WDUnveils MY BOOK DUO Desktop Storage Drive

Western Digital has unveiled  My Book Duo^, a  desktop storage solution for home and office harnessing two drives-Hardware level RAID and USB 3.0.

 The hard drive delivers massive capacity and file transfer speeds not available on single-drive solutions. Available in 4 TB, 6 TB and 8 TB capacities, It also comes with free software that creates secure local, cloud and system-level backups for complete data protection, said the company.

My book duo desktop  drive offers transfer speeds up to 290 MB/s and is optimized for small RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) environments. It also offers users with the flexibility to take advantage of mirror mode (RAID 1) for ultimate data protection or use JBOD configuration to use the drives individually.

“My Book Duo offers super-fast transfer speeds, massive capacity and integrated WD Red drives to provide the ultimate desktop storage solution for all your digital libraries,’’ said Jim Welsh, executive VP of content solutions and worldwide sales at WD.

My Book Duo is available at a price tag of INR 20,000 for 4 TB, INR 25,000 for 6 TB and INR 31,000 for 8 TB. My Book Duo comes with a two-year limited worldwide warranty and is expected to be available in India from the last week of August 2014.