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Western Digital WDG2TP10000N My Book Pro Edition II 1 TB USB/Firewire Triple Interface External Hard Drive | List Price: $329.99
Discount Price: $234.99
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Brand: Western Digital
Binding: Electronics
Warranty: 3 years warranty
Features: - FireWire 800, FireWire 400, and USB 2.0 triple interface
- Dual drives offer a massive 1 TB (1000 GB) storage capacity from dual
- Powerful backup software that includes full system backup and recovery, easy scheduling, and encryption
- 7200 RPM spindle
- Offers RAID mirroring for extra data protection or RAID striping for extraordinary capacity and performance
Simple To Use [Posted on 2008-04-20]
This product was simple to use and configure on my Mac OS X. I was easily able to reconfigure the RAID setting.
Works as intended [Posted on 2008-04-25]
There are a lot of mixed reviews on this, but my expierince has been great. The device has been ultra quiet except for 2 periods of 5-30 seconds. The first was the very first time I plugged it in. It made a high noise and got me worried but 5 seconds later it went quiet and stayed that way thru many time machine backups. The second was when I changed it from the default RAID 0 config to RAID 1. The formatting was very fast and the noise did not last more than 30 seconds.
What I love about it:
1) Very quiet.
2) Turns on and off with the iMac since its plugged int via USB.
3) Very good data protection since it offers RAID 1.
4) works flawlessly with Time Machine.
5) relative small size (given its 2 HDs) and nice design.
6) Tripple interface (USB, Firewire 400/800).
What I don't like:
Nothing.
Should have bought the 2TB version. RAID 1 gives you half the capacity and 500GB is just not enough these days.
A little noisy, but works well [Posted on 2008-06-05]
This is the second WD external drive I purchased (the first was a 400 GB My Book). I use it to back up my computer data.
Good points:
- large capacity
- worked out of the box, no problems after 6 months of use (so far, so good!)
- accepts 100-240V input, so I could use it (in India) without an adaptor
Bad points:
- noisy, especially on startup
- does not turn off when the computer is switched off, waste of electricity
All in all, a good product. I would definitely buy WD again.
1 TB Drive is Great [Posted on 2008-06-23]
I was really worried about losing my photo images as I make a living off of them. I had pretty much filled my 250gb drive when I found the 1 TB. This drive allows for either 1 TB of storage or 2 - 500gb of mirrored storage meaning, there are 2 - 500gb drives inside the box and what you save to one, you save to the other. Should there ever be a failure of one drive, you have a backup on the other.
Easy to install, shows up as one 500gb drive on the desktop.
TOO LOUD FOR A HOME OFFICE [Posted on 2008-07-14]
I decided to ignore the negative reviews warning about the noise levels of this and when I found it on a great sale I picked one up. "How loud can it be?" I thought. Well, PRETTY LOUD - and unfortunately the sale was final.
If truth be told, the Pro edition of these WESTERN DIGITAL external HardDrives is the best one: not only does it come with a triple interface (USB and two types of FW400 & 800) but it also offers a RAID protection for one's data (halving its capacity though).
I have a number of these and so far I had found them reliable and solid. Luckily I do not keep them constantly ON but use them as cold storage. I planned to keep everyday backups on this one but there is no way I could stand the fan noise on a daily basis.
Good for corporate back up. Too loud for home applications.
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