Product Description
My Book Thunderbolt Duo dual-drive storage system featuring revolutionary Thunderbolt technology, sets new standards for data transfer speeds and workflow flexibility in high-capacity storage.
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Product Details
- Size: 8 TB
- Brand: Western Digital
- Model: WDBUSK0080JSL-NESN
- Released on: 2012-10-12
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 6.50" h x 3.90" w x 6.20" l, 5.07 pounds
- Hard Disk: 8TB
Features
- Revolutionary Thunderbolt technology
- Two Thunderbolt ports for high-speed multi-tasking
- Dual-drive storage system with user serviceable drives
- User-selectable RAID 0/1
- Thunderbolt cable included
From the Manufacturer
My Book Thunderbolt Duo – Dual-drive storage system.
My Book Thunderbolt Duo dual-drive storage system delivers the optimum fusion of performance and capacity. This drive offers two Thunderbolt ports delivering the revolutionary data transfer speeds available only with Thunderbolt technology. Daisy chain multiple devices through My Book Thunderbolt Duo and enjoy nearly unlimited flexibility and performance in your creative life.
Finally, a drive that can keep pace with your creativity. The leading-edge speed of Thunderbolt technology lets creative pros design, edit, render and produce graphics, movies, music and more in record time.
Customize this dual-drive storage system to your needs – RAID 0 for speed, RAID 1 for data protection, JBOD to use the drives individually.
The revolutionary bi-directional Thunderbolt technology delivers unmatched speed for multi-tasking while video editing, 3D rendering and completing other graphics-intensive projects.
Move data at unprecedented speeds - Video editors and other digital media professionals can do more work in less time with the ground-breaking data transfer speed of the Thunderbolt ports on My Book Thunderbolt Duo. It offers the indisputably fastest way to get information to and from your external drive. Finally, a drive that can keep up with your creativity.
Dual drive RAID storage system - 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.
Dual Thunderbolt ports enhance workflow efficiency - Daisy chain up to seven devices or peripherals using the two Thunderbolt ports to achieve maximum workflow efficiency and productivity.
High-speed multi-tasking - The revolutionary bi-directional Thunderbolt technology delivers unmatched speed for multi-tasking while video editing, 3D rendering and completing other graphics-intensive projects.
User-serviceable - Want to replace a drive? Simply open the case and exchange the existing drive – no tools needed. If you fill up a drive, you can simply remove it and replace it with a fresh drive and begin saving even more of your creative life.
WD Drive Utilities - Register your drive, run diagnostics, manage RAID or JBOD modes and more using WD Drive Utilities.
Thunderbolt Interface
Designed by Intel, Thunderbolt technology is the fastest, most flexible interface ever. Thunderbolt technology offers performance, simplicity and flexibility.
- Performance - Transfer a full-length HD movie in under 30 seconds. Thunderbolt technology delivers unprecedented data transfer rates with a connector that is capable of providing two bi-directional channels each with up to 10 Gb/s of bandwidth.
- Simplicity - Reduce the clutter while you increase your productivity. Thunderbolt technology supports daisy chaining multiple devices through a single Thunderbolt cable so you can multi-task at maximum speed without having to switch out devices.
- Flexibility - Connect Thunderbolt technology-enabled external hard drives, media players, HD displays, media capture and editing systems and more through a single cable and enjoy nearly unlimited flexibility and performance in your creative life.
Ideal for
- Moving data at the unprecedented speeds of Thunderbolt technology
- Daisy-chaining multiple devices like HD monitors, video and audio editors, media players and more through the dual Thunderbolt ports for nearly unlimited workflow efficiency and productivity
- Multi-tasking while video editing, 3D rendering and completing other graphics-intensive projects
- Enhancing system performance by setting to RAID 0 to boost speed
- Protecting your data with user-selectable RAID 1 that automatically generates a duplicate copy of your data
- Setting to JBOD to use the system as two individual drives
- Selecting ExFat to run Windows OS on a Mac
What's in the box
Dual-drive storage system with Thunderbolt connector, AC adapter, Quick Install Guide.
Thunderbolt cable included with 8 TB model only.
Compatibility
Formatted for Mac OS X Snow Leopard or Lion operating system
Note: Compatibility may vary depending on user's hardware configuration and operating system.
System Requirements
Computer with Thunderbolt connector
Mac OS X 10.6.8 or higher
Thunderbolt cable (must be purchased separately)
Configuration
Configurable for maximum speed (RAID 0), data protection/mirror mode (RAID 1) or use the drives individually in JBOD mode.
Thunderbolt and the Thunderbolt logo are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries.
