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WD 6TB My Book Duo Desktop RAID External Hard Drive - USB 3.0 - WDBLWE0060JCH-NESN

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6TB
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  • 2 Bay, 6TB Personal Cloud Storage includes 2 x 3TB HDD
  • User selectable RAID 0/1 or JBOD lets you configure your drive for more speed (default setting: RAID 0), data protection (drive mirroring: RAID 1) or operate as two independent drives (JBOD)
  • High capacity external storage and backup; Ultra fast, optimized data transfer speeds; Protecting your data with multiple backup options
  • Complete backup solutions to secure your data from loss ; Integrated backup software, Cloud backup with Dropbox, System level backup
  • Speed and security with hardware encrypted RAID
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Customer Ratings
Sleep mode
3.1
3.8
3.9
3.7
4.3
Tech Support
2.6
3.6
3.8
3.5
4.2
Easy to use
2.3
4.3
4.6
4.2
4.7
Storage Capacity
4.3
4.6
4.5
4.6
Durability
3.8
4.3
4.3
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storage capacity
6000 GB
2000 GB
8 TB
6 TB
4 TB
hardware interface
usb3.0
usb3.0
usb3.0
usb3.0
usb3.0
compatible devices
Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7 or Windows Vista operating systems, Mac OS X El Capitan, Yosemite, Mavericks or Mountain Lion
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Desktop
Desktop
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Desktop
Desktop
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Dual-drive performance with up to 290MB/s* data transfers.

* Read speeds (MB/s) for HD video. Performance testing by WD resulted in actual transfer rates of 290 MB/s on 4 - 12 TB systems. Performance may vary based on operating system and hardware configuration.

Quickly transfer, save and protect your entire media collection

  • Massive capacity to hold all your large media files.
  • Speed and security with hardware encrypted RAID.
  • Ready to use right out of the box for Windows OS and easily reformatted for Mac OS X.

Massive capacity to hold all your large media files

My Book Duo is your storage vault. With up to 12 TB of capacity, you can organize and save your entire photo, video and music collection, and other important documents in one safe place.

Comprehensive data protection

Protect your digital collections and important files with local, cloud and system-level backup options, featuring hardware encryption and password protection for optimum security.

Speed and security.

My Book Duo ships preconfigured in RAID 0 for maximum performance and capacity with the options of choosing RAID 1 for ultimate data protection or JBOD to use the drives individually.

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WD My Book Duo WDBLWE0060JCH-NESN DAS Array - 6 TB Installed HDD Capacity
WD My Book Duo WDBLWE0060JCH-NESN DAS Array - 6 TB Installed HDD Capacity
RAID Supported - 2 x Total Bays - USB 3.0 External

Product Name:

My Book Duo 6 TB Dual-drive RAID Storage


Marketing Information:

My Book Duo premium RAID storage provides a quick way to transfer, save and protect your photos, videos, music and other massive files to free up valuable space on your computers. This dual-drive features blazing-fast transfer speeds, encrypted hardware RAID and comprehensive local and cloud backup options, My Book Duo is the ultimate storage solution offering the capacity and security you need.

Quickly save and organize your files ? Free up valuable space on all your computers. Save and organize your entire media collection on your My Book Duo with ultra-fast data transfer speeds as fast as 290 MB/s.

Massive capacity - My Book Duo is your storage vault. With up to 12 TB of capacity, you can save and protect all your photos, videos, music and important documents in one safe place.

Speed and security with hardware encrypted RAID - True hardware RAID provides an independent CPU to manage RAID volumes, maximize bandwidth and sustain performance and reliability.

Multiple data management options - Use the default performance mode (RAID 0) for faster data transfers and maximum capacity. With safe mode (RAID 1) half the capacity is used to store your data and the other half is used for a duplicate copy offering twice the data protection. You can also format this in JBOD to use the drives individually. And with the 256-bit AES hardware encryption feature, you have the peace of mind that your files are secure.



PROD. CLASS:

DAS Array

Customer reviews

3.9 out of 5 stars
3.9 out of 5
423 global ratings

Customers say

Customers like the ease of service and setup of the computer drive. For example, they mention the hard drives are easy to remove and replace. Some appreciate the value. That said, some complain about the back up. Opinions are mixed on quality, performance, and noise.

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67 customers mention48 positive19 negative

Customers find the setup of the computer drive to be easy. They mention that the RAID was easy to configure, and the drive connected easily. They also say that the instructions are adequate and easy to remember. Customers also mention that mounting as a single device and using other synchronization tools is easy.

"Very impressed with enclosure and the ease of setting it up...." Read more

"...The RAID 1 was easy to setup; I did it through Windows Disk Management after connecting it via USB 3.0 to my desktop...." Read more

"...Not the best setup for fast caching but if you don't need that then the My Book Duo is perfect!..." Read more

"...they are complicated passwords for some reason they are very easy for me to remember...." Read more

26 customers mention21 positive5 negative

Customers like the value of the computer drive. They say it has a great price for the space it has. Some customers also mention that the duo systems are a good value.

"...Cheaper, more storage, and it gives you 2 extra USB 3.0 ports." Read more

"I bought the 16TB drive which is great value for money - essentially cheaper than buying the two 8 TB disks separately...." Read more

"...But they are great drives and excellent value for money." Read more

"...I feel the price vs performance is fair but the warranty is lacking for some...." Read more

11 customers mention8 positive3 negative

Customers like the ease of service with the computer drive or storage. They mention that the hard drives are very easy to remove and replace. Some like that they can swap out a defective drive easily.

