Western Digital My Book Studio Edition II 2TB External USB 2.0/FireWire/eSATA Hard Drive Reviews
Quad interface, RAID-enabled, about 30% less power consumption, formatted for Mac. The My Book Studio Edition II treads lightly on the earth and carries big performance for creativ... Show More
Quad interface, RAID-enabled, about 30% less power consumption, formatted for Mac. The My Book Studio Edition II treads lightly on the earth and carries big performance for creative professionals. Fast, Green and Mac Ready Features : The speed you need Lightning-fast FireWire 800 combined with RAID 0 (Striped) yields the speed you need for smooth video editing, rendering complex 3D objects or special effects and saving huge blocks of data in record time. Cooler, quieter, eco friendlier Designed to use only WD's GreenPower drives, this system uses about 30% less energy than standard systems and runs quietly because it doesn't need a fan. ( Based on comparison between a 1 TB dual-drive system using 7200 RPM drives and a 1 TB dual-drive system using WD's GreenPower drives.) Formatted for Mac Works with Apple's Time Machine. Includes software and instructions for reformatting to Windows. Quad interface Power your creativity with connections for ultra-fast eSATA and FireWire 800. For flexibility and conv
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Very nice RAID drive.
Feb. 4, 2013Storage (photo, video, documents, etc.)
Great External Drive/Backup
May. 23, 2012Simple to set up and use. Very Good for photo and video work.
good product with lots of space
Oct. 25, 2011this mirrored back up drive gives peace of mind. I purchased this unit replacing an external storage drive that burned out and because did not have a mirrow drive, I lost ALL the data.
What I needed at a good price.
Sep. 29, 2011Good for archiving digital photos.
This is a 50/50 deal...
Jun. 27, 2011Well, it is feature packed with RIAD 0,1 support, Firewire 800 and eSATA being the high lights. 2 internal drives spinning at 7200rpm max. with smart spin control (WD Green drives), each 32MB buffer, ...
Works Great for Video Editing Backup
May. 9, 2011We are using the Western Digital My Book Studio Edition II 2TB External USB 2.0/FireWire/eSATA Hard Drive for backing up and process rendering for Video projects at my office. With the Firewire connec...
I would buy this product again.
Apr. 3, 2011I use this for backing up my laptop, it works great. Setup was a little difficult
Good Drive with eSATA issue
Mar. 27, 2011I just got this drive recently, and for USB it works great. However, the point of getting this drive is to take advantage of the dual drive and eSATA speed. eSATA is problematic, but after much resear...
Great device for constant rec of video
Mar. 22, 2011This drive runs great with my DVR (CCTV)
Great RAID device and easily upgradeable
Feb. 27, 2011This item is perfect for me, in fact I bought 2 -- for use as a an Apple Time Machine Backup and a Video HD backup. It's easy to upgrade with larger sized- SATA drives.
No problems, [...]
Feb. 27, 2011Hard drive is large (2 - 1TB hard drive put together). No problems so far.
Reliable
Jan. 12, 2011I use this product on a daily bases and as far as hard drives go this has been a very good one
Great, Reliable Drive!
Jun. 10, 2010I use two of these (in addition to DVDs) to backup my photos for my photography business. I used them in a RAID 1 format, so I sacrifice some capacity, but I know that all of my data is redundant at a...
Great Storage Solution for Freelancers
Jun. 6, 2010If you are looking for a great solution to RAID storage and don't want to drop tons of money, look no further! I own 3 of these bad boys, each set to RAID 1 mirroring so that I never lose a byte of da...
I knew it works well!
Apr. 12, 2010This provides a plenty of storage space with ease of backing up for a professional musician and music lovers. This is the one for those who have tons of music files and create music. If you only kee...
Solid Investment
Mar. 13, 2010I use this drive to store my HD video projects on, it's easy to set up, has the 800 fire wire, so it transfers fast and is the best deal for the amount of space you get. I wish it were a bit more port...
Gets the job done
Mar. 10, 2010Make no mistake, this is a bulky external drive. I cut on a Macbook Pro, but using this drive definitely limits portability. Having said that, it has performed well for me so far and I love being ab...
Great drive, good price
Mar. 6, 2010I use these for both primary drives and backups. The quad interface is as flexible as it could be. They're fast, quiet and (so far) reliable. I've been using my first MyBook Studio II for about 18 mon...
The Best External Hard Drive Yet!
Mar. 3, 2010I have a macbook pro which has little storage space for large photo files. This EHD has plenty of space and transfers quickly via firewire. Nothing bad to say except that it takes up a lot of space on...
Great for archiving
Jan. 19, 2010Great for video, photo, music archiving. eSATA connection is lightning fast but costs extra for cord and adapter. Also great for video editing in RAID 0 mode.
Good source for storage
Jan. 19, 2010A lot of storage space and -so far- reliable.
One of the best
Dec. 28, 2009Like the lack of noise and reduced power usage. Running it right out the box for Mac with no drivers. Good speed on Firewire 800
Works well, no problems
Dec. 25, 2009Stream video / audio to my HTPC off this thing. Used RAID 1 setting (easy to use OS X software included) which, by design, looses half the capacity but, by design, gains the reliability of built in ba...
good product
Dec. 20, 2009I'm using this in RAID 1 as extra capacity for personal photos (irreplaceable) and music (pain to replace). Functioning as it should.
corporate class hard drive
Nov. 21, 2009im so satisfied with how big this hdd is, it gives me such a feeling that this is made not for common people but for serious power user like me. one thing that you have to notice is that this drive c...
So Far, So Good...
Nov. 10, 2009[...] I reformatted the unit for Windows NTFS and set it up in RAID 1. I love the quick file transfers in USB 2.0 but wonder why eSATA isn't functional? I did the firmware upgrade but still no luck on...
Love it!
Nov. 9, 2009I purchased it one month ago to replace the Lacie Big Disk that broke down after two years of casual use. It takes a few minutes for me to set up and it is working great so far. I bought two of thos...
Great so far - despite a rocky beginning
Sep. 30, 2009I bought this to use as a RAID 1 mirrored drive with Time Machine using OS 10.6. I called WD support before I bought it to ask about the reconfiguration process and was told that reconfiguring was eas...
Exactly as described
Sep. 23, 2009I had to hook it up directly to my computer to switch it from Raid 0 to Raid 1 then I connected it to my router and backup is a breeze. It was that simple.
I'm Sold!
Jun. 24, 2009It does what I hoped it would do in an easy straight-forward fashion.
Western Digital - purchase review
May. 29, 2009So far so good. Quiet, fast, easy to use. Cannot complain
Good Unit, but not all cables included
May. 12, 2009Good unit, bought it for mirror mode.
Capacity to grow is the name of the game
Apr. 22, 2009Runs quite and I'm told saves money by using less energy. With eSata it just blazes much faster I suspect than my motherboard is capable of and seems faster than the Seagate which is way fast as well....
good product
Apr. 22, 2009This MyBook is preformatted for Mac, but can be reformatted for Windows. It is relatively fast using Firewire 800 and can store a lot of data. It also has an eSATA port, but my iMAC doesn't. You can a...
Nice unit
Aug. 11, 2008Worked well straight out of the box. Nice design.
I bought another one!
Jul. 7, 2008This is my second one. Not only does it look great next to the iMac and the other WD drive, but it's just as reliable and quick in Raid 0 configuration.
Blistering Speed!
Jun. 11, 2008This drive is very good looking next to my iMac and with Raid1 storage coupled with TimeMachine - I have THREE copies of everything. I feel very good about this machine as I had two WD 1TB MyBook Hom...
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