Comments on: Review: Diskeeper Undelete 2009 Server Edition

By: Antonio Pacheco

Antonio Pacheco — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:34:30 +0000

still no update about this product or any other similar software?

By: Will

Will — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:45:19 +0000

Any updates?
April/ May passed a while ago…

By: Michael Materie

Michael Materie — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:19:04 +0000

@Stephen Parker - Yup, I was smiling when I read this comment as well.

By: Russ

Russ — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:18:37 +0000

@Michael Materie - Thank you very much, I figured it was something along those lines but I am writing a brief as well as implementing the product (as a much larger product) so being able to let my boss and exec staff know how the "magic" works is helpful.

By: Michael Materie

Michael Materie — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:00:24 +0000

My apologies for the verbosity if you already know some of this:

When you open an Office app (PowerPoint, Word, Excel) you are actually creating a new duplicate copy of the file for editing and for every save you do on that file you create separate temporary file iterations (each with a unique name). You can view these temp file if you select to show Hidden Files and Folders in Explorer’s Folder Options-View tab. All of these temp iterations are deleted by the system when you closed the handle to that file. At that time they are captured by the Undelete filter driver. The value of the Versioning feature for MS Office is a nice Explorer-integrated UI that groups all these iterations under the original file name (instead of seperately named file iterations like the unituitive “~WRL1791.tmp” and ~WRL3263.tmp, etc… which would be difficult to associate all with that same original file called Report.doc). That Explorer tie-in allows you to then quickly right-click on the original file and preview each and every iteration of it (each copy has it’s own Time Stamp when overwritten, the name of the User who overwrote the file and more, to help you trach down the version you need) and then recover that file version(s). Technically Undelete will actually capture versions of files for ANY App that creates a duplicate of the file when you open it for editing – recovery is simply more intuitive for the MS Office apps we have added direct support for. The “filter driver” part of Undelete HomeServer would be installed on WHS. The software will also come with 10 “Desktop Client” licenses which will be installed on your Windows desktops/laptops and provide you the user interfaces (including that Explorer-integration and a remote browse and search UI) to recover versions, deleted files, etc…

By: Stephen Parker

Stephen Parker — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 07:46:57 +0000

Originally Posted By Michael MaterieGiven a full queue, April-ish is looking May-ish at this time.

Have to smile to myself given my previous comment, but still great news that you are "getting there". Once again offer extended if RC testing required.

By: Michael Materie

Michael Materie — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 23:05:18 +0000

Given a full queue, April-ish is looking May-ish at this time.

By: Russ

Russ — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:30:05 +0000

Michael, Can you elaborate a little more on how Version Recovery works? I am interestead to see if there needs to be something installed on the client side.

Thanks in advance!

By: Kansas A

Kansas A — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 14:55:29 +0000

That’s great news! I’ve been waiting for the WHS edition

By: Stephen Parker

Stephen Parker — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 07:34:43 +0000

@Michael – Great news, although by “April-ish” i’m assuming you mean May/June ) If you need any RC testers then don’t hesitate to shout out

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 05:19:23 +0000

@Stephen Parker - We have it planned for an April-ish release. Pricing will be around what Pro edition sells for and include 10 Desktop Client licenses. I'll work with the WGS guys to work out a discount for WGS followers.

By: Stephen Parker

Stephen Parker — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 09:32:33 +0000

Is there any update on the availability of the WHS Undelete edition?