WEBVTT 00:00:07.279 --> 00:00:15.839 Welcome to my unboxing of a pretty cool product. This is the WD MyBook 00:00:12.719 --> 00:00:20.279 Thunderbolt Duo. And what makes it duo 00:00:15.839 --> 00:00:22.640 is the fact that Oh man. Okay, give me a 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 00:00:25.039 --> 00:00:31.519 hard drive is that it is a dual drive storage system. Okay, peak performance 00:00:29.519 --> 00:00:35.440 for creative professionals. More on how to achieve that in just a moment. This 00:00:33.360 --> 00:00:38.800 is a 4 TBTE total capacity unit, although it's available in a variety of 00:00:36.880 --> 00:00:41.920 configurations. Uses Thunderbolt technology, although the cables sold 00:00:40.160 --> 00:00:47.440 separately and works with Mac OSX Time Machine. And now that we have 00:00:45.360 --> 00:00:52.000 Thunderbolt on the PC, it'll also work with whatever PC technologies you want 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 00:00:54.559 --> 00:01:01.680 is very much a PC product, too. So, 00:00:58.160 --> 00:01:01.680 don't hit that dislike button just 00:01:01.879 --> 00:01:06.799 yet. All right, let's see what else Western Digital has to say for 00:01:05.280 --> 00:01:11.280 themselves before we get too much further into this. So, we'll cover that 00:01:08.880 --> 00:01:15.360 later. Threeyear warranty on this guy. Uh, there's the front in real size. Oh, 00:01:13.600 --> 00:01:18.799 is that really actual size? Hold on. Let's see. Let's see how actual size 00:01:17.520 --> 00:01:23.600 they've gotten it because it doesn't look quite right to me. Hold on. Hold 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 00:01:25.439 --> 00:01:32.479 thing. Is it right? Let's see. See if 00:01:28.720 --> 00:01:34.240 the height's right. Yeah. H It's almost 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 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 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 00:01:44.079 --> 00:01:50.560 included accessories. Power adapter. Remember, no 00:01:48.799 --> 00:01:53.439 Thunderbolt cable included. Those they're still really, really expensive. 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. 00:01:56.159 --> 00:02:01.799 Thunderbolt's plug-andplay, so as long as your computer's set up for it, you 00:01:59.439 --> 00:02:07.000 should be fine. Um, all 00:02:03.799 --> 00:02:10.080 right. Why would you need one of 00:02:07.000 --> 00:02:13.599 these? Very simple answer. And the 00:02:10.080 --> 00:02:16.800 simple answer is that you need extremely 00:02:13.599 --> 00:02:18.879 high-speed or very reliable and 00:02:16.800 --> 00:02:24.800 high-speed external storage. So, the two drives in here can be configured either 00:02:21.280 --> 00:02:26.560 as JBO or as JBO, which is just a bunch 00:02:24.800 --> 00:02:33.280 of discs. So you'll have four four terabytes of nonbacked up and 00:02:29.560 --> 00:02:36.319 nonacelerated storage or as RAID zero 00:02:33.280 --> 00:02:38.239 for high performance. However, if one of 00:02:36.319 --> 00:02:41.120 the drives inside were to fail, you would lose all of the data on it. So 00:02:39.519 --> 00:02:44.560 you'd want to make sure you're also doing like a nightly backup or something 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 00:02:46.400 --> 00:02:53.760 high performance external drive off of your laptop that you use for video or 00:02:51.760 --> 00:02:57.200 rendering or photo editing or something like that. Okay? So you can use it for 00:02:55.040 --> 00:03:00.640 high performance or the third option is you can configure it in RAID one which 00:02:59.120 --> 00:03:04.239 will give you the performance of a single drive and the capacity of a 00:03:02.400 --> 00:03:08.239 single drive. So you'll be down to two terabytes of capacity. However, you will 00:03:06.480 --> 00:03:12.000 have complete redundancy between those two drives. So if one drive just fails 00:03:10.319 --> 00:03:16.360 outright, you know, you drop the Thunderbolt Duo off your desk and one of 00:03:14.319 --> 00:03:21.599 the drives doesn't work anymore. You're still okay. All your 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 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. 