Back on again for those who missed out.
Contains 2 x 8TB WD Red drives.
Also available for $499 + Shipping @ Newegg and B&H Photo Video
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Have you taken the drive out and checked the serial on the WD site to see if the drives themselves are warrantied? I want to buy this unit for the hard drives but am afraid taking them out and putting in another NAS might void the warranty on the hard drives. And the other warranty related question I would like to know the answer is does the warranty work in Australia or I have send it back overseas.
Thanks.
From the website:
Western Digital does not provide Warranty Service for OEM Products.
Please contact your distributor or place of purchase.
Thanks. I did go through the website and its a bit confusing. I guess it's better to pay more and get the bare hdd from here for total peace of mind
I plan to use the hard drive in a NAS. How does the warranty work if the drive fails?
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This!
Have you forgotten to write something
He also wants to know, I'd assume you'd have to send the entire unit back.
Anyone who has one of these, is it possible for you to take a drive out and check the serial on the WD site to see if the drives themselves are warrantied?
@XeKToReX: thanks for making it clear. I hope someone answers before the deal expires or it is out of stock
Good for laptop users who need lots of protected storage capacity. Also has 2 x USB 3.0 ports on the device.
- 2-Bay, 16TB Personal Cloud Storage includes 2 x 8TB HDD
- User-selectable RAID 0/1 or JBOD lets you configure your drive for more speed (default setting: RAID 0), data protection (drive mirroring: RAID 1) or operate as two independent drives (JBOD)
- High-capacity external storage and backup. Ultra-fast, optimized data transfer speeds. Protecting your data with multiple backup options
- Complete backup solutions to secure your data from loss - Integrated backup software, Cloud backup with Dropbox, System-level backup
- Speed and security with hardware encrypted RAID
I'll by buying couple of these later tonight, after Powerball is drawn.
Amazon still shows as a sale, but has been this price since mid November.
wow … 16tb
Ugly looking thing.
When it comes to storage, it boils down to how reliable the drive is. No point looking great if it is going to fail.
Why not both? How about WD design it so it looks like an old book you can put in a book case :)
@johndemonik: Good point. Though to be honest, I don't think it is that bad looking. But it certainly isn't a looker.
Then again, I am not the last word when it comes to design because I have a gen 8 as NAS.
There is forced encryption that cannot be turned off. If your enclosure fails (not the drives) you will not have access to your files for recovery, the drives are encrypted and are not recognisable outside of this enclosure.
It has been confirmed here.
https://community.wd.com/t/wd-my-book-duo-data-forever-lost-…
yes but i can rip out the drives, format them and use them in my own servers? is about all i'd do with these drives.
That should be fine because the encryption is within the enclosure. But I haven't tested it myself.
"i can rip out the drives, format them and use them in my own servers?"
Yep.
It's not really a big deal - in this situation, you'd just buy a new enclosure, and restore from your backup.
You need a backup anyway, to protect against deletion/fire/corruption/lightning/malware/theft/flood/thislistisneverending…
If this IS your backup, then you also have the original data elsewhere - so replace the enclosure and create a new backup ASAP.
So 7tb of protected storage
or 16TB if you upload to the cloud :)
1 year worth of uploading, considering my adsl upload speed.
I got one for $663 from this deal in August https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/262796
It was a good deal for the drives but I really hate the My book Duo. Once every couple of days I have to unplug the usb cable and plug it back in for my computer to recognise the drives. I'm planning on taking the drives out of it and connecting them straight to my computer.
You can't connect them straight to a computer, see my link above.
I think you can connect them straight to your computer but you have to format the drives afterwards (backup your data to another hard drive first).
I keep getting a "O:\ is not accessible. The request failed due to a fatal device hardware error" message when trying to access the drives.
Thankfully for now I can just unplug and replug the usb cable and I can access the drives again but it is still very annoying.
@videoman: @videoman: Have you thought about claiming the warranty? Seems like it's got a few issues.
I had the same problem, ended up buying a SYNOLOGY NAS and took out the 2 WD RED Drives and installed it in Raid 5 config. Best thing I ever did!
DS1515+ 5 Drive bay on ebay CTECH20 special for 840. Also running plex on it! Works like a charm once you know how to config
Any idea what model drives are in this? If they're not archive drives then it's a fantastic price to just throw away the enclosure and use them drives.
Great deal then!
If you were to back up this device to an external HDD, would the backed up data on the external HDD be encrypted?
No, unless you took the extra step of removing the drives from the MyBook and then cloning them in a second system.
As long as the drives stay in the MyBook, then the encryption only lives inside the MyBook - you're reading the data in an unencrypted form.
Cheers, I have one of those 8TB Seagate externals so this is good to know.
ordered a couple 2 seperate orders same address diff names, not shipped yet but should soon.
amazon seemed to be cheapest total compared with b&h and newegg. b&h usually is reliable and slightly quicker shipping.
think this is a good way to order these drives from US as the enclosure and box will provide more protection that a bare drive in a static bag (research this).
I assume buying from a specialised retailer like newegg/b&h will know how to pack properly. amazon on the other hand may be slightly hit/miss.
amazon is notorious for poor shipping of OEM drives. this is a safer options because of the retail packaging.
currently 313 pounds plus post on amazon UK but they wont ship …..
i'm seeing 499gbp, but yes, they dont ship to AU. just order from amazon US. or b&h (they might ship faster based on prev experience), but cost extra $$
that's the 8TB model, and likely has 2x 4TB drives inside.
this deal is for 16TB and has 2x 8TB drives.
anyone actually had theirs ship? ordered 9th, should have shipped by now. in preparing mode still. not even an email confirmation of order.
I bought this the last time they were on sale. They do have 8TB WD Reds in them, standard NAS/desktop 3.5" drives. The unit isn't a NAS as it can't be networked connected, instead it's more like a big portable HDD.
If you use the drives in the unit, then the data is encrypted and can only be read from the same unit. You can, however, take the drives out, format and install them anywhere else and use them as a normal HDD.