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WD My Book Live Duo 4TB Home Network Drive $99 Delivered @ JB Hi-Fi

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WD My Book Live Duo 4TB Home Network Drive $99 Delivered @ JB Hi-Fi
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dosada on 22/03/2016 - 09:12 jbhifi.com.au (5393 clicks)

Going, going, gone.

Bargain price for this unit. Found a few more bargains there but busy shopping now. Enjoy

Your media and files on your own personal cloud, storage and backup for all the computers on your network, view photos and files with apps for your smartphones or tablet, securely access media and files remotely, stream videos, music, and photos to your connected TV, game console or media player.

  • Dual-drive shared storage and wireless backup
  • WD 2go and WD Photos mobile apps for smartphones and tablets
  • Double-safe data protection with RAID 1 mirroring
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  • sydboy007 on 22/03/2016 - 09:15
    +1

    just bought a seagate mypersonal cloud 4GB for $135 and thought that was cheap.

    please don't turn NAS into the next eneeloop :)

    • [Deactivated] on 22/03/2016 - 10:02
      +4

      4GB for $135 is not cheap.

    • tae on 22/03/2016 - 10:24

      Which deal was that seagate please?

    • nuchalis on 22/03/2016 - 10:53
      +3

      please don't turn NAS into the next eneeloop :)

      Please do! I always miss out, I just want to back up my files…

  • Bobbymg on 22/03/2016 - 09:16

    Guys is this drive any good?
    seems there is two hard disk inside!
    Cheers

    • dosada on 22/03/2016 - 09:16
      +2

      Should be really good, it is two drives and can be used as a NAS.

      • julz15 on 22/03/2016 - 09:32

        I wonder what WD drives will be in it? Hopefully REDS!!!! Most likely GREENS.

        • Nugs on 22/03/2016 - 09:38

          yes, I would like to know if they are 'reuseable' drives i.e. can they be pulled out and used elsewhere - my PVR only takes a max of 2TB, I just paid $105 for a single drive

        • dosada on 22/03/2016 - 11:05

          @sandp:

          There are two green drives in it and can be removed and used somewhere else.

        • julz15 on 22/03/2016 - 11:10

          @dosada:

          Still not bad. Each drive retails for around $105. So 2 drives for $99 is a bargain

        • Make it so on 22/03/2016 - 11:49

          I bought this "on special" a year ago using an eBay voucher intended for the UK, and thought I got a good deal :) This one is epic.
          Yes, it has WD Red drives inside. At least, mine did. There are different versions of this product, the newer one having a USB 3.0 port, but this one probably doesn't.
          I'm running mine in mirrored mode, and performance is okay. Getting 67MB/s on gigabit ethernet.

        • superm86 on 25/03/2016 - 06:14

          @Make it so: 67MBps is really good.. You sure it's MB, not mb?
          Coz I get less than 10MBps.
          Did you do anything special for speed or was it out of the box that speed?

        • Make it so on 25/03/2016 - 13:00
          +1

          @superm86: MBytes, writing large file straight to SSD. No special tweaks. Keep in mind that this unit apparently has slowness issues with Mac, for which I think workarounds exist. Transferring smaller files is also slower, as is to be expected.

  • saffers on 22/03/2016 - 09:19

    So this is two 2Tb drives which gives 4Tb?

    • Avacardooo Rayy Mee on 22/03/2016 - 09:21
      +1

      raid1,means will only show 2tb. (mirror of each drive)

      • Mr BoMBAStiG on 22/03/2016 - 09:24
        +2

        Note: you can choose the RAID you use. If you don't want mirroring, you can have the full 4TB.

        • Avacardooo Rayy Mee on 22/03/2016 - 09:25

          Maximum storage capacity with drive spanning
          Out of the box, this two-drive system combines both drives into one big volume so they act like one drive for maximum capacity.

        • cuteseal on 22/03/2016 - 09:35
          +2

          Highly recommend everyone does the mirroring.

          If drive spanning is used, then failure of just 1 drive will render the whole lot unusable, even on the surviving drive. So your chance of failure is doubled.

        • b-radicool on 22/03/2016 - 10:55

          I have a mirrored drive (old WD mybookworld), but if one drive failed, I have no clue how I would retrieve the data off the other drive.

          Would it simply appear in File Explorer as normal? Or would I need special software to retrieve it?

        • tron07 on 22/03/2016 - 17:29

          @b-radicool:

          It should still appear as normal. if you configure it properly it should send you alerts or perhaps light up red. Mine just send email if something goes wrong.

