1 00:00:07,279 --> 00:00:15,839 Welcome to my unboxing of a pretty cool product. This is the WD MyBook 2 00:00:12,719 --> 00:00:20,279 Thunderbolt Duo. And what makes it duo 3 00:00:15,839 --> 00:00:22,640 is the fact that Oh man. Okay, give me a 4 00:00:20,279 --> 00:00:27,680 sec. And we got the plastic off, which is great. Okay, so what makes this a duo 5 00:00:25,039 --> 00:00:31,519 hard drive is that it is a dual drive storage system. Okay, peak performance 6 00:00:29,519 --> 00:00:35,440 for creative professionals. More on how to achieve that in just a moment. This 7 00:00:33,360 --> 00:00:38,800 is a 4 TBTE total capacity unit, although it's available in a variety of 8 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:41,920 configurations. Uses Thunderbolt technology, although the cables sold 9 00:00:40,160 --> 00:00:47,440 separately and works with Mac OSX Time Machine. And now that we have 10 00:00:45,360 --> 00:00:52,000 Thunderbolt on the PC, it'll also work with whatever PC technologies you want 11 00:00:49,360 --> 00:00:58,160 to use it with as well. So, it's not just just a Mac product, you guys. This 12 00:00:54,559 --> 00:01:01,680 is very much a PC product, too. So, 13 00:00:58,160 --> 00:01:01,680 don't hit that dislike button just 14 00:01:01,879 --> 00:01:06,799 yet. All right, let's see what else Western Digital has to say for 15 00:01:05,280 --> 00:01:11,280 themselves before we get too much further into this. So, we'll cover that 16 00:01:08,880 --> 00:01:15,360 later. Threeyear warranty on this guy. Uh, there's the front in real size. Oh, 17 00:01:13,600 --> 00:01:18,799 is that really actual size? Hold on. Let's see. Let's see how actual size 18 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:23,600 they've gotten it because it doesn't look quite right to me. Hold on. Hold 19 00:01:21,759 --> 00:01:28,720 on. I do like it when on the outside of the box they do like an actual size 20 00:01:25,439 --> 00:01:32,479 thing. Is it right? Let's see. See if 21 00:01:28,720 --> 00:01:34,240 the height's right. Yeah. H It's almost 22 00:01:32,479 --> 00:01:38,079 almost. It's very very close. So, that's what the unit looks like. Um on this 23 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:41,920 side, you see Okay, we'll show you all the ports on the back later. Uh user 24 00:01:40,560 --> 00:01:46,280 blah blah blah blah blah. Okay. Yeah. Let's go. So, let's have a look at the 25 00:01:44,079 --> 00:01:50,560 included accessories. Power adapter. Remember, no 26 00:01:48,799 --> 00:01:53,439 Thunderbolt cable included. Those they're still really, really expensive. 27 00:01:52,079 --> 00:01:57,840 So, it's up to the user to source a Thunderbolt cable. They show you how to plug in a Thunderbolt cable. 28 00:01:56,159 --> 00:02:01,799 Thunderbolt's plug-andplay, so as long as your computer's set up for it, you 29 00:01:59,439 --> 00:02:07,000 should be fine. Um, all 30 00:02:03,799 --> 00:02:10,080 right. Why would you need one of 31 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:13,599 these? Very simple answer. And the 32 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:16,800 simple answer is that you need extremely 33 00:02:13,599 --> 00:02:18,879 high-speed or very reliable and 34 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:24,800 high-speed external storage. So, the two drives in here can be configured either 35 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:26,560 as JBO or as JBO, which is just a bunch 36 00:02:24,800 --> 00:02:33,280 of discs. So you'll have four four terabytes of nonbacked up and 37 00:02:29,560 --> 00:02:36,319 nonacelerated storage or as RAID zero 38 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:38,239 for high performance. However, if one of 39 00:02:36,319 --> 00:02:41,120 the drives inside were to fail, you would lose all of the data on it. So 40 00:02:39,519 --> 00:02:44,560 you'd want to make sure you're also doing like a nightly backup or something 41 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:48,720 of your of your working drive because then you'd be using it as more like a 42 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:53,760 high performance external drive off of your laptop that you use for video or 43 00:02:51,760 --> 00:02:57,200 rendering or photo editing or something like that. Okay? So you can use it for 44 00:02:55,040 --> 00:03:00,640 high performance or the third option is you can configure it in RAID one which 45 00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:04,239 will give you the performance of a single drive and the capacity of a 46 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:08,239 single drive. So you'll be down to two terabytes of capacity. However, you will 47 00:03:06,480 --> 00:03:12,000 have complete redundancy between those two drives. So if one drive just fails 48 00:03:10,319 --> 00:03:16,360 outright, you know, you drop the Thunderbolt Duo off your desk and one of 49 00:03:14,319 --> 00:03:21,599 the drives doesn't work anymore. You're still okay. All your 50 00:03:18,959 --> 00:03:26,400 data will be there. So JBO which gives you 4 gigs normal speed and if one drive 51 00:03:24,319 --> 00:03:30,480 dies only the data on it is lost the other data is fine. So there's that. 52 00:03:28,480 --> 00:03:35,040 Then there's RAID zero which is high performance 4 TB of capacity but 53 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:39,599 increased risk of data loss. And then there's RAID one which gives you single 54 00:03:36,799 --> 00:03:44,159 drive performance and perfect data recovery in the event of a hardware 55 00:03:41,680 --> 00:03:48,720 failure. So the unit itself is pretty pretty plain. You got your activity LED, 56 00:03:46,400 --> 00:03:51,599 your WD logo. Pretty plain on this side. Don't worry, these aren't these marks 57 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:56,159 aren't real. These are just bits of packaging. Uh, pretty plain on this side 58 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:59,599 as well. On the back, you find the business end. This is where we've got 59 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:03,120 two Thunderbolt ports, so you can use it as a pass through if you have multiple 60 00:04:01,439 --> 00:04:06,959 storage devices or if you have other Thunderbolt devices. Remember, there's 61 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:10,640 not much now, but more is coming. Or if you have a DisplayPort display that you 62 00:04:08,799 --> 00:04:14,159 want to pass through to, that's why it has two for the daisy chaining 63 00:04:12,239 --> 00:04:18,560 functionality of Thunderbolt. We've also got our power in. And here is a really, 64 00:04:16,880 --> 00:04:25,080 really cool feature about this. Now, most external drives are not user 65 00:04:21,960 --> 00:04:28,080 serviceable. This one, ah, there we go. 66 00:04:25,080 --> 00:04:29,759 Is. So, all you got to do is pop the 67 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:35,919 top. And I'm learning this in real time. I have done no preparation on how to uh 68 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:37,680 how to swap out a drive. Simply open the 69 00:04:35,919 --> 00:04:41,759 case and exchange the existing drive. No tools needed. Look at that. Okay. So, 70 00:04:39,199 --> 00:04:44,160 there's a little ventilated uh piece there. So, actually, let's have a look 71 00:04:42,880 --> 00:04:48,000 at the ventilation. So, you got vent holes at the bottom. Vent holes. No, no 72 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:51,040 vent holes at the back. So, they're relying on natural convection. Rubber 73 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:56,720 feet here to get keep it a little bit off the table. Cold air will come in 74 00:04:52,960 --> 00:05:00,400 here, rise, and then go out of the top 75 00:04:56,720 --> 00:05:01,560 of the unit. Great. Okay. So, how are 76 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:05,919 these uh Oh, okay. I think I get 77 00:05:06,280 --> 00:05:13,840 it. And there we go. WD Caviar green 78 00:05:10,320 --> 00:05:16,960 drives. It recommends to use WD green 79 00:05:13,840 --> 00:05:20,759 power drives only. Um, that might be a 80 00:05:16,960 --> 00:05:23,520 power restriction. It might be 81 00:05:20,759 --> 00:05:26,320 um a quiet restriction. I mean, you don't want something sitting on your 82 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:30,560 desk to have really, really loud sleep times if you're using it all the time if it's sitting right next to your head. 83 00:05:28,880 --> 00:05:34,479 For whatever reason, Western Digital recommends using green drives in here. 84 00:05:32,639 --> 00:05:39,759 