WD Unveils Cool 22TB My Book and 44TB My Book Duo | Acumen Tech

When you like desktop exterior onerous drives, try to be aware of WD’s My E book household, whose design has stayed the identical since October 2016.

And at the moment, the storage supplier launched the most recent editions to the household line utilizing its largest-capacity shopper inside onerous drives, the 22TB My E book desktop onerous drive and the 44TB My E book Duo.

Extra is usually higher in relation to cupboard space, however within the case of latest gadgets, we’re speaking about an entire lot extra.

New WD My E book exterior drives: Nearing the purpose of diminishing returns

Twenty-two terabytes is a number of cupboard space.

To place issues in perspective, most computer systems include 1TB or much less. So the brand new 22TB My E book Desktop onerous drive could be the backup vacation spot for numerous high-capacity gadgets and nonetheless have room to spare. (That’s when you do not thoughts shifting it from system to system.)

And extra can be problematic. Two causes.

First, is the velocity. It could take greater than two days of steady copying to fill the brand new drive if it truly has 22TB of useful knowledge. It is because the efficiency of an exterior storage system usually stays the identical whatever the capability of your inside drive. And onerous drives are sluggish.

And second, is the chance of dropping a considerable amount of knowledge. The larger the drive, the extra you’ll be able to retailer, which suggests you will lose extra if the drive fails. And onerous drives could be fragile. Think about if it’s important to get better 22TB of information.

So utilizing the brand new My E book desktop onerous drive is like placing all of your eggs in a single big basket. The purpose is that you just should not use it, or any particular person drive, to retailer the one copy of essential knowledge.

	WD My E book Duo	wd my ebook
Capacities and Fashions	44TB WDBFBE0440JBK 36TB WDBFBE0360JBK 28TB WDBFBE0280JBK 24TB WDBFBE0240JBK 20TB WDBFBE0200JBK 16TB WDBFBE0160JBK	22TB WDBBGB0220HBK 18TB WDBBGB0180HBK 16TB WDBBGB0160HBK 14TB WDBBGB0140HBK 12TB WDBBGB0120HBK 8TB WDBBGB0080HBK 6TB WDBBGB0060HBK 4TB WDBBGB0040HBK
RAID helps	RAID 0 (default) RAID 1 JBOB	None
Interface	USB-C	usb tremendous velocity
USB customary	USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5Gbps) USB 2.0 compliant	USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5Gbps) USB 2.0 compliant
usb hub	Yeah 2x USB-A ports	No
cables included	USB-C, USB-C-USB-A	usb-a
Dimensions (LWH)	6.30 x 3.94 x 7.09 inches (160x100x180mm)	5.5 x 1.9 x 6.7 inches (139.3 x 49 x 170.6mm)
Weight	44TB/36TB/28TB: 5.80 lbs (2.63 kg) 24TB: 5.67 kilos (2.57 kg) 20TB: 5.62 lbs (2.55 kg) 16TB: 5.58 lbs (2.53 kg)	22TB/18TB/16TB/14TB: 2.20 lbs (1 kg) 12TB: 2.14 lbs (0.97 kg) 8TB: 2.12 kilos (0.96 kg) 6TB: 2.31 kilos (1.05 kg) 4TB: 2.21 kilos (1 kg)
Safety	256-bit AES {hardware} encryption	256-bit AES {hardware} encryption
Guarantee	3 years	3 years

And overcoming these shortcomings, to a point, is the job of the 44TB My E book Duo. It has two 22TB inside onerous drives inside that may work in tandem in a RAID 0 (default) or RAID 1 quantity to supply a lot quicker efficiency or redundancy, respectively.

Nonetheless, it may be cumbersome to make use of storage gadgets as massive as direct hooked up storage. Usually, with onerous drives of those capacities, it’s best to make use of them in a NAS server that may serve a number of gadgets on a community concurrently.

Then again, you do not essentially must fill the capability of a tough drive or copy all of your knowledge in a single go. Subsequently, it by no means hurts to have exterior drives for giant storage areas.

That’s till you discover out in regards to the prices of the brand new My Books.

Availability and costs

WD says the brand new 22TB My E book Desktop and 44TB My E book Duo onerous drive can be found now for prompt retail costs of $599.99 and $1499.99, respectively. That is some huge cash for a easy additional cupboard space, even so much.

I’d suggest utilizing that fund to chop out a 4-bay NAS, just like the Synology DS923+, and fill it with smaller capability drives. Or you may get one of many smaller My Books capacities that most accurately fits your wants and funds.