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Western Digital has taken two of its 3-terabyte (TB) hard disks to create a hugely capacious 6-terabyte desktop drive – if you don’t mind living dangerously. Or live safely with around 3TB of mirrored storage. The 6TB WD My Book Studio II has the same...
The WD My Book Studio II benefits from this upgrade to the largest commercially available hard disks, offering around 6TB when the internal drives are striped together. If you value data integrity over capacity and slightly faster write speeds, you’d b...
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Western Digital’s My Book Studio Edition II has a monumental six terabytes of storage space, which should be more than enough for backing up even the largest multimedia collection. The case is reasonably compact and looks stylish in metallic effect pla...
Useful RAID protection and a huge capacity, but the My Book Studio II is only quick if your computer has eSATA or FireWire 800...
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If you think bigger is better when it comes to storage space, you might be interested in Western Digital’s My Book Studio Edition II, which combines two 3TB drives in a RAID 0 setup for a whopping 6TB of data storage. Aside from the My Book’s abundant...
Sleek design; Lots of storage space; 5-year limited warranty...
Unimpressive write speeds...
Though its write performance is less than stellar, the My Book Studio Edition II provides copious amounts of storage space, a sleek look, and plenty of connection options. Western Digital also includes a limited 5-year warranty. If you need to store 722 h...
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itreviews.com Updated:
2011-10-04 14:40:22
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With so much streaming and downloadable media available these days it's easy to clog up drives in your system with stuff you're waiting to see or burn to optical media or both - and in the case of HD video, these can be huge files. What you need is a...
Huge capacity for backups and storing media files...
No USB 3.0 interface (or Thunderbolt for Mac users).
The latest addition to WD's My Book Studio Edition II range offers huge amounts of external storage, but the lack of forward thinking by not having at least a USB 3.0 interface for Windows users is disappointing...
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Western Digital has never been slow in adding its largest capacity drives to its external drive family, and once it released the world's first internal 3TB drive, the Caviar Green 3TB, it was only a matter of time before it stuck it in an external enclosu...
Stunningly huge capacity, Geared for Macs, Fast, Good value...
No USB 3.0 interface, Large and heavy...
Amazing capacity from Western Digital at a reasonable price...
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techradar.com Updated:
2011-10-04 14:40:22
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Western Digitals latest addition to the My Book Studio range is this weighty double-width 4TB tome. Partitioned and preformatted for your Mac, the Studio Edition II is a one-stop space solution that will appeal to anyone handling large amounts of data...
Great connection options, Fast performance, Great capacity...
Flimsy chassis...
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expertreviews.co.uk Updated:
2011-10-04 14:40:22
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Western Digital bills its My Book Studio II 4TB as the worlds first 4TB external hard drive, but you can bet other manufacturers wont be far behind. Being first isnt the only thing this storage drive has going for it, though...
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Western Digital pays a lot of attention to its Mac products, and the MyBook Studio Edition II is no exception. While companies such as LaCie and Iomega do provide drives that are preformatted in the Mac’s HFS+ format, as well as backup software for th...
Good performance, competitive price and good Mac software...
Can only use Western Digital replacement drives...
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Western Digitals My Book Studio Edition II is an external hard drive that uses two drives, pre-configured as a fast RAID 0 (striped) array. Our test unit came with two 500GB WD Green Power drives (which use up to 30 percent less power than standard...
The My Book Studio Edition II is both fast and roomy. With its attractive design and the ability to run in either zippy striped or data-protecting mirrored RAID configurations, this drive is worth considering either for those looking to perform backup...
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Western Digitals My Book Studio Edition II is an external hard drive that uses two drives, pre-configured as a fast RAID 0 (striped) array. Our test unit came with two 500GB WD Green Power drives (which use up to 30 percent less power than standard dr...
Fast performance; capacity meter; low power consumption.
No FireWire 400 port; Western Digital utility must be installed before RAID configuration can be changed.
The My Book Studio Edition II is both fast and roomy. With its attractive design and the ability to run in either zippy striped or data-protecting mirrored RAID configurations, this drive is worth considering either for those looking to perform Time M...
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Zdnet.com.au Updated:
2011-11-06 07:10:16
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Tweet Submit The My Book Studio is Western Digital's Mac-focused range. Unlike its single drive cousin, it's not encased in metal, but rather silver spray-painted plastic. The Studio Edition II is rather sensibly named, in that it contains two hard...
User serviceable drives, Great sequential FireWire 800 performance, RAID 1 or 0 available...
Not great on the random speeds, we've seen better eSATA performance, Lid is a pain to close...
The My Book Studio Edition II isn't a top-level performer across the board. We'd only look into it if you need high sequential reads and writes over FireWire, or like the idea of redundant directly attached storage.
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While for some of us, the ability for our hard drive to be able to resist sniper fire underwater is a going concern (), most of us are really just in the market for as much storage space as we can afford.You can’t shoot the Western Digital My Book Stud...
Really, really big...
Slowish write speeds, $719...
While write speeds might lag a little, the WD My Book Studio Edition II offers almost as much storage space as even the greediest user could want at a reasonable expense.Related Tags: design, durability, hard drive, rating guide, review, speed, tb, tes...
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Western Digital has increased the capacity of its My Book Studio Edition II external hard drive to 4TB. Designed to be used with both Macs and PCs, it lets you choose from plenty of different connections and it can be configured for speed or data redundancy. Coated in a silver finish, the My Book Studio Edition II (4TB) has the same sleek, book-like enclosure that will be familiar to users of any of Western Digitals My Book range of external hard drives. The rounded LED on the front of the enc...
4TB of storage, fast, cool and quiet operation...
Hard drives are difficult to extract, software can be cumbersome to use...
Western Digital’s latest external hard drive provides extensive storage capacity and delivered good results in our speed tests...
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Its quiet, its energy efficient and it’s 2TB of space in an easily connectible box. The Western Digital My Book Studio Edition II may not be the fastest kid on the block, but it isn’t a slow coach and it is customisable enough to suit most situations.
Energy efficient, simple and elegant design, runs quietly, good software...
Slower read/write speed than comparable devices The Final Word Its quiet, its energy efficient and it’s 2TB of space in an easily connectible box. The Western Digital My Book Studio Edition II may not be the fastest kid on the block, but it isn&rsqu...
Its quiet, its energy efficient and it’s 2TB of space in an easily connectible box. The Western Digital My Book Studio Edition II may not be the fastest kid on the block, but it isn’t a slow coach and it is customisable enough to suit most sit...
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Western Digital's My Book Studio is a 2TB external hard drive supporting FireWire 800 and USB 2.0. It is designed primarily for Mac users, although it can be used on Windows platforms after a reformat.The My Book Studio has a similar design to previou...
Attractive design, customisable e-label display, useful software...
USB 2.0 transfer speeds could be a bit faster...
The Western Digital My Book Studio (2TB) is an excellent external hard drive for people who need lots of storage. It features useful software, an attractive design and whisper-quiet operation...
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The My Book Studio Edition II combines two Western Digital Caviar Green 3TB drives to give a vast 6TB of storage. Its USB 2 and eSATA connections are joined by a Mac-friendly FireWire 800 port, and the drives are formatted with Apple HFS+ (PC users will...
A Mac-friendly external hard drive that packs in masses of storage -- but a bit overpriced.OverallSpecs$687 AUD(pricing info)...
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