"...Easy to service and replace drives. I am pleased that it uses the server-grade Red drives as this should improve reliability...." Read more

"...Taking the drives out of the enclosure was easy...." Read more

"...And its future proof as the drives can easily be pulled out and replace...." Read more

"...It ran for a while and then told me there had been an error erasing my drive. At this point the drive letter had vanished again...." Read more

165 customers mention93 positive72 negative

Customers are mixed about the quality of the computer drive. Some mention it's well-made, reliable, and has massive storage. However, others say that it failed and is totally worthless. Some customers also report that the drive is not 100% glitch free.

"...Also Storage Spaces allows for a mixed RAID setup using the two disks in the My Book DUO...." Read more

"...So still not 100% glitch free, but at least this is something I can live with...." Read more

"...It's a heavy device, but you can tell it's extremely durable and well made...." Read more

"...Cheaper, more storage, and it gives you 2 extra USB 3.0 ports." Read more

147 customers mention100 positive47 negative

Customers are mixed about the performance of the drive. Some mention that it performs well for gaming, while others say that it's painfully slow and doesn't work nicely with Time Machine. The data transfer speed is highly inconsistent, ranging from 10MB/s to 100MB/sec.

"...It is quiet with very fast transfer rates (not formally tested, but moved whole movies within seconds). Easy to service and replace drives...." Read more

"...Over the network, the access and read/write of the drive is extremely fast; it uses Samba and can utilize DLNA for use in programs like Serviio...." Read more

"...This creates a major spin-up delay for any power user while everything halts while you wait about 20 seconds every time the drive/s spin up...." Read more

"...Thus far (2 hours) the drive is working fine. If it keeps working for 1 month without problems I will alter or remove this review...." Read more

25 customers mention16 positive9 negative

Customers are mixed about the noise of the computer drive. Some mention that it is very quiet and runs noiselessly in standby mode, while others say that it's noisy and slow but effective.

"Very impressed with enclosure and the ease of setting it up. It is quiet with very fast transfer rates..." Read more

"...It is vastly quieter than my previous Seagate drive, which would periodically make loud writing noises...." Read more

"...It makes some faint noise when plugged in but not enough to bother me. Also everything transfers quickly for me, no lagging or it taking forever...." Read more

"...I would say the noise is very minimal and should not be an issue for anyone...." Read more

21 customers mention6 positive15 negative

Customers are dissatisfied with the connectivity of the computer drive. For example, they mention that the USB connection and the power connection feel loose, the physical connection is weak, and the USB 3.0 connection would drop several times a day. That said, some say that the drive needs to be rebooted to reconnect.

"...If anyone else has had this situation of abrupt disconnection and has a resolution to the problem, I will be very appreciative, not only for my own..." Read more

"...The drawback is that most of the USB 3.0 ports on routers are notoriously slow, with USB 2.0 transfer rates." Read more

"...There are an additional two USB 3.0 ports on the back, so let's say you want to add even more external USB storage to your network but your router..." Read more

"...The problems started with a very loose power plug, continuing on to the second drive not working correctly, and ended with the unit not power up at..." Read more

19 customers mention0 positive19 negative

Customers have issues backing up their computer drives. They mention that the drive letters have vanished, the drives are not visible after PC boot, and the included WD Drive Utilities doesn't work. They also say that the drives dissappear in Windows 10 and even the box is not seeing the second drive. Customers also say the drives cannot be read in a computer and are unreadable.

"...another 20 or so gb's of new information and files and the drive would not even register as being hooked up to my computer...." Read more

"...they told me that the problem was because the drive letter had been assigned using windows as requested by the first support person, and it should..." Read more

"......" Read more

"...WD support we determined that the box, for some reason, is not seeing the second drive; in other words, the box is accessing only one of the two..." Read more

slow, very quiet but requires diskutil to format for a macos.
3 Stars
slow, very quiet but requires diskutil to format for a macos.
I had a few problems getting it to work. I own a mac so that means I needed to reformat since it was in NTFS mode. but when i try to reformat, it spit out an error Mediakit reports not enough space on device for requested operation.not matter what i tried it would not format to mac os journal extended...so i open a console windowdiskutil listto get the name to the disk you're trying to format. The below commands assume this is "disk1", but replace "disk1" with the correct disk if it's something different.Now unmount the disk:diskutil unmountDisk force disk1and then write zeros to the boot sector:sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/disk1 bs=1024 count=1024finally attempt to partition it again:diskutil partitionDisk disk1 GPT JHFS+ "My External HD" 0gafter it was ready to be used.first thing i did was do a speedtest and i was quite dissapointed.I avg about 30mb/s write and less than 10mb/s writeis that normal speeds? its formatted at raid0/striped. if i was mirroring i ge tit but this is straight up 16TB volume. I have a seagate 8TB and that one for sure beats it in performance. and yes its plugged into a usb 3 port.just to be sure I connected it to a windows 10 laptop (formatted) and same exact speed.anyone else notice how slow it is?the one thing its got going for it is, 16TB for $500
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Brandon
5.0 out of 5 stars who cares about the enclosure, the drives inside are great and run great in my server
Reviewed in Canada on April 18, 2017
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Ivan C.
5.0 out of 5 stars Excelente.
Reviewed in Mexico on January 31, 2018
Alan T
5.0 out of 5 stars Extremely Quiet - Massive Capacity
Reviewed in Canada on August 16, 2017
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excelente compra.
Reviewed in Mexico on February 28, 2017
peacekey
1.0 out of 5 stars Be careful-Serious Problem for backup
Reviewed in Canada on January 30, 2016
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