they increase startup speed by 35% and that of reading and writing of data in up to 25%)… but of course, they are mucho more expensive.

Dell has been one of the first companies to take the leap into this kind of technology. This week it announced that two of its portable computers will be sold with the alternative of upgrading to a 32GB solid state drive. This drive has a much smaller storage capacity than the rest of its models (60 to 120 GB) and also an additional cost of USD552.

Hybrid alternatives are already available for home users. There is a hard drive that holds a great tank for traditional storage of information and a small flash memory for the rest of the operations (up to 1GB). This memory in non volatile, the same way as it is in pendrives, so, in other words, the information is not lost when the power supply is suddenly cutoff.

Windows Vista, thanks to a technology known as Ready Drive, comes enabled to work with this kind of devices and with its R55, Samsung is the first manufacturer to launch a hybrid unit. A 15.4’ screen computer that will come with an 80GB hard drive with a 256 MB flash memory. According to its manufacturers consumption will decrease in 35% while the durability of the drive will increase in 10%.

On the other hand, LG also has its own version. Improving reading speed by 26% and that of writing by 71% if data blocks of less than 10MB are used. It is important to highlight that that the performance of hybrid memory units and solid state drives compared to that of traditional hard drives will vary according to the size of the data. Their efficiency increases the smaller the files are.

These hybrid devices share the same issue as an SSD. They are expensive. Not as expensive as an SSD, but their price is significantly higher than that of traditional drives. Additionally, their consumption loss margins and their reading and writing speed see themselves drastically reduced when you work with big sized files.

According to the looks of it, we can once again say that “not everything that shines is gold”.]]> General http://keplerlabs.com/blog/index.php?itemid=27 Wed, 2 May 2007 14:56:13 -0500 http://keplerlabs.com/blog/index.php?itemid=26 At your reach for only 80 USD/GB!!!!!!Yes, that's right.
Adtron has managed to build a 2.5'' solid state drive featuring an incredible 160 GB storage capacity and with read and write rates that can reach 70Mb per second.
There are already 2 versions of this drive, the IDE (I25FB) at USD80 per GB and the SATA (A25FB) at USD115 per Gb.

Although it is still too expensive, we will only have to wait and see how this technology will reach the general public.
SSD

"These solid state flash disks contain no moving parts. These 2.5-inch flash disks can easily replace standard 2.5-inch hard disk drives (HDDs), providing full HDD functionality with superior reliability and performance. The I25FB Flashpak flash disk is far superior to HDDs in terms of ruggedness, shock resistance, environmental resilience and performance" http://www.adtron.com/products/I25fb-IDEFlashDisk.html
]]> Technology http://keplerlabs.com/blog/index.php?itemid=26 Wed, 28 Feb 2007 13:04:23 -0600 http://keplerlabs.com/blog/index.php?itemid=25
Mr. Jocelyn-Holt happily receives his recovered dataWhen he saw that the combination of our very skilled staff and our state of the art technology was the perfect mix to give him a second chance with his data, he eagerly expressed his gratitude in the following letter:

“It’s great that you were able to recover the data. I sincerely thank you for this and I will stop by to pick it up personally in the next couple of days. I had tried to recover the information in different ways, however I failed in every attempt. After reading a couple articles about Kepler Data Recovery in “El Mercurio” (a local paper) and somewhere else where I can’t remember, I immediately contacted you.

Despite the fact that the information on the articles is oriented towards the needs of people that have suffered important physical damage on their hard drives (such as being run over or being victim of a fire), there are recovery procedures that – without having gone through such severe or extreme conditions - demand more sophisticated engineering.

I do not know any other service in Chile that compares to yours.

Once again, many thanks.

Tomas Jocelyn-Holt”
]]> General http://keplerlabs.com/blog/index.php?itemid=25 Wed, 7 Feb 2007 19:37:37 -0600 http://keplerlabs.com/blog/index.php?itemid=24
1, 2, 3...Testing...1, 2, 3....After calming him down, we explained what are services are and how we operate. The hard drive needed to go through a physical evaluation in order for us to make any decisive comments regarding the future of our client’s information. An hour later, he was at our office dropping off his hard drive. 6 hours later, the evaluation procedure was complete a quote was generated, approved and the recovery procedure was on its way. Due to the extreme rush he was in, he opted for our URGENT service and, 24 hours later, he came back to our office and had his information backed up and ready to be used again.

“There was a moment I thought I had lost everything…and that didn’t only mean my information…it meant the entire future of my company. I had projects, files and information in that hard drive that literally outlined the future of my business. It was a relief to gain access to them once again.”
]]> General http://keplerlabs.com/blog/index.php?itemid=24 Fri, 26 Jan 2007 18:56:37 -0600 http://keplerlabs.com/blog/index.php?itemid=23 The heat generated by a personal computer, added to the temperature of the room, can cause the worst of disasters: hard drive failure.

Preventing Data Loss due to Heat
The engineers at Kepler Data Recovery would like to give you some recommendations in order to enjoy this coming summer without suffering from a dreaded data loss issue that could ruin your dream vacations:
1. It is very important to work in a place that maintains moderate temperatures and low humidity.
2. Sunny days and open and clear landscapes tempt people to work with their laptops from outside of their cubicles. It sounds great; however, you must be extremely careful in order not to suffer from data loss. Portable computers are mainly cooled from the bottom. The effectiveness of the cooling system could be compromised if the computer is placed on top of a soft surface (as for example a bed or couch) that covers the air escapes or does not dissipate the heat (for example on your lap).
3. Never work with the computer while in motion. If you have to move the device, turn it off, wait until it is deactivated, and then move it.
4. Do not work in the proximity of liquids. As warm as it might get, water or any other liquids in not a good way of cooling it.
5. Remember that hard drives are designed to work at temperatures of up to 40 degrees Celsius. If you work within a range of 40 to 50 degrees C. you increase the probabilities of suffering from data loss.
6. Drying an electronic device by opening it or exposing it to heat is not a good practice.
7. If the case is critical, you must consult a data recovery specialist.
]]> General http://keplerlabs.com/blog/index.php?itemid=23 Fri, 19 Jan 2007 16:50:35 -0600