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Enterprise-Class Hard Disk Drives

Unlike hard drives meant for use in a typical desktop computer, enterprise class drives are designed for higher performance, greater reliability and longer continual use.

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Hard Drives are Getting Bigger… Literally

Technical limitations are making it increasingly difficult to fit higher hard drive capacities into the current size specifications for internal drives. As a result, companies are starting to develop...

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What Makes a “Green” Hard Drive Green?

Hard drive manufacturers use several different methods to achieve lower power consumption for their "green" hard disk drives.

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“Green” Hard Disk Drives Part 2

Low power consumption isn’t the only factor to be considered when considering whether or not a drive is ‘green.’ Factors such as the energy used to build the drive and the manufacturing process’s...

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Extending Partitions in Windows XP

With Windows XP and Server 2003, Microsoft included a command line utility to increase partition size called DiskPart. This is a handy tool to extend partitions, which may be necessary when duplicating...

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The Evolving World of SSD Form Factors

Solid State Drives have opened up a world of possibilities due to the many advantages they offer over traditional hard drives. Here’s how SSDs compare to rotating media: Smaller Better read and write...

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New Aleratec Site Search

It’s now easier than ever to find exactly what you want at the Aleratec site. In our quest for continuous improvement of the Aleratec shopping experience we have implemented a new, enhanced search...

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The Benefits of a Disc Duplicator with Included Hard Disk Drive

So you’re shopping for a Blu-ray, DVD or CD duplicator.  Why, you wonder, are there disc duplicators that feature an included hard disk drive?  What does an HDD have to do with copying DVDs, CDs or...

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Still Have IDE Hard Drives? Time to Move to SATA

IDE and SATA are different types of interfaces for connecting storage devices like hard disk drives to a computer’s system bus.  Since 2007, most new computer systems have SATA connectors and do not...

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External Visual Indicators on Aleratec’s New High-Speed HDD Duplicators Keep...

In addition to serving as a high-speed HDD duplicators and hard drive wipers, these hard disk duplicators include visual indicator lights on the hard drive bays that confirm the copy and/or comparison...

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The Benefits of SSDs

Solid State Drives offer significant advantages over traditional hard disk drives – and there are industry efforts that make strengthen their position as essential storage devices when compared to hard...

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HDD Duplicators Great and Small: Introducing the Compact and Powerful 1:5 HDD...

Followers of the Aleratec blog know that I often reflect on technology and how much it changes day to day and year to year. It’s the “nature” of tech products to evolve quickly and adapt to new...

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