Convenient device for cloning hard drives

Some habrayusers often have to clone hard drives for different purposes. Most often, such actions are taken to deploy a system on a number of identical PCs, which is quite common. Often, the same software methods are used when an image of a “model” is created, ready to be used by the carrier, and this image is then deployed on many other PCs. The company StarTech decided to make life easier for system administrators and other representatives of the IT industry by releasing a device that allows you to clone disks without connecting to a PC.

The device is compatible with all types of disks, including 2.5 and 3.5-inch. Hard drives connect to the device either via eSata or via USB 2.0 port. As a result, we obtain a complete copy of the required sample, including all partitions, boot sectors, and so on. The device is called SATDUPUE Portable SATA Hard Drive Duplicator. The transfer speed is about 72 MBps.
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The device can also serve as a docking station for connecting hard drives to a PC. In this case, the data transfer rate when connected via USB 2.0 or eSata is 480 Mbps or 3 Gbps, respectively. According to the developers, their device was tested on the volumes of copied hard drives up to 2 TB. The cost of the device is not very high, and is 77.99 US dollars.



Via startech