  • ezza on 22/03/2016 - 09:19

    Does anyone know if this work with a combination of PCs & Macs at home?

    • Mr BoMBAStiG on 22/03/2016 - 09:22
      +5

      Yes, I know.

    • ccrap on 22/03/2016 - 09:30
      +3

      Sure can, but depends on format of the drive:

      • If you format as NTFS, Windows is fine but Macs cannot write to the drive natively, but you can use a number of paid or free third party apps which can enable this
      • If you format as FAT32, then both can read and write but max size per file is limited to 4GB.
      • If you format as HFS, then only Macs can read/write
      • If you format as exFAT, then both can read/write but I dont know enough about this one's limitations so perhaps some other user can comment?
      • dickbeaver on 22/03/2016 - 09:38
        +4

        Actually if used as a NAS the drive format should be irrelevant (it's likely the drive itself uses EXT3/4), support will be dependant on what network file systems the NAS supports, this one supports SMB (and NFS with some work) so it can be mounted on OSX and Windows.

        • MasterScythe on 22/03/2016 - 10:27
          +1

          Correct!

        • ccrap on 22/03/2016 - 12:25

          Dickbeaver is correct. I was thinking of when using the drive in a Non NAS context in a mixed OS environment (which is what I plan to do as I already have a NAS). Sorry should have been more clear!

      • nafe on 22/03/2016 - 09:38

        I grabbed the Paragon software for NTFS writing on the Mac, had a discount voucher too (it's the OZB way!), and it'a been faultless for the last couple of years, and saved having to convert drives etc as I use a combo of PC and Macs.

      • PainToad on 22/03/2016 - 10:53
        -1

        Why did ccrap's response get three up-votes when his advice is completely wrong? Drive format has zero relevance for NAS.

        • PainToad on 23/03/2016 - 08:43

          Oh look, a vote down with no reason.

          Facts seemed to have no place here.

  • julz15 on 22/03/2016 - 09:27

    Thanks OP. Great price for 4TB

  • designate on 22/03/2016 - 09:31

    I have the 8TB version, these are great and solid through the WD my cloud drive.
    Only issue is it's very slow to transfer over LAN. I wouldn't try Wifi transfer either.

    • chalks1971 on 22/03/2016 - 09:35

      How does streaming from it go over wifi?

      • designate on 22/03/2016 - 09:48
        +1

        depending on the signal strength but rarely requires re-buffering for me.

  • limafoxtrot on 22/03/2016 - 09:31

    Thanks OP, got one.
    I've had a WD My book live die on me before (3TB version), remember at the time that there were lots of posts about failure attributed to poor ventilation and overheating the HDD. But the replacement drive has soldiered on now, I think for at least 2 years.
    Any fears for this one overcome by price, raid, and need for more storage!

  • zorrt on 22/03/2016 - 09:32

    damn! ozbargaied

  • Ravine on 22/03/2016 - 09:33

    I think the website is losing it. It keeps saying I have to remove the item from cart or it freezes at checkout.

  • Stegles on 22/03/2016 - 09:34

    And its gone.

  • SnoozeAndLose on 22/03/2016 - 09:34

    Sorry, WD My Book Live Duo 4TB Home Network Drive is no longer available and needs to be removed.

  • Maloo on 22/03/2016 - 09:35

    No longer available. Congrats to those quick enough to have grabbed one.

  • ozymart on 22/03/2016 - 09:35

    Should be a price error.
    It is normally 200+.

  • lachlan1 on 22/03/2016 - 09:35 
    WD My Book Live Duo 4TB Home Network Drive

This product requires a minumum quantity of 1. Item "WD My Book Live Duo 4TB Home Network Drive" has been removed from the cart because it is out of stock.
  • 2stroksmokr on 22/03/2016 - 09:36

    No longer available :(

  • Bruno28 on 22/03/2016 - 09:37

    can it be used as a backup storage device? with macs Time capsule?

  • theoneandonlylml on 22/03/2016 - 09:38

    missed out here too! :(

  • nafe on 22/03/2016 - 09:39

    Bugger, too late.

  • 2stroksmokr on 22/03/2016 - 09:42

    Stock just refreshed but not going past cart page.

  • Azif on 22/03/2016 - 09:44

    Hopefully my order went through. Kept trying as it said stock wasn't available. Guessing someone else left it in their cart.

    If you can still add to cart might work

  • [Deactivated] on 22/03/2016 - 09:47

    The page is not found.