Features at a glance
- Revolutionary Thunderbolt technology
- User-selectable RAID 0/1
- High-speed multi-tasking
- Move data at unprecedented speeds
- Dual Thunderbolt ports enhance workflow efficiency
- User-serviceable
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 External Storage Comparison Chart | Storage with backup | Premium storage with backup | Storage with Thunderbolt technology | ||||
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| My Passport for Mac | My Book for Mac | My Passport Edge for Mac | My Passport Studio | My Book Studio | My Book Thunderbolt Duo | My Book VelociRaptor Duo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ultra-fast portable storage for Mac. | Fast. Reliable. Secure. | Ultra-slim. All metal. Mac-ready. | Precision metal. Professional power. | All metal. Fast and secure. | Peak performance for creative professionals. | Extreme speed and capacity. | |
| Interface | USB 3.0 | USB 3.0, USB 2.0 | USB 3.0, USB 2.0 | FireWire 800, USB 2.0 | USB 3.0 , USB 2.0 | Thunderbolt (x2) | Thunderbolt (x2) |
| Capacity range | 500 GB - 2 TB | 2 TB - 3 TB | 500 GB | 500 GB - 2 TB | 1 TB - 4 TB | 4 TB - 8 TB | 2 TB |
| All metal enclosure |  | | | ||||
| Compatible with Apple Time Machine | | | | | | | |
| Password protection and hardware encryption | | | | | | ||
| 10,000 RPM drives | | ||||||
| Portable form factor | | | | ||||
| RAID | 0/1 | 0/1 | |||||
| Mac ready | | | | | | | |
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
By Paul S Boyer
Simple to install, and very reliable. The Thunderbolt cable comes included only with this 8TB model. I switched the unit to Raid 1, which was not as simple as it should have been because of the out-of-date instructions. Also, the Thunderbolt cable must be attached from the computer to the upper of the two Thunderbolt ports on the drive enclosure, or else it will not be possible to change the RAID configuration. I don't know why this is so, but we had to go to an advanced tech support person at WD to find this out.
Other than that, this is a very useful and well made solution to storage. It is secure in it bavckup capabilities in RAID 1, and it is wide enough that it will not get knocked over easily.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful.
By Paul Sterne
I use the Thunderbolt Duo for storage and editing of large video files. It is connected to my 17" MacBookPro (released in February, 2011 MacBookPro8,3.) I use version 10.6.8 of Mac OS X (Snow Leopard.)
The main advantage of the Thunderbolt Duo is fast access to large files. The BlackMagic Disk Speed Test reports reads and write above 250 MB/s. The highest data transfer rate I could observe using a RAID set with the identical drives in docking stations was around 150MB/s.
Faster data access may be possible with a solid state drive (SSD) but the cost per gigabyte would be much higher.
An important second advantage is the opportunity for an end user with minimal technical training to replace the drives inside the Thunderbolt Duo. Drive replacement is not as convenient as it would be with a hard drive docking station, because two mounting screws and a pull tab must be removed from each of the two old drives and inserted onto each of the two new drives. Some practice is required to properly replace a metal screen and tighten a thumbscrew that secures the drives in place. The entire drive replacement process can be completed within several minutes. Drive replacement does not void any warranties. The only tool required is a Phillips head screwdriver.
The third advantage of the Thunderbolt Duo is its nearly silent operation. The drives are cooled by air flow, without any fans.
That leads to a significant disadvantage: Only certain drives that generate less heat, such as Western Digital Caviar Green drives may be used inside the Thunderbolt Duo. That was not a big problem for me since most of my files were already on Green drives.
I have ordered a second Thunderbolt Duo. I expect to use a RAID set spanning 4 drives to produce even faster data transfer rates.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
By Phillip U.
This drive is fast. Thunderbolt is truly an impressive technology. I have been getting sustained sequential write speeds of around 240 - 250MB/s from an internal SSD to this drive.
But I have to say I was taken by surprise that this drive (and its smaller version the 6TB Thunderbolt Duo) use a different RAID implementation than their cousins - the WD My Book Studio Edition II series. The older drives used a hardware RAID that created a single logical volume such that the OS only saw one volume. With the Thunderbolt Duo units, both drives are seen. At least on my iMac (late 2012) they are. The RAID level is easily configurable using the WD Drive Utilities app. But this app is really just applying the same software-based AppleRAID that could be configured using Apple's own Disk Utility.
Why does this matter? Because I like to use whole disk encryption using FileVault 2. But FileVault does not support software RAID volumes. So I cannot encrypt these drives AND use RAID 0 (striping) or RAID 1 (mirroring). This is a major bummer.
As mentioned, the older MyBook Studio Edition II units created a single logical volume so I can apply whole disk encryption using FileVault. I was assuming I could with these as well, but I learned what assuming does the hard way.
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