Western Digital My Book Mirror Edition 2TB USB 2.0 (WDH2U20000N)
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Great drive, but defrag thoroughly and often
I've owned this drive for about five months at this writing, and use it to store all my video and music files (both mp3 and wav). And I still have 400GB of free space!
Its USB 2.0 interface is fast enough for video playback in a RAID 0 configuration (since it's actually two 1TB drives it can also be set RAID 1 to automatically back up everything you put on it).
It's a fairly small and very attractive package that doesn't get overly warm; if it has cooling fans inside I haven't heard them running yet. I much prefer its keyhole-shaped fluorescent-looking indicator light to the blinking bull's eye I've seen on older MyBook drives. Its up-and-down motion is actually kind of soothing.
Opening the box to replace a drive, if necessary, doesn't look too difficult if you're so inclined. It's quiet but not totally silent -- there's a soft clattering sound when it's working but I don't find it annoying and it's totally masked by movie audio or music.
One bit of advice, do NOT assume that Microsoft Vista's automatic "Defrag Lite" will do a good job on a drive this huge. I started to experience playback problems with recorded video and discovered that the drive was severely fragmented, even with Vista set to defrag it once a week. There's no easy way to analyze the drive for fragmentation with Vista defrag's dumbed-down user interface. And it would be great if WD included a defrag utility in its Drive Manager or Diagnostics Tool -- it doesn't. But there's freeware out there (Auslogics or JKDefrag) that will do a thorough job and, even better, actually show you what it's doing. So defrag this drive thoroughly and often, especially if you copy, move, delete and convert a lot of large video files.
3 year warranty only
Most important thing first: some may see this as a USB2-only version of the My Book Studio II edition (please see my review there). But in this light, this one only has a 3 year warranty whereas the latter is a 5 year.
Otherwise, I note that these physically appears to identical units except for the interfaces other than USB2. However, the numbers I've seen suggest that there is no significant speed advantage in SATA over USB2 in practice. So in the end, the decision should be based mostly on the warranty.
About Western Digital My Book Mirror Edition 2TB USB 2.0 (WDH2U20000N) detail
- Amazon Sales Rank: #1047 in Consumer Electronics
- Brand: Western Digital
- Model: WDH2U20000N
- Original language: English
- Dimensions: 8.00 pounds
- Hard Disk: 2000GB
Features
- The safest place for your data
- Automatic backup software
- Cooler, quieter, eco-friendlier
- Cooler, quieter, eco-friendlier
- Capacity Gauge
Product Description
The perfect backup system for your irreplaceable data, WD's My Book Mirror Edition II dual-drive storage system offers RAID-based continuous data protection and user-serviceability. This eco-friendly drive consumes 33% less power and also features a clever capacity gauge and remote access software. WD's My Book Mirror Edition II dual-drive external storage system with RAID mirroring combines USB 2.0 interface, user-serviceability, and automatic backup software. This system is designed to continuously duplicate your data for the ultimate in data protection. If one drive in this two-drive system ever fails, the system continues to run and your data is safe. Use the full capacity of this system to archive vast photo libraries or edit and exchange massive audio/video projects.
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