| Product Summary | | Manufacturer: WESTERN DIGITAL | | Mfg Part#: WDG2T20000N | | UPC: 00718037122618 | | Buy.com Sku: 205075640 | | Item#: C537WD | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 1220 | | View similar products |  |
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| | | | Product Guides | | | | | WDs My Book Premium Edition II dual-drive storage system offers RAID mirroring for extra data protection or RAID striping for extraordinary capacity and performance. Triple-interface and a powerful combination of features and performance make this system the storage solution of choice for creative professionals, workgroups, small offices and anyone looking for extra assurance that their data is safe.
Ideal For:
Gain peace of mind with a mirrored back up of important documents and images
Organize and archive vast photo and artwork libraries
Edit and exchange massive audio and video projects
| | Features |  | Extraordinary capacity - With up to 2 TBs of storage in an elegant, small footprint design, you have plenty of space to store an entire digital photo library, your HD movie collection and hours and hours of DV video. | | Extra data protection - For extra data protection, dedicate half the capacity for mirroring and automatically and instantaneously back up data every time you save it. | | Extra-fast performance - The lighting-fast combination of FireWire 400/800 and RAID striping yields the speed you need for fast, smooth video editing, an extra-responsive Photoshop scratch disk, rendering complex 3D objects or special effects, and saving huge blocks of data in record time. | | Easy to set up, easy to use - Youre up and running in a few simple steps. RAID configuration is easy with WDs intuitive RAID Wizard software | | User serviceable - Easy access allows you to open the case and replace a drive. No need to send the entire system in for service. | | Triple interface - Provides flexibility and performance with connections for ultra-fast FireWire 800, as well as FireWire 400 and USB 2.0. | | WD Backup Software - A simple file-based backup system that's extremely easy to use. | | Capacity gauge - See at a glance how much space is available on your storage system. | | Intelligent drive management features - Automatic power-up, Safe Shutdown, and LED activity lights make this storage system especially easy to use. | | Quiet and cool - An efficient convection cooling system and a thermostatically controlled fan keep this unit reliably cool and remarkably quiet. |
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| Customer Reviews | ![]() | | Value |  4.5 | | Performance | 4.5 | | Ease of Use |  4 | | Overall Satisfaction | 4.5 |
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1 of 1 customers found this review helpful.
4 of 5 good hardware but poor software Monday, June 02, 2008
A Customer from Mountain View, CA
The device itself is pretty nice. Relatively quiet (I can only hear the HDDs when they're being actively used). Performance is great (I use it primarily with Time Machine).
But they really have to improve their software. I'm still unable to upgrade the firmware - the update script gives some cryptic errors (on Leopard). Even the latest version of their "RAID manager" is extremely simplistic, but yet it did take me a while to figure out how to switch the unit to RAID1 mode.
But once I've done that, the Time Machine has been working flawlessly with the device. I got it at a pretty nice discount, so the value for me is high..
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5 of 5 Works great on my Mac! Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Susan from Orange Park, FL
I recently purchased this drive on the advice of my trainer in my Apple One to One session. My 500 G drive was almost filled with raw video footage that I am working with to put my lifelong family film on DVD. He suggested a 2 TB drive with a RAID array so that it could also serve as my backup drive as I had not been backing up my footage at that point. I found this drive priced much more reasonably than others I had looked at. Since I have two other WD external drives that have worked well, I didn't hesitate to purchase another one. My Apple trainer helped me set up the drive and transfer all my files to it with ease. It works great with my MacBook Pro laptap! Was this review helpful?
0 of 1 customers found this review helpful.
5 of 5 Does what it claims Saturday, May 03, 2008
A Customer from Redmond, WA
Lots of disk space with a few ways to connect to the PC. I run with full capacity which provides a nice amount of space in a single box. Was this review helpful?
2 of 3 customers found this review helpful.
2 of 5 Difficult to setup, disappointing to use Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Tim from Mountain View, CA
Where do I start with this device? I bought this because I wanted 1TB of RAIDed hard disk I could drop wherever. Instead I get a noisy, hot device that requires custom drivers and is very picky about when it is and isn't going to work.
First of all you need a driver to use this drive. So OS X and Windows are the only systems you can use it on. The OS X setup is abysmal. You can tell Windows developers got roped into coding that one.
