Western Digital 4TB My Book Studio II Hard Drive
Multiple high-speed interfaces make this My Book Studio Edition II drive an ideal storage solution for creative professionals and video editors.
- Lightning-fast FireWire 800 with RAID 0
- Energy-saving fanless design
- Compatible with Time Machine
- Added choice of eSATA, FireWire 400, USB 2.0
Overview
The My Book Studio II drive delivers with four high-speed interfaces, including FireWire 800, eSATA, FireWire 400 and USB 2.0 connectivity. It’s ideal for smooth video editing, rendering complex 3D objects or special effects and saving huge blocks of data in record time.
Worry-free backups
Use Time Machine or Western Digital’s automatic backup capability to back up your creative masterpieces the minute you save them.
Features
- Lightning-fast FireWire 800 combined with RAID 0 (Striped) yields the speed you need
- GreenPower drives that use about 30% less energy than standard systems and don’t need a fan
- Compatible with Apple’s Time Machine; includes software and instructions for reformatting to Windows
- Quad interface, including ultra-fast eSATA and FireWire 800, as well as the convenience of FireWire 400 and USB 2.0
- User serviceable
- Automatic backup software
- Capacity gauge for an easy read of remaining available space on system
- Intelligent drive management functions, such as automatic power-up, Safe Shutdown, and LED status and activity lights (Works with USB and FireWire connections only)
Did you notice?
A choice of FireWire 800, eSATA, FireWire 400 and USB 2.0 connections for maximum speed and flexibility.
Apple Recommends for...
Creative professionals, such as video editors, who need to save large amounts of data as quickly as possible.
Technical specifications
- Serial bus transfer rate (max.): FireWire 800: 800 Mbps; eSATA: 3 Gbps; FireWire 400: 400 Mbps; USB 2.0: 480 Mbps
- AC input voltage: 100-240V
- AC input frequency: 47-63Hz
- Dimensions (HxLxW): 6.54 x 6.06 x 3.87 in./16.6 x 15.4 x 9.8 cm
- Weight: 5.2 lb./2.63 kg
What’s in the box?
- My Book Studio Edition II dual-drive storage system
- FireWire 800 cable
- FireWire 800 to 400 cable
- USB cable
- AC adapter
- Software CD
- Quick install guide
Warranty
- Five-year limited
Most Useful Reviews
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Western Digital 4TB My Book Studio II Hard Drive
Excellent
Written by DH from Gorleston
11-Nov-2009
Can't really fault these units, I have two of them and am just about to buy a third.
Only (VERY) minor problem is that the supplied back-up software doesn't seem to work with Snow Leopard.
Very quiet, never gets too hot.
Basically it just works exactly how it is meant to. …More2 of 2 people found this useful
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Western Digital 4TB My Book Studio II Hard Drive
Great Large capacity and Quiet
Written by DP from St. Albans
16-Oct-2009
Plus side, this is a lot of capacity, which works well for my main video server.
It runs quiet and compared to some of the other 1TB stuff we have not overly hot, so it cools itself quietly.
On the downside I was hoping to use the raid structure on the back of AEBS but couldn't get it to recognise the partition via the USB over the network so left it as 1 large volume at 4TB.
Overall impressed so far, had it 3 months. …More5 of 5 people found this useful
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Questions & Answers
Most Interesting
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Is this drive really quiet in use?
- Asked by LB from London
- 02-Nov-2009
Best Answer
Yes, this drive is extremely quiet. I have two of these drives connected to one of my Mac Mini's. A nominal amount of noise can be heard when the drive first spins up for use. During heavy to normal activity this drive is all but silent. …More
- Answered by WP from Peterborough
- 10-Nov-2009
- 5 of 5 people found this useful
- 1 more answer
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How quiet is this drive, really?
- Asked by LB from London
- 02-Nov-2009
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Western Digital 4TB My Book Studio II Hard Drive will this work with a APPLE G5 using final cut pro
- Asked by PN from telford
- 06-Oct-2009
Best Answer
Yes, no problem. I've been using it as the location for all the Final Cut render files for four months without any problem. My machine is an iMac. Just make sure it's hooked up with FireWire 800 in order to get maximum transfer speed.
I was just about to order another when I saw your question.
Good luck! …More- Answered by TB from LONDON
- 14-Oct-2009
- 4 of 6 people found this useful
Most Recent
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Can I use Apple TV to stream content stored on this?
- Asked by LD from Cave Creek
- 19-Dec-2009
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Can I use this hard drive to put all my itune music and videos and leave my internal har drive clean of music and videos?
- Asked by SO from OAKLAND
- 18-Dec-2009
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can you use a MAC and a Windows based machine at the same time?
- Asked by JL from LLANELLI
- 16-Dec-2009
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Is this a better option that the same priced sigle drive mybook studio II hard drive
- Asked by AC from Isle of Man
- 14-Dec-2009
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Does this have two 1GB drives? RAID 0=2GB storage and RAID 1=1GB storage?
- Asked by SB from Moncton
- 06-Dec-2009
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In RAID 1 mode, if one drive fails and is replaced, will the controller automatically mirror the new drive with the existing drive?
- Asked by DP from Ripon
- 24-Nov-2009
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Can this be set up as 2 x 2TB Drives ? and if so, if you are only using one disk, would the other stop spinning and sleep ?
- Asked by KM from Uxbridge
- 24-Nov-2009
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Comment: the WD backup software now works with Snow Leopard! Congratulations to the WD software geeks for sorting this out so promptly after my post.
- Asked by SC from Cheltenham
- 16-Nov-2009
