Prism 2.1.1

Prism 2.1.1 behaves better on PCs with many disks and busy company file servers: fewer full re-reads of network folders, journal updates that no longer wait behind the content analysis, and OneDrive online-only files left alone.

Fixes

• Network folders of busy file servers — when Windows lost change notifications on a large
  shared folder, Prism read the whole folder again every time: on a company server, a folder of
  3.2 million entries was read in full every 7 minutes for hours. A full re-read now waits at
  least 30 minutes after the previous one, and ten times what it took (at most 6 hours); the
  folders seen changing are still updated meanwhile.
• Many disks at once — the background analysis of four disks could take every worker of
  Prism, so the updates of the NTFS disks and new indexings waited until an analysis ended.
  Now the most recent analysis gives way within half a second.
• OneDrive and other cloud files — files kept only in the cloud (and offline files) are no
  longer read by the content analysis, which would download them or fail, and they no longer
  count as work left.
• Files always in use — when the only files left on a disk are in use or unreadable, the
  analysis tries them again every 30 minutes instead of every 2.
• A disk left to be read again — an NTFS disk whose update failed is read again by itself
  after 30 minutes, instead of at the next start; every failed job is now written in the log.
• Updates — a failed update check is tried again after an hour instead of the next day.

Install

Prism 2.0 and 2.1 update themselves: Settings › Updates › Install and restart. Otherwise
download Prism_2.1.1_x64-setup.exe below and run it (Windows 11, 64-bit). The installer is
not signed yet: if SmartScreen says "Windows protected your PC", choose More info › Run anyway.

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In italiano

Prism 2.1.1 si comporta meglio sui PC con molti dischi e con i file server aziendali: le
cartelle di rete grandi non si rileggono più per intero ogni pochi minuti (al massimo ogni 30
minuti, e mai prima di 10 volte quanto è durata la lettura precedente), gli aggiornamenti dei
dischi non aspettano più dietro l'analisi del contenuto, i file di OneDrive solo nel cloud non
vengono letti (né scaricati), i file sempre in uso si riprovano ogni 30 minuti, un disco da
rileggere si rilegge da solo e un controllo degli aggiornamenti fallito si ripete dopo un'ora.
Le versioni 2.0 e 2.1 si aggiornano da sole: Impostazioni › Aggiornamenti › Installa e
riavvia.

Prism 2.1.0

Prism 2.1.0 tells what each disk is (SSD or hard disk) and, with the login of a ZimaOS NAS, shows its RAID and the health of its disks; network folders can now be added by their path.

What's new

• Kind of disk — every physical disk says whether it is an SSD or a hard disk, with the
  rotation speed when the disk reports it, in the heading of its partitions, on its screen and
  in the Health tab; also while the disk is in a drawer.
• RAID of a ZimaOS NAS — in Settings › NAS, connect a NAS of your catalog with the login
  of ZimaOS. Every shared folder then shows the RAID it is on ("RAID 1 · OK"), the heading of
  the NAS its state, and the Health tab of the folder the disks of the RAID: type, size,
  temperature, hours and state ("SMART not available" when the NAS cannot read a disk). The NAS
  is read every hour, and a notification tells you when a RAID or one of its disks gets worse.
  The login is checked by reading the NAS once, then kept encrypted in the Windows Credential
  Manager (Windows credentials › Prism/ZimaOS/…); Prism only reads from the NAS and never
  changes anything there.
• Add a network folder by its path — Network folder… in the catalog bar adds a shared
  folder Prism does not find by itself: one mapped only for the current session, or a folder of
  another PC or NAS (\\server\folder). Prism checks that it answers, then proposes to index it.

Notes

• RAID and NAS disks are read only from ZimaOS; other NAS systems keep working as network
  folders, without their RAID.
• The catalog moves to schema 11 the first time 2.1.0 starts (a new table for the kind of each
  disk); nothing has to be indexed again.

