Customers admire the My Book Duo's RAID configuration options, citing its flexibility in setting up RAID 0 and RAID 1 using the WD utilities tool. However, some customers have expressed concerns regarding the product's reliability, reporting instances of drive failure within a short period.
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Pros mentioned:
Raid
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Plenty of space even with RAID turned on
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Nice design and plenty of storage space even with RAID redundancy turned on. USB-C interface is fast. Wish it had additional ports for “legacy” interfaces such as FireWire and others.
I would recommend this to a friend
Cons mentioned:
Reliability
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Tough unit great value
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Posted . Owned for more than 2 years when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
It's been two years and it's going strong. Unlike my old LaCie drives which would fail after a year or two WD keeps going strong.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Love this
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
It's fairly big compared to regular external hard drives, but that was expected due to how much storage space it has. It requires an electrical outlet to be plugged into. Working great so far!
I would recommend this to a friend
Cons mentioned:
Reliability
Rated 1 out of 5 stars
Stay away from this one!!!
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Posted . Owned for 3 months when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Haven’t even had this 90 days and pc wouldn’t find. Then the power was trying to power up and turned off and tried another power cord and halfway powers up and turns off. Hope I’m not losing all of my data I spent a day transferring over. For this expensive HD I would expect a lot better. Last time I purchase a WD hard drive. Best Buy only has a 45 day return policy. So now I will be dealing with WD.
Waste of time and money.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Fast performance
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Using for full backups of multiple computers. It is fast and efficient. Also like that the enclosure has a fan to keep the temperature low.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Raid
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great RAID storage for data protection
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It's a great RAID storage that can be configured between RAID 0 and RAID 1 using the WD utilities tool
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Effect HD
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Posted . Owned for 7 months when reviewed.
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Does exactly what it was designed to as a dual hard-drive. Love it.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Impressive!
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Transfer speeds are actually decent for a hard drive. I love that you can swap out hard drives for when you fill up a disk! You have three different RAID options including RAID 0, RAID 1, and using the two drives separate from each other to use the full 12tb (two 6tb drives). Great Product!
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Perfect for my needs
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I needed a second backup and this fit the bill perfectly.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great for extra storage
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
I’m storing my photos and movie on this drive. To a little bit to set up on Mac and get it to work properly but after set it has been working smoothly
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 2 out of 5 stars
A major let down.
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
It more or less does the job but it's compatibility with Mac's is dubious. I constantly have to unmount and remount the drive and run diagnostics on it. Customer support from WD is almost non-existent. Very disappointing and frustrating, both in the product and in Best Buy staff's unfamiliarity with it or the conflicts it has with Apple products.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
No issues
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This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Has worked great so far and has very fast transfer speeds if your computer supports USB 3.1
I would recommend this to a friend
Cons mentioned:
Reliability
Rated 1 out of 5 stars
Hard drive failure < 1 year
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Posted . Owned for 1 year when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
One of the drives stopped working in less than a year. Need to check the warranty period. I used to think Western Digital made quality drives.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend
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User rating, 3 out of 5 stars with 2 reviews on Western Digital.