Western Digital My Book Duo User Manual - Manual (Page 6)

MY BOOK DUO
USER MANUAL
ABOUT YOUR WD STORAGE DEVICE – 1
About Your WD Storage Device
My Book ® Duo premium RAID storage provides the quickest way to transfer, save and
protect your photos, videos, music and other massive files to free up valuable space on
your computers. This dual-drive device features blazing-fast transfer speeds, encrypted
hardware RAID, and comprehensive local and cloud backup options. My Book Duo is
the ultimate storage solution offering the capacity and security you need.
This introductory chapter includes the following topics:
Features
Kit Contents
Optional Accessories
Operating System Compatibility
Device Drive Format
Physical Description
Registering Your Device
Handling Precautions
Features
My Book Duo is the ultimate dual-drive storage solution offering the capacity and
security you need, with blazing-fast transfer speeds, hardware-configured RAID, and
comprehensive local and cloud backup options.
Quickly save and organize your files—Free up valuable space on all your computers.
Save and organize your entire media collection on your My Book Duo device with ultra-
fast data transfer speeds up to 290 MB/s for HD video files on 4- to 12-TB devices.
(Performance may vary based on your operating system and hardware configuration.)
Massive capacity—The My Book Duo device is your storage vault. With up to 12 TB of
capacity, you can save and protect all your photos, videos, music, and important
documents in one safe place.
Speed and security with hardware-configured RAID—True hardware RAID uses an
independent processor to manage RAID volumes, maximize bandwidth, and sustain
performance and reliability.
Multiple data management options—Use the default performance mode (RAID 0) for
faster data transfers and maximum capacity. With safe mode (RAID 1) half the capacity is
used to store your data and the other half is used for a duplicate copy, offering twice the
data protection. You can also reconfigure to JBOD mode and use the drives individually.
And with the 256-bit AES hardware encryption feature, you have peace of mind knowing
that your files are secure.
Complete backup solutions to secure your data from loss—Your My Book Duo
device offers a comprehensive backup solution to help protect your media collection and
important files.
Integrated backup software—The WD SmartWare Pro software works quietly in the
background to help protect your data using minimal computer resources. Select
continuous backup mode to automatically back up your files as they change, or
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