“Hi, I understand that the drives in the more expensive, my books, are better quality along with encryption. Is this true. Thanks, William”
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From my research, the hardware encryption seems to be the main difference, I don't think they are a much better quality overall. The Easystore has either Red or White drive, which are both designed for NAS or cloud storage, and to me that should mean durability. You can end up with either one, but from what I hear the White ones are just harder for people to shuck, they have an updated sata interface/driver that doesn't always work outside of the enclosure, so if you have no plans on doing that, there should be no difference in performance.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.The drives inside the enclosure cases are basically the same drives which are usually white label "WD red drives". Easystore drives are not encrypted using the enclosure case electronics which makes it far easier to recover your data if the enclosure case electronics fail and you remove the internal drive from the enclosure case and use it as a normal drive in your computer. Sometimes you have to disable one of the drive pins to use it as a normal internal drive, but there is information online as how to accomplish this.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Hi perrelliphoto, We would recommend you to please refer to the links for the detailed information about drive features. To know more about the Easystore external desktop drive please visit: http://products.wdc.com/library/?id=1544&type=49&cn=4078-705144&lang=en. To know more about the My Book external Desktop drive please visit: http://products.wdc.com/library/?id=1533&type=49&cn=4178-707230&lang=en. You can also visit the WD online store website to compare the drives. - Need Help? Please see our "'Contact Us" page for information
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