Western Digital (WD) recently increased its arsenal of desktop storage solutions for home and office with the launch if its new My Book Duo.
Designed to deliver massive capacity and file transfer speeds not available on single-drive solutions, the dual-drive designed My Book Duo features a USB 3.0 desktop storage, high-speed file transfers, hardware-level mirroring and encryption, and secure backup solution in capacities available in 4 TB, 6 TB, 8 TB and 12 TB. It also comes with software that creates secure local, cloud and system-level backups for complete data protection. My Book Duo’s USB 3.0 connection enables transfer speeds up to 290 MB/s.
WD’s My Book Duo retails for Php 13,990 (4 TB), Php 16,990 (6 TB), Php 22,990 (8 TB) and Php 31,990 (12 TB).
My Book Duo’s list of main features are as follows:
“¢ Interface: USB 3.0 (x3)
“¢ Drives on board: WD Red hard drives
“¢ Available capacities: 4 TB, 6 TB, 8 TB and 12 TB
“¢ Data management: RAID 0, RAID 1, JBOD; independent CPU for RAID volume management
“¢ Security: Hardware RAID, Hardware Encryption, Password Protection
“¢ Compatibility: NTFS (default) + Reformat to HFS + J for Mac
“¢ Software: WD SmartWareâ„¢ Pro, Dropboxâ„¢ cloud integration, Acronis True Image Software WD Edition, WD Securityâ„¢, WD Drive Utilities
“¢ Limited Warranty: 2-Year regional warranty