…And Another One With 31 Ports

Aleratec Inc. introduced a stand-alone duplicator capable of cloning up to 31 USB flash drives or external 2.5-inch HDDs/SSD drives with USB.

The 1:31 USB HDD Copy Tower SA is a duplicator that operates without the need of a computer, and streamlines the cloning of multiple USB storage devices. IT professionals can copy up to 31 USB flash drives, external 2.5-inch HDDs or SSD drives with functions that include copy or compare, copy system and data only, copy complete drive, and format FAT and FAT 32 file systems.

“This product is a direct result of customer feedback,” says Perry Solomon, Aleratec president and CEO. “Customers clearly needed a flash drive duplicator that also worked with USB-connected 2.5″ external HDDs and solid state drives and they wanted sanitization capability for the 2.5″ USB HDDs.“

In addition to duplication, it sanitizes 2.5″ external HDDs with USB. The sanitization function removes all traces of information from 2.5″ external HDDs and users can choose from 1-Pass, 3-Pass or DoD 7-Pass overwrite functions. HDDs sanitized by 7-Pass wipe have been verified by a leader in forensic data recovery as being “forensically unrecoverable” and meeting the criteria set forth in NIST 800-88 guidelines for media sanitization.

The tower supports popular brands of USB 1.1, 2.0 and 3.0 flash drives and external 2.5-inch USB HDDs/SSDs and includes:

• A stand-alone design that does not require a computer

• An interface with back-lighted LCD display

• Certified sanitization on the DoD 7-Pass overwrite

This is part of the company’s series of USB HDD Copy Cruisers and Copy Towers.

It will be available for shipment in the second quarter of 2014 with an ERP of $3199 from the company’s resellers and distribution partners.

The line of Aleratec solutions and accessories is also featured at Adorama, Amazon.com, B&H Photo Video, Barnes & Noble, Best Buy, CDW, Dell, HP, Insight, MacMall, Media Supply, Newegg, Office Depot, PC Connection, PC Mall, Quill, RadioShack, Rakuten, Sears, Staples, Tech Depot, Tiger Direct and Wal-Mart in addition to other leading US retailers. Government and education customers may purchase from Government and Education Specialists including B&H Photo Video Gov, Best Buy for Business Gov/Ed, CDW-G, EnPointe, Global, GovConnection, GOVPLACE, Insight Gov, PC Mall Gov, SARCOM, Shi.com, Softchoice, SoftMart, Sparco.com, TIG, and Unicom Government. All products are available to resellers in the U.S. through D&H Distributing, Ingram Micro, and Tech Data; in Canada through Ingram Micro Canada and Tech Data Canada; in Latin America and the Caribbean through Tech Data Miami; in the EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) region through Ingram-Micro UK.