There is a plenty of USB gadgets out there, like USB hubs and various USB powered devices. However, no one seriously worked upon USB flash drives duplication. There are portable CD and DVD duplicators that are very easy to use, why there is no similar devices, meant only for USB drives? It is not a big problem to copy one USB drive's contents into another in usual way, but if you have more than one drive to write information to it can be real pain. This is the situation, in which such USB duplicator can come in handy.Virtual Console USB Duplicator is meant to copy content from one USB drive to many other. It is designed for duplicating 60 USB drives in less than two minutes - amazing results that you will never achieve with usual methods! It can operate completely standalone, but can be connected to PC to monitor the process if needed. This gadget is strong in data security features: data on the drives can be encrypted with 128-bit AES encryption, it supports Smart Duplication feature and low-level data erase. The data can be copied from another USB drive or Fast Ethernet port. Device supports stackable operation, multicast duplication via TCP/IP and duplication of non-standard file systems. The manufacturer claims that it can duplicate 60 512MB flash drives in only 91 seconds - amazingly fast compared to manual method. Because of its capabilities, this device is not truly portable - it weights 8 lb (4000g) and its dimensions are 9"L X 12"W X 3.5"H (22.86cm X 30.48cm X 8.89cm).
Primary purchasers of this device are big companies, which are in need for duplicating huge amounts of flash drives regularly. It will not be very useful for regular user because it is hard to tell, when you need to copy such amount of flash drives at one time. The huge price of /99 confirms that you better use PC rather than a special hardware to duplicate someone's flash drive.
