Western Digital (WD) released new high-capacity variants of its My Book and My Book Duo external hard drives. The Thunderbolt-equipped My Book Duo series is expanded with a new 8 TB variant, which uses a pair of 4 TB drives in an internal RAID 0 configuration. Measuring 99 x 157 x 165 mm (WxDxH), the My Book Duo 8 TB weighs 2.26 kg. It uses an internal PSU, and features two Thunderbolt I/O ports that allow you to set up daisy-chains with other My Book Duo units, or other devices. The new 8 TB variant is priced at $849.99.WD also introduced a 4 TB variant of its My Book USB 3.0 hard drive. The My Book encloses a single 4 TB hard drive. Measuring 48 x 135 x 165 mm (WxDxH), it weighs about 1.18 kg. It includes an internal power supply, and uses USB 3.0 SuperSpeed interface (backwards compatible with USB 2.0) to communicate with the host. It is priced at US $250.

14 Comments on WD Outs 8 TB My Book Duo and 4 TB My Book

#1 THE_EGG

:O $849 It is pretty clever some of the features, but I can't help but think it might be cheaper to just build your own - home server- or the like that could do the same thing.



:o misread the article. Just saw that the 8TB also had double 4TB drives, so I suppose its not bad a deal after all. I must say I do like the daisy-chaining feature. Posted on Oct 10th 2012, 8:00 Reply

#2 Delta6326

That 4TB is a good deal! it's cheaper to buy this "My Book" than buying the drive alone... Posted on Oct 10th 2012, 8:13 Reply

#3 DoomDoomDoom

8 TB? Man. That's a lot of porn. Posted on Oct 10th 2012, 8:13 Reply

#4 [H]@RD5TUFF

Now if olnly we could get them to release a 4TB black drive. Posted on Oct 10th 2012, 9:41 Reply

#5 Drmark

Couple of questions, can the housing be broken open to get the drive out? I also wonder what the specs are for the drive SATA etc? These are cheaper than the Hitachi 4tb drives at $300 @ Best Buy.



Interesting the WD website doesnt show any 4tb drives yet. Are these the not quite as good ones while they build up stock? Posted on Oct 10th 2012, 15:38 Reply

#6 Nordic

That would be a funny turn of events if WD used hitachi drives in this. Posted on Oct 10th 2012, 16:22 Reply

#7 Delta6326





this is the only 4TB that they currently sell. it got for around $500



www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=30





My guess would be that they put in a new 4TB green and just haven't released drive only or this is a amazing deal and shows how much mark up they do..



Also you can buy this for $199

www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?SID=25070595&is=REG&Q=&PID=1796839&A=details&AID=10603278&O=productlist&sku=890490 You can take these apart thats what I did. I got a 2TB super fast black drive for half the price because it was in a My bookthis is the only 4TB that they currently sell. it got for around $500My guess would be that they put in a new 4TB green and just haven't released drive only or this is a amazing deal and shows how much mark up they do..Also you can buy this for $199 Posted on Oct 10th 2012, 19:52 Reply

#8 Drmark

I hate those green drives, so darn slow for transfers and wakeup. Posted on Oct 10th 2012, 20:28 Reply

#9 newtekie1

Semi-Retired Folder Did anyone ever cover the release of the 2TB WD My Book VelociRaptor Duo ? I don't remember seeing it in the news, it just kind of just popped up on WD's site one day. Posted on Oct 10th 2012, 21:15 Reply

#10 mtosev

8TB? OMG I would never be able to fill up that hdd up:D Posted on Oct 10th 2012, 23:56 Reply

#11 timta2

newtekie1 Did anyone ever cover the release of the 2TB WD My Book VelociRaptor Duo? I don't remember seeing it in the news, it just kind of just popped up on WD's site one day. Here:

www.techpowerup.com/forums/showthread.php?t=171388 Here: Posted on Oct 11th 2012, 3:33 Reply

#12 timta2

Drmark Couple of questions, can the housing be broken open to get the drive out? I also wonder what the specs are for the drive SATA etc? These are cheaper than the Hitachi 4tb drives at $300 @ Best Buy.



Interesting the WD website doesnt show any 4tb drives yet. Are these the not quite as good ones while they build up stock? "External Western Digital Enclosures: Do not remove the drive from the external enclosure. Return the drive in its original enclosure/plastic housing (without having been opened or dismantled, along with the power adapter). Please keep all software, manuals and interface cables. WARNING: Removing the hard drive from, a Western Digital single unit external enclosure, will void the warranty."



support.wdc.com/warranty/rmapacking.asp?custtype=res&lang=en "External Western Digital Enclosures: Do not remove the drive from the external enclosure. Return the drive in its original enclosure/plastic housing (without having been opened or dismantled, along with the power adapter). Please keep all software, manuals and interface cables. Posted on Oct 11th 2012, 3:37 Reply

#13 Drmark

^ :( So sell the stupid drive as a stand alone..... WD does not show a 4tb drive yet. Posted on Oct 11th 2012, 15:39 Reply