Install

Prism 2.0.0 updates itself: Settings › Updates › Install and restart. Otherwise download
Prism_2.1.0_x64-setup.exe below and run it (Windows 11, 64-bit; Windows asks for
administrator permission). The installer is not signed yet: if SmartScreen says "Windows
protected your PC", choose More info › Run anyway.

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In italiano

Prism 2.1.0 dice che cosa è ogni disco (SSD o disco rigido, con i giri quando il disco li
dichiara) e, con il login di un NAS ZimaOS dato in Impostazioni › NAS, mostra il RAID di ogni
cartella condivisa e la salute dei suoi dischi, con una notifica quando un RAID o un disco
peggiora; il login resta cifrato nel Gestore credenziali di Windows e Prism sul NAS legge
soltanto. Con Cartella di rete… nella barra del catalogo si aggiunge una cartella di rete con
il suo percorso. Prism 2.0.0 si aggiorna da solo: Impostazioni › Aggiornamenti › Installa e
riavvia.

Prism 2.0.0

Prism 2.0.0 is the new Prism, rewritten from scratch: a catalog of all your disks for Windows,
even the disconnected ones.

What's new

• A catalog of every disk — internal, external, USB sticks and network shares. Disconnected
  disks stay in the catalog with the data of their last indexing, and Prism recognizes a disk
  even when its drive letter changes. Give each disk a name, a colour and the place where it is
  kept.
• Fast indexing — NTFS disks are read through the Master File Table and kept up to date
  from the change journal.
• Search everywhere — Ctrl+Space from anywhere, results from all disks as you type, with
  filters (report size:>1MB ext:pdf).
• Space — a map of what takes space on a disk or folder, the largest files and statistics
  by file type, also for disconnected disks.
• Duplicates and similar files — identical files across all disks, found by content, and
  photos and videos that look the same even if resized or re-encoded.
• Backup — check that a disk or folder has a copy somewhere else, compare two disks, copy
  what is missing (every copy is verified).
• Cleanup and disk health (SMART) with a notice when a disk gets worse.
• Explorer menu — Analyze with Prism and Find duplicates here.
• A new interface, organized around your disks — the partitions of one disk and the folders of
  one NAS are shown together — in English and Italian, light and dark.
• Automatic updates — new versions download in the background and install when you choose
  Install and restart; every package is signed and checked before it is installed.

Nothing is deleted without your confirmation; deleted files go to the Recycle Bin, and every
file is checked again right before it is removed.

Install

Requirements: Windows 11, 64-bit. Download Prism_2.0.0_x64-setup.exe below and run it.
Windows asks for administrator permission: Prism needs it to read the Master File Table and the
change journal of NTFS disks.

The installer is not signed yet, so Windows SmartScreen may say "Windows protected your PC":
choose More info › Run anyway.

Coming from Prism 1.0

Prism 2.0 is a separate app with its own catalog: it does not read or change the data of
Prism 1.0.x, and the disks are indexed again. Prism 1.0.x does not update itself to 2.0:
download the installer below.

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In italiano

Prism 2.0.0 è il nuovo Prism, riscritto da zero: il catalogo di tutti i tuoi dischi, anche
quelli scollegati. Ricerca istantanea su tutti i dischi (Ctrl+Spazio), mappa dello spazio,
duplicati e file simili, verifica dei backup, pulizia, salute dei dischi e menu di Esplora
risorse, con una nuova interfaccia in italiano e inglese. Le versioni successive arrivano da
sole: Prism le scarica in sottofondo e le installa quando scegli Installa e riavvia.

Installazione: scarica Prism_2.0.0_x64-setup.exe ed eseguilo (Windows 11 a 64 bit; Windows
chiede i permessi di amministratore). L'installer non è ancora firmato: se compare "Windows ha
protetto il PC", scegli Ulteriori informazioni › Esegui comunque. Prism 2.0 ha un catalogo
nuovo e non tocca i dati di Prism 1.0.x: i dischi vanno indicizzati di nuovo.

Prism 1.0.1

new device detection and scanning pipeline and find duplicates implemented

Release 1.0.0

First version