Photographs and videos taken in life, blockbuster movies that have been circulated in classics, or moving music that are carefully collected all carry fond memories of yourself and your family and friends, while the ever-growing amount of data puts local storage to the test.
Hard disk valuable data is priceless, on the occasion of World Backup Day on March 31, we brought you the evaluation experience of Western Digital WD My Book Duo hard disk, this device has many advantages such as larger capacity, more convenient operation, more efficient experience, etc. Everyone wants to save the content in life and work can be put into it, and there will be no more embarrassing situations of precious resources "two to choose one", and Western Digital's excellent security features can ensure personal information protection and avoid the occurrence of leakage. These can effectively alleviate everyone's storage "anxiety", which is equivalent to making a backup for life and making a safe and reliable copy of memory.
The desktop is responsible for adapting to the multi-platform mass storage requirements
At the moment when desktop culture is popular, WD My Book Duo hard disk is also a face value, which adopts the design style of the classic WD My passport mobile hard disk, and the overall appearance is very tough and atmospheric, full of scientific and technological sense.
The half of the fuselage is made of black mirror technology, which is full of bright texture and has the Logo logo of Western Digital, highlighting the high-end positioning. The shell material of the lower half is more "approachable", comfortable to the touch and not easy to leave fingerprints, which is convenient for users to adjust the placement position, and the design elements of the front shutter also bring more chic and layered visual effects to the whole device.
The WD My Book Duo hard drive is positioned as a high-capacity desktop storage device that supports up to 36TB of hard drives. At present, the mainstream 1080P Blu-ray HD movie with DTS audio track is about 10GB, the 36TB hard disk can accommodate about 3500, even the 200GB 4K movie can accommodate about 150, so the "horror" number to store photos and music is naturally not a word, so everyone in daily life with the camera to shoot the bits of life and leisure, a variety of worthy of collection of ultra-high-definition film and television resources can be properly stored in it. At the same time, you can also replace the internal hard disk according to the actual needs.
In terms of interface configuration, WD My Book Duo hard disk is equipped with two USB 3.2 Gen 1 interfaces, as well as a USB Type-C port, the accessory also contains a USB-C to USB-C cable and a USB-C to USB-A cable, you can easily connect it with a PC computer and a Mac computer, or use it with other accessories, the compatibility is quite good.
I believe that many friends have encountered unexpected termination of the transfer when transferring files to the mobile hard disk, which is mainly due to the insufficient power supply of the USB interface of the chassis. As a large file storage specialist, the WD My Book Duo hard drive is equipped with a dedicated power and cooling system to ensure efficient and stable transmission.
Compared with traditional portable hard drives, WD My Book Duo hard drives can truly become part of PC and MAC storage systems, and the computer can be booted up synchronously while the computer is turned on, enjoying a higher quality storage experience.
Dedicated hard drives are optimized for tailor-made use with a variety of disk arrays
It is worth mentioning that the WD Hard Disk with WD My Book Duo is a storage product specially created for RAID, in order to maximize the most efficient use of hard disk space, Western Digital also has a variety of disk array modes built into the WD My Book Duo hard disk.
The default mode is RAID-0, the principle is to disperse contiguous data to multiple disks for access, when reading and writing operations, each disk only needs to process its own part of the data, in parallel operation with sufficient bus bandwidth, so it can bring the best storage performance for the entire device. If connected using USB Type-C, sequential read speeds of up to 360MB/s can be achieved.
If it is a user with higher requirements for data security, you can choose RAID-1 mode, the principle is to generate mutual backup data on pairs of independent hard disks, which is equivalent to arranging a local backup for the data, when a hard disk fails, the system will automatically switch to the mirror hard disk to continue reading and writing, so it can effectively avoid the problem of hard disk damage leading to data loss, the fly in the ointment is that the transmission speed in this mode is relatively slow, and the actual purchased hard disk capacity will also be halved. You can weigh the use according to your needs.
Similar to the RAID-0 mode, JBOD mode can also use the capacity of two hard disks, but the difference is that RAID-0 mode merges two blocks into one partition, while JBOD mode still distinguishes the storage capacity into two independent hard disks, and the speed cannot reach the peak level.
Thanks to the excellent quality of the WD drive itself and the tailor-made optimization of the firmware, whether it is RAID-0 mode, RAID-1 mode, or JBOD mode, WD My Book Duo hard disk can fully ensure the integrity of read/write cyclic data and present an efficient and secure data storage experience.
The reading and writing experience is fast, and the transmission of pictures and videos is crisp and sharp
The next step is the actual use, WD My Book Duo hard disk has been fully initialized when it leaves the factory, so you don't need to wait for a long hard disk check time, and you can start the mass storage journey before booting. To get a more intuitive picture of the actual performance of the WD My Book Duo hard drive, we tested it with the help of a test platform.
The first thing to play is the ATTO disk benchmark tool, which can be seen that the WD My Book Duo hard disk has a fairly good speed when transferring files of different sizes, and the read and write speeds reach theoretical values when transferring files ≥ 256KB, and the instantaneous maximum continuous read and write performance reaches 374.11MB/s and 359.18MB/s respectively, so it can easily control the transfer needs of different size files.
We then tested the product with the help of CrystalDiskMark, and we can see that the maximum continuous read speed of the WD My Book Duo hard disk has reached 394.01MB/s, and the maximum continuous write speed has reached 374.55 MB/s, which is also very gratifying.
Hard disk write test
Hard disk read test
Software testing is one thing, so how does the WD My Book Duo hard drive perform in actual use? We moved a single 7290MB file from the desktop to the hard drive under test, and then uploaded it back from the hard drive under test to the desktop. It can be seen that during the file writing stage, the packet took only 27.6s to complete the operation, and the average rate reached 264.5mb/s; In the file callback stage, the packet took only 21 seconds to complete the operation, the average rate reached 346.4mb/s, and the excellent read and write rate perfectly reached the official nominal level.
In addition, the supporting software of the WD My Book Duo hard disk is also quite powerful, and the user can set a timed automatic backup for the specified area of the computer, so the backup folder can be kept up to date at any time.
At the same time, we can impose password protection on the hard disk, and when the user is involved in deleting such a sensitive operation, the password needs to be entered to carry out the next step, so it can effectively reduce the incidence of misoperation.
With the increase of use time, hard disk products may have problems, fortunately, WD My Book Duo hard disk has been fully prepared, users can run the drive status check at any time to find damaged sectors and repair; Sleep timers and LED lights can be set to save energy and reduce consumption and alleviate light pollution; If you need to clean up the storage space, you can also use professional tools to refresh with one click, rich and thoughtful functions can meet the needs of the vast majority of users.
summary
For such a good value, strength and responsibility for the storage and backup of the weapon, I believe that everyone has a feeling of heartbeat. Large capacity, fast speed, simple to use, high security, it is not easy to do these things, and this WD My Book Duo hard disk has all these advantages set up, which shows the strong and reliable technical strength of Western Digital, interested friends can keep an eye on it.