Second of all the drive is VERY picky about how it's going to work. I first tried it on USB with FAT32 on Windows. Worked okay. Moved it to OS X. No go. After setting it up, I had to format from scratch to HFS+. Finally I can now write files properly. Oh wait, what's that? USB isn't reliable? Okay, I'll switch to Firewire and have to ditch my other Firewire devices (I have a Mac Mini with a single Firewire port). But wait, you're still not happy? I was instructed by Western Digital to NOT plug the hard drive into a powerboard, but instead plug it directly into the wall.
So now it works. And now that it is working, it seems okay. Nothing special. I'm skeptical that the RAID will actually protect the data, but we'll see. DO NOT buy this if you don't have a lot of time on you're hands, and DEFINITELY do not buy this if you're not technically competent. Was this review helpful?
1 of 2 customers found this review helpful.
4 of 5 Good Customer Service Wednesday, April 30, 2008
A Customer from Prosser, WA
It was a great hard drive until it caught on fire! I immediately contacted customer service, and they sent out a new 2TB drive right away. It was actually kind of amusing to tell them why I was requesting an RMA! The second hard drive works like a champ. Was this review helpful?
0 of 1 customers found this review helpful.
5 of 5 Great Product Sunday, April 27, 2008
Bobby from Scottsdale, AZ
Awesome price for 2TB!!!!! Also, great speed with the firewire ports. I've had it for two weeks so far, and it hasn't failed me. Was this review helpful?
0 of 1 customers found this review helpful.
5 of 5 A Great External Drive For The Money Monday, April 21, 2008
A Customer from Quincy, IL
I purchased 2 of these 2TB drives to act as my iTunes storage locations.
1 for my movies and 1 for my TV shows.
These drives are wonderful. They have some fan noise but not to the extent to be annoying. The only time they are loud is at startup.
I paired them to my Macintosh with no problems.
For the dollar amount spent compared to ease of use and the size of the drive....
I would not think twice about buying more of these drives.
I give these drives a A+ Was this review helpful?
0 of 2 customers found this review helpful.
5 of 5 easy to set up... Saturday, March 22, 2008
isa from South City, CA
user friendly and i really love the 2TB space that stores my video footage. Was this review helpful?
1 of 2 customers found this review helpful.
5 of 5 Very pleased with this drive Wednesday, March 19, 2008
A Customer from Frisco, Tx
I've purchased a total of 5 of these drives over the past year and have had no trouble with any of them. I would recommend them to anyone who needs a large and reliable hard drive. Was this review helpful?
1 of 3 customers found this review helpful.
4 of 5 2TB via Firewire800 Wednesday, December 26, 2007
rkh986 from Portland OR
The WD 2Terabyte drive with triple interface is the storage module that we have been awaiting. New small computers will leave the storage to a brick like this. Performance is as promised, and Firewire 800 finally gives us 2 digit megabyte per second sustained data transfers! This is a bell ringer that promises to serve us well. The sound level is low, but not silent. This one must live on the floor and be allowed "breathing room" of more than 24 db (perceptual guestimate, not measured). Bravo to WD! Was this review helpful?
0 of 2 customers found this review helpful.
5 of 5 buy_things@mac.com Wednesday, December 19, 2007
A Customer from columbia, mo
nice drive - i love the fast firewire (800) interface. the RAID software that comes with it works even on a mac for either RAID 0 or RAID 1. i love having 2 tb for backup purposes. Was this review helpful?
1 of 2 customers found this review helpful.
5 of 5 Excellent Drive but know the warranty difference b Wednesday, December 05, 2007
A Customer from Pittsburgh, PA
I bought the Pro version of this drive just a few weeks ago as both a Mac OS X 10.5 Time Machine backup drive and for digital video editing. So far it's been great and the Pro version's lighter aluminum color is a perfect match for the Al iMac.
Note that the warranty for the Premium version drive, which looks like it has the same specs as the Pro drive, is only 1 year vs. 3 years for the Pro drive, according to the Western Digital web site.
I also considered the new LaCie with a hard switch on the back for selection of RAID 0 or RAID 1, but the 2TB version was almost $900. The WD software worked fine on the Mac and the rings of light on the front provide visual feedback and look cool too!
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