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October 11th, 2016 by Lyle Smith WD My Book Review WD has refreshed several of their highly popular portable and external storage solutions, including the My Passport, My Passport for Mac, and the My Book, the latter which we will be looking at for this review. The newly designed external storage solutions feature a new modern, sleek-looking build that is noticeably smaller than the previous model as well as a generous 8TB in maximum capacity. The company’s automatic backup solution, WD Backup, is also included.
We’ve touched on this software in many of our WD reviews, indicating that it allows users easily manage all their content via a clean, user-friendly process. More specifically, the handy backup automatically protects all of your files on your computer with on-premise backups to a WD drive as primary storage.
Off-premise backups are sent to the cloud, which is useful for increased protection and disaster recovery. You can also further protect your files using the included password protection and hardware encryption. The My Book desktop solution is back by a 2-year limited warranty starting at $129.99 for the 3TB. WD My Book Specifications. Capacities: 3TB, 4TB, 6TB, 8TB. Interface: USB 3.0. Dimensions:.
Weight:. Warranty: 2 years Design and build The new WD My Book is both smaller and uses very different design than the older model, as it now sports angled corners compared to the rounded front panel used before.
In other terms, it looks a lot less like an actual book now; however, it still uses a 3.5' HDD. The bottom part of the new My Book features a new textured groove horizontal/diagonal design that wraps around the device while the WD branding is imprinted on the front panel near the top. It's shiny build, however, is fairly easy to smudge Like its predecessor, the My Books are fan-less, which makes the venting on the top panel very important so that the drive inside can rid its heat. The drive is also meant to be placed vertically alongside a workstation; it uses two rubber strips on the bottom to prevent slipping on a flat desk surface. Connectivity on the back also remains the same: USB connection and power port as well as a Kensington lock slot. Performance Using the, we measured the transfer speeds from WD My Book using IOMeter.
In our initial 2MB sequential benchmark, WD’s newly designed storage solution gave us read transfers of 171.59MB/s and write transfers of 171.27MB/s. In terms of random 2MB transfers, the My Book boasted read and write activity at 118.25MB/s and 90.0MB/s, respectively. In our final IOMeter test (random 4k transfers), 457.326726 IOPS write and 168.94 IOPS read. To further test its performance, we also installed PCMark on the Z640 workstation.
This is a tool that calculates the performance at the system and component level and most often represents typical home user workloads for all types of PCs, tablets, mobile workstations, and desktops storage solutions. While there are multiple categories that PCMark tests (including typical work usage, home usage, and creative usage), we will only be looking at Storage benchmark, which tests the performance of any drives installed in the system, leveraging traces recorded from Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Office and a selection of more popular video games to measure real-world performance differences between storage devices.
Here, the new WD My Book recorded a PCMark score of 2552 with a bandwidth of 10.45MB/s, results which were expected. Conclusion Overall, WD’s new My Book is a solid choice for the general consumer looking for a solution to back up a large amount of data, such images of their entire computer and large media files, leveraging a relatively large storage pool of 8TB. Moreover, the WD Backup software gives users will a seamless and easy way to manage and back up all their content to either the WD drive as primary storage, or to the cloud off-premises.
That being said, all of this was possible in previous models of the My Book Line, as nothing else has been upgraded besides the new modern looking, more compact design. Though the more design-savvy consumers will appreciate this. Diving into the performance of the newly designed My Book showed read and write activity at 171.59MB/s and 171.27MB/s, and 118.25MB/s and 90.0MB/s, during our 2MB sequential and random tests, respectively. In addition, the PCMark storage test recorded a score of 2552, while bandwidth hit 10.45MB/s. The results of these tests certainly indicate performance well-suited for its intended use case, which is a solution used primarily for the backup of cold data. Pros. New modern, compact design.
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Easy-to-use backup software. Good performance for its intended application Cons. No component upgrades Bottom Line Though only an upgrade in appearance and size, the new My Book offers mainstream consumers with a very reliable way to back up their content via a generous capacity point.
The Western Digital MyBook World Edition NAS drive makes remote access and file sharing a breeze. The 500GB single-drive version costs $380, making it a cost-effective solution for network backup and sharing. Unfortunately, it's one of the slower drives we've tested and doesn't include a print server or a media server. Still, we like how the included software bridges the gap between highly technical file sharing and the kludgey workarounds we've seen. If the slow transfer speeds don't deter you, this is a good option for anytime-anywhere access. Design The Western Digital MyBook World Edition looks exactly like its desktop brethren, the, save for its glossy white exterior, reminiscent of the traditional iPod case. The MyBook World Edition sits vertically and is designed to resemble a book.
The edges of the 'pages' are marked with a series of dots and dashes-Morse code-that do double duty as a passive cooling feature. On the spine of the 'book' sits a power button surrounded by two blue LED rings.
The inner ring is a capacity gauge, while the outer ring flashes to indicate activity. The back edge houses a Gigabit Ethernet port for connecting to your router, a USB port for attaching an external hard drive, a power port, a pinhole reset button, and a Kensington lock. Setting up the drive is simple: just connect the drive to a LAN port on your router using an Ethernet cable, connect the power cable, and plug it in. Once it's fully powered on (which takes about 3 minutes), use the included CD to install the WD Anywhere Access software and the EMC Retrospect Backup software. Features The regular MyBook World Edition drive houses a single 500GB hard drive, but the MyBook World Edition II houses two 500GB drives (for a total of 1TB); the larger version is RAID-capable as well. Once you've installed the included software, the drive should be mapped as a drive letter on your system, and you should be able to access its contents as if it were a local drive.
On each PC on which you install the backup software, you can set one-off or regular backups of files and folders. The EMC software will also let you restore your files in case of a system failure. The compelling feature of the MyBook World Edition NAS drive is the Anywhere Access software. Lots of NAS drives currently on the market advertise easy remote access, but implement that feature in a number of ways-some more convenient than others. Most of the true anytime/anywhere products ask you to open ports on your router and configure dynamic DNS services-not for the faint of heart. The is one such device. Others use a more kludgey workaround that requires you to upload the files you want to access to a 'cloud,' that is, a designated Web server.
While this option is easy to implement, it requires a bit of forethought and planning to make sure the files you want will be accessible. The MyBook World Edition's implementation is dead simple and offers a good compromise of the two above strategies.
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Western Digital has partnered with a remote-access software company called. MioNet has a product that allows users to access remote drives and PCs as if those devices were on a local network-similar to. MioNet has created a customized version for the MyBook World Edition that works similarly to its own offering. When you first install the drive, you'll use the included CD to install the software on your PC.
Then, on each subsequent PC from which you would like to remotely access your MyBook World Edition-your work PC, for example-you'll need to install the software as well (each drive comes with five free installation licenses, available from MioNet's site) and indicate that you're adding the PC to an existing network. On each remote PC, you'll have the MyBook Anywhere Access control pane, where you'll see the available devices on your network. Now, you can access and use the MyBook as if it were installed locally.