Reviews and Problems with Western Digital My Book Mirror Edition (WDH2U series)
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Overall 8
Western Digital My Book Mirror Edition
brycepgh, pcworld.com
21 January 2012
Conclusion: This drive really helped me in a transition before i had enough data for a SAN but while i had too much data for a tradition external hard drive.
Pros: sleek design, nice LED color, smaller form factor
Cons: Power button would be nice, better stacking would be helpful, design shows finger prints easily
Pros: Build Quality is okay. Price is a bargain. Power Brick size is manageable enough to carry around along with the Hard Drive itself.
Cons: Could have been a tad faster. Don't even try to watch a movie off of it with it on the same table you're using because this thing vibrates like crazy. You can very muc...
Excerpt: Works in a RAID 1 (mirroring) or 0 (stripped) configuration. The stripped configuration is faster, but, in my opinion, more risky for your data.
Pros: The drive is dependable as long as you let it get air. I am not sure how the other guy managed to get two 500 gig drives out of a 1 tb mirrored drive?? 2x1tb = 1tb mir...
Cons: After trying this on my desk top and a brand new Sony Vaio lap top, both of which had problems with this drive. I returned it to the store, bought a seagate and have h...
Pros: 2 Terabytes is a great size for storing massive amounts of photographs.
Cons: I had my data rescued and found images on it that were not mine. The only explanation for it is they sold me a hard drive as new that was actually refurbished. None of...