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English => News => Topic started by: Redaktion on August 24, 2017, 13:06:17

Title: Western Digital ups capacities for the My Book Duo external HDDs to 20 TB
Post by: Redaktion on August 24, 2017, 13:06:17
The latest My Book Duo features two WD Red 10 TB 7,200 RPM drives configured in a RAID 0, which allows for sequential read speeds of up to 360 MB/s. The new 20 TB version will be available on September 6 for US$800.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Western-Digital-ups-capacities-for-the-My-Book-Duo-external-HDDs-to-20-TB.244260.0.html
Title: Re: Western Digital ups capacities for the My Book Duo external HDDs to 20 TB
Post by: Peter Tramp on August 24, 2017, 16:52:20
"This might not be worth it, since two separate WD Red 10 TB drives cost around $560."

Please provide a link to where can buy these drive at $280 a piece as the cheapest one I can find is around $470.

Title: Re: Western Digital ups capacities for the My Book Duo external HDDs to 20 TB
Post by: Bogdan Solca on August 24, 2017, 19:13:08
Turn out it's only an auction and it's for the 5400 RPM version...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Western-Digital-Red-WD100EFAX-NAS-Hard-Disk-Drive-10TB-/222620458069?epid=238512458&hash=item33d5369c55:g:wM8AAOSwRJ1Zm5Rk