So, it's that simple. All you got to do is take out these screws. One, two. Take 85 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:42,560 this piece and put it on the screw when you put it into the new drive as well, 86 00:05:41,199 --> 00:05:47,600 so that you'll actually be able to remove the new drive. and you could Oh, 87 00:05:44,880 --> 00:05:52,560 that's that's cool. So, they're not locking you into this external storage 88 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:56,479 unit. They're actually giving you the option to go, oh, well, two two TB 89 00:05:55,120 --> 00:06:00,639 drives isn't enough for me anymore, and now there are 6 TBTE, you know, green 90 00:05:59,199 --> 00:06:06,800 drives. I can just buy a couple of those, throw them in there, and then I'm 91 00:06:02,720 --> 00:06:08,240 ready to have a way, way bigger external 92 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:12,960 Thunderbolt storage solution because Thunderbolt is a standard that's going to matter for a long time now. and 93 00:06:11,520 --> 00:06:18,000 you're getting a much better value with a product like this if you're going to be able to keep using it over an 94 00:06:16,479 --> 00:06:22,080 extended period of time. So, that's actually very very big of them to go 95 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:26,080 ahead and do that. So, I'm just trying to uh get this back in at some point 96 00:06:24,560 --> 00:06:31,280 here. You know what? I'm not going to stress about it too much, but I think I got it now. Let's have a Yeah, there's a 97 00:06:29,440 --> 00:06:35,039 cat. Thank you, Slick, for contributing that to the uh to the video today. There 98 00:06:33,919 --> 00:06:40,160 we go. I got it. So, let's see if there's anything else that we're missing here. Right. So, extra performance with 99 00:06:37,919 --> 00:06:43,840 RAID zero. Raid one mirrored. Do more work in less time. Right. Why would you 100 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:48,160 want a Thunderbolt external drive? I mean, I covered this very briefly 101 00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:49,600 before, but might as well. Yeah. Yeah, 102 00:06:48,160 --> 00:06:54,880 it's fast. Okay, there's that. Thank you for that contribution. Thunderbolt is up to 10 Gbit per second, although until 103 00:06:53,199 --> 00:06:58,960 hard drives get a fair bit faster. Even with RAID zero, we're not going to max 104 00:06:56,319 --> 00:07:02,960 that out. We're going to need like Uber drives. Um, this is for professionals. 105 00:07:01,599 --> 00:07:08,400 This is for notebook users. If your notebook has Thunderbolt, then you can 106 00:07:05,759 --> 00:07:12,000 use this for huge mass storage on your desk that you can quickly and easily 107 00:07:09,919 --> 00:07:17,840 plug in. So, you plug in one cable, boom, your desktop monitor's on, your uh 108 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:20,319 your storage is connected, and you don't have to sort of fumble around with a 109 00:07:19,199 --> 00:07:24,720 bunch of different cables. So, there's that. And then usage scenario number two 110 00:07:22,479 --> 00:07:28,240 is you need high performance, reliable external storage for a desktop PC that 111 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:31,680 you're using for professional use. A lot of the time, it can be more convenient 112 00:07:29,840 --> 00:07:36,240 to use an external external storage device rather than throwing drives in 113 00:07:33,759 --> 00:07:39,520 and out of your your actual computer tower all the time. I mean, if you have 114 00:07:38,080 --> 00:07:43,520 a custom computer, it might not be as hard, but a lot of OEM computers, it's a 115 00:07:41,599 --> 00:07:49,120 real hassle to fuss around with hard drives, and this is comparatively very, 116 00:07:47,360 --> 00:07:52,639 very easy. So, thank you for checking out my unboxing and first look at the 117 00:07:50,560 --> 00:07:55,680 Maybook Thunderbolt Duo. I will be doing a follow-up video on this one where we 118 00:07:54,240 --> 00:07:59,199 have a look at performance over Thunderbolt with this particular device 119 00:07:57,520 --> 00:08:02,720 in a few different configurations. So, stay tuned for that on the NCIXCOM 120 00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:05,919 channel. And don't forget to subscribe to Lionus Tech Tips.