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Dual-drive storage system
My Book Thunderbolt Duo
Highlights
Revolutionary Thunderbolt technology.
Finally, a drive that can keep pace with your creativity. The leading-edge speed of Thunderbolt technology lets creative pros design, store, edit, render and produce graphics, movies, music and more in record time.
User-selectable RAID 0/1.
Customize this dual-drive storage system to fit your project needs RAID 0 for speed, RAID 1 for double safe data protection or JBOD to use the drives individually.
High-speed multi-tasking.
The revolutionary bi-directional Thunderbolt technology delivers unmatched speed for multi-tasking while editing HD video, rendering 3D graphics and completing other graphics-intensive projects.
Did you know...
My Book Thunderbolt Duo is a bootable external device supported by Mac OS X.
Features
Ignite your creativity.
My Book Thunderbolt Duo brings performance to a whole new level. In the deadline-driven world of HD video editors and other creative professionals, this drive keeps your creativity moving with its amazing data transfer rates of up to 300 MB/s.* Finally, a drive that can keep up with your creativity.
300 MB/s is achievable through a single system. Daisy chain two or more systems to achieve more than 600 MB/s transfer rates. Data transfer rates represented are in RAID 0 mode and for the 8TB model.
High-capacity storage
My Book Thunderbolt Duo, dual-drive storage system featuring revolutionary Thunderbolt technology, sets new standards for data transfer speeds and workflow flexibility in an affordable, high-capacity storage system.
Dual-drive RAID storage system
Features user-selectable RAID or JBOD modes. When set to RAID 0 (striping), My Book Thunderbolt Duo offers the performance you need when designing or editing graphics-intensive media files. When set to RAID1 (mirroring), this drive provides double safe data protection by automatically generating a duplicate copy of your data. Set to JBOD (Just a Bunch Of Disks) to use as two individual drives and select between HFS+J or ExFAT per disk. Ideal for running Windows OS on a Mac.
Where creativity meets performance
Daisy chain up to six drives or devices to create, edit, render and save your creative endeavors without hesitation. Multi-task at unmatched speeds. Enjoy workflow efficiency and productivity with the speed and flexibility of dual Thunderbolt ports.
User-serviceable
Designed with two removable drives that can be replaced when the existing drives are full. Simply open the case and exchange the existing drive and begin saving even more of your creative life. There are no tools needed.
High-speed multi-tasking
Revolutionary bi-directional Thunderbolt technology delivers unmatched speed for multi-tasking while editing HD video, 3D rendering and completing other graphics-intensive projects.
WD Drive Utilities
Register your drive, run diagnostics, manage RAID or JBOD modes and more using WD Drive Utilities.
About the Thunderbolt
Performance that keeps up with your creativity
Transfer a full-length HD movie in under 30 seconds or thousands of MP3 songs in mere minutes. Thunderbolt I/O technology gives you two channels on the same connector with 10 Gb/s of throughput in both directions. Data moves to and from drives up to 20 times faster than with USB 2.0 and up to 12 times faster than with FireWire 800, providing more than enough bandwidth to daisy-chain multiple high-speed drives without using a hub or switch.
The bandwidth you need for maximum data throughput
Connect your Thunderbolt technology-enabled external hard drives, media players, HD displays, media capture and editing systems through a Thunderbolt chain while maintaining maximum throughput. Then enjoy nearly unlimited flexibility and performance in your creative life.
One of the most advanced cables ever
Reduce clutter while increasing your productivity. Thunderbolt technology supports daisy chaining multiple devices through a single Thunderbolt connector so you can multi-task at maximum speed without the need for a hub or switch.
About RAID
RAID is an acronym for Redundant Array of Independent Disks. With RAID enabled on a storage system you can connect two or more drives in the system so they act as one large volume fast drive or set them up as one system drive used to automatically and instantaneously duplicate (or mirror) your data for real-time backup.
Which RAID mode should I use?
Speed (RAID 0)
Set in high-performance mode (also called striped mode or RAID 0) the storage system gives you the power you need when you're:
Designing huge graphics and need a lightning-fast Photoshop scratch space.
Editing DV or HD video and want a smooth work flow with no dropped frames.
Rendering complex 3D objects or special effects.
Driven to be the first geek on your block with a computer so fast it blows your socks off.
Data protection (RAID 1)
Set the system to data protection mode (also known as mirrored mode or RAID 1) and the capacity is divided in half. Half of the capacity is used to store your data and half is used for a duplicate copy. If one drive goes down your data is protected because it's duplicated.
Product Specifications
INTERFACE: Thunderbolt (x2)
DIMENSIONS:
Height: 6.5 in (165 mm)
Depth: 6.2 in (157 mm)
Width: 3.9 in (99 mm
Weight: 4 TB 4.73 lb (2.15 kg), 6 TB 4.98 lb (2.26 kg), 8 TB 5.07 lb (2.30 kg)
SYSTEM COMPATIBILITY: MacOS®X 10.6.8 or higher
