These include WD Anywhere Backup, MioNet, Memeo AutoSync and Google Apps. This range utilises a bundle of applications in order to distinguish itself from the other Western Digital drives. The read/write copy transfer tests yielded results of 12.3MBps, slightly slower in comparison to Western Digital's My Book Essential Edition hard drive, but still fast enough for the majority of storage purposes. Transferring 5GB of data over USB 2.0 from the 1TB drive to a 5,400rpm notebook drive, the MyBook averaged read speeds of 21.6MBps and write speeds of 25.5MBps. The case is essentially minimal but is nonetheless elegant.ĭrive speeds are acceptable. The case's front LED indicates drive activity and acts as a capacity gauge, though in our testing this was far from accurate. During heavy use, the case only warmed very slightly, but otherwise it remained at room temperature. Ventilation is achieved simply through perforations, though this is sufficient enough for the drive to remain operational for extended periods of time. The drive case is simple and well-designed, and has a sleek look. Nevertheless, given the range's orientation towards remote access, it may have benefited from the inclusion of a gigabit Ethernet port. The USB 2.0 interface is more than enough to take advantage of the hard drive's speed. It's reasonable to assume however that it is around the 7,200rpm mark. The 1TB also has a 16MB cache, however Western Digital has not disclosed the rpm speed. Apart from the 1TB, all these drives run at 7,200rpm with a cache size of 16MB. The range offers four different storage capacities at 320GB, 500GB, 750GB and 1TB.
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Although it lacks a range of interface options such as FireWire or eSATA, the bundled software provides additional connectivity options. Western Digital's MyBook Office Edition range is an inexpensive business-focused external storage option.
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