    Good luck ordering it.

  • yolk on 22/03/2016 - 09:48

    Page no longer available

    • julz15 on 22/03/2016 - 09:50

      Anyone tried their luck in store?

      • yolk on 22/03/2016 - 09:54

        Most likely a pricing error and would be more expensive in store

        • julz15 on 22/03/2016 - 10:01

          Well it was a "clearance" item so not necessarily a pricing error!!!

  • sarbz on 22/03/2016 - 09:53

    Wtf, expired 40 minutes after posting?

    • [Deactivated] on 22/03/2016 - 10:01

      expired within 24mins!

  • RickyNelson on 22/03/2016 - 09:53

    Page is available but when you click "Add to cart" it shows dim screen with a "Cross", nothing happened.

  • wizedz on 22/03/2016 - 09:56

    The page you were after lived a good and happy life, but now it is no longer with us. That's ok though, because we have thousands more that are alive and just as great.

  • whirlpool_guy on 22/03/2016 - 10:00
    +1

    Price seems too good to be true?

    • Jase2801 on 22/03/2016 - 10:27

      Price error you think?

    • dosada on 22/03/2016 - 10:34
      +2

      I am sure the price is correct. I have snitched today a few even better bargains there just that they went to fast that i could have posted them here.

      • Jase2801 on 22/03/2016 - 10:57

        That confirms it then. Cheers for the great post.

  • victinini on 22/03/2016 - 10:21
    +1

    Wow, great deal sad to have missed it.

  • ChatCPT on 22/03/2016 - 10:36
    -3

    probably pricing error - Non NAS goes for $218 from JB themselves
    https://www.jbhifi.com.au/computers-tablets/all-computers--t…

  • julz15 on 22/03/2016 - 10:42
    +1

    Just got an Order Confirmation from JB - Confirmed not a pricing error.

  • dosada on 22/03/2016 - 10:52

    Definitely not a price error, even if i have just ordered minutes before posting it here, it shows now up as shipped!!!

  • SnoozeAndLose on 22/03/2016 - 10:59

    Seem that most of the deal post here for jb hi-fi is being Ozbargained minutes after post.

  • [Deactivated] on 22/03/2016 - 11:58

    damn i missed out on this.. just had 2x 3tb drives die in past week.

  • themob on 22/03/2016 - 12:21

    No! How did I miss this.

  • fopvi on 22/03/2016 - 12:49

    No!!

  • letthiswork1 on 23/03/2016 - 11:09

    omg noooooo

  • ozbarg0in on 23/03/2016 - 15:26

    Mine was delivered today morning by toll. That was quick.

  • dosada on 23/03/2016 - 16:42

    I received ten items today, two are still outstanding.

    • PainToad on 23/03/2016 - 17:00

      Shame only two items were good.

      • dosada on 23/03/2016 - 17:10

        What do you mean

        • PainToad on 23/03/2016 - 17:20

          Only two items were "outstanding".

          It's a joke ;)

  • avra06 on 23/03/2016 - 19:38

    Got mine this morning. That was bloody quick. Now its time to set it up :)

  • avra06 on 23/03/2016 - 19:41

    Sorry for the duplicate comment

  • dosada on 23/03/2016 - 23:56

    Has anyone who has received the drives opened up the case to verify which drives are inside? I have purchased two and received a orange and a blue box???

    Since one is for me and one for a friend i am trying to figure out which one to keep.

    • ozbarg0in on 24/03/2016 - 13:07

      You are a contradiction mate!

      • dosada on 24/03/2016 - 13:14

        What are you trying to say?

    • julz15 on 24/03/2016 - 13:14

      Mine is a blue box but yet to open yet!

    • Make it so on 24/03/2016 - 14:41

      Did some googling for you. Only orange boxes I can see are the 6TB model. You may want to check the specs - they may have run out of 4TB ones and sent you a 6TB?

      • dosada on 27/03/2016 - 13:25

        Nah, the box clearly says it's 4TB

        • Make it so on 27/03/2016 - 14:14

          Well, everyone knows orange is faster than blue, so keep that one :)
          Seriously though, check the model number. Newer versions have USB 3.0 ports.

  • testeagles on 24/03/2016 - 14:51

    Mine was delivered today. Definitely a 4tb haven't had a chance to take a look at the drives inside. Had a sticker on the box $499. In saying that the box looks faded and scratched as if it was really old stock

  • dosada on 27/03/2016 - 13:25

    Any updates on which drive is in which box?

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