Excerpt: The competitively priced Western Digital My Book Live Duo is a two-drive network attached storage (NAS) device that offers an astounding 4TB of storage capacity.
Pros: Inexpensive, Attractive design, Fast file read times
Conclusion: The Western Digital raised the bar with the My Book Live Duo, perfectly fitting the market segment of buyers who want network accessible media, but don't want to go
Pros: Supports RAID1 and Spanned Drives, Very easy to setup, works out of the box, Decent gigabit transfer speeds, Includes USB port to expand on internal storage
Conclusion: Six terabytes for $800 isn’t the cheapest storage solution out there, but WD more than makes up for it with the addition of remote access and redundant backups through a
Pros: Easy setup; simple setting controls; versatility with remote access via DLNA and iOS apps; quiet operation
Summary: Western Digital's MyBook Live Duo is a good entry point into the world of NAS. The lack of active cooling is a concern, though — make sure that it's in a position where...
Pros: Affordable for the storage involved, Decent speed for the price, Attractive interface and features, iOS and Android support, User-serviceable drives
Cons: Mobile applications need more work, No active cooling: make sure to leave it upright, Doesn't handle switching networks particularly well