00:03:28.480 --> 00:03:35.040 Then there's RAID zero which is high performance 4 TB of capacity but 00:03:33.040 --> 00:03:39.599 increased risk of data loss. And then there's RAID one which gives you single 00:03:36.799 --> 00:03:44.159 drive performance and perfect data recovery in the event of a hardware 00:03:41.680 --> 00:03:48.720 failure. So the unit itself is pretty pretty plain. You got your activity LED, 00:03:46.400 --> 00:03:51.599 your WD logo. Pretty plain on this side. Don't worry, these aren't these marks 00:03:50.000 --> 00:03:56.159 aren't real. These are just bits of packaging. Uh, pretty plain on this side 00:03:54.000 --> 00:03:59.599 as well. On the back, you find the business end. This is where we've got 00:03:58.000 --> 00:04:03.120 two Thunderbolt ports, so you can use it as a pass through if you have multiple 00:04:01.439 --> 00:04:06.959 storage devices or if you have other Thunderbolt devices. Remember, there's 00:04:04.560 --> 00:04:10.640 not much now, but more is coming. Or if you have a DisplayPort display that you 00:04:08.799 --> 00:04:14.159 want to pass through to, that's why it has two for the daisy chaining 00:04:12.239 --> 00:04:18.560 functionality of Thunderbolt. We've also got our power in. And here is a really, 00:04:16.880 --> 00:04:25.080 really cool feature about this. Now, most external drives are not user 00:04:21.960 --> 00:04:28.080 serviceable. This one, ah, there we go. 00:04:25.080 --> 00:04:29.759 Is. So, all you got to do is pop the 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 00:04:32.880 --> 00:04:37.680 how to swap out a drive. Simply open the 00:04:35.919 --> 00:04:41.759 case and exchange the existing drive. No tools needed. Look at that. Okay. So, 00:04:39.199 --> 00:04:44.160 there's a little ventilated uh piece there. So, actually, let's have a look 00:04:42.880 --> 00:04:48.000 at the ventilation. So, you got vent holes at the bottom. Vent holes. No, no 00:04:46.560 --> 00:04:51.040 vent holes at the back. So, they're relying on natural convection. Rubber 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 00:04:52.960 --> 00:05:00.400 here, rise, and then go out of the top 00:04:56.720 --> 00:05:01.560 of the unit. Great. Okay. So, how are 00:05:00.400 --> 00:05:05.919 these uh Oh, okay. I think I get 00:05:06.280 --> 00:05:13.840 it. And there we go. WD Caviar green 00:05:10.320 --> 00:05:16.960 drives. It recommends to use WD green 00:05:13.840 --> 00:05:20.759 power drives only. Um, that might be a 00:05:16.960 --> 00:05:23.520 power restriction. It might be 00:05:20.759 --> 00:05:26.320 um a quiet restriction. I mean, you don't want something sitting on your 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. 00:05:28.880 --> 00:05:34.479 For whatever reason, Western Digital recommends using green drives in here. 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 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, 00:05:41.199 --> 00:05:47.600 so that you'll actually be able to remove the new drive. and you could Oh, 00:05:44.880 --> 00:05:52.560 that's that's cool. So, they're not locking you into this external storage 00:05:50.720 --> 00:05:56.479 unit. They're actually giving you the option to go, oh, well, two two TB 00:05:55.120 --> 00:06:00.639 drives isn't enough for me anymore, and now there are 6 TBTE, you know, green 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 00:06:02.720 --> 00:06:08.240 ready to have a way, way bigger external 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 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 00:06:16.479 --> 00:06:22.080 extended period of time. So, that's actually very very big of them to go 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 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 00:06:29.440 --> 00:06:35.039 cat. Thank you, Slick, for contributing that to the uh to the video today. There 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 00:06:37.919 --> 00:06:43.840 RAID zero. Raid one mirrored. Do more work in less time. Right. Why would you 00:06:42.000 --> 00:06:48.160 want a Thunderbolt external drive? I mean, I covered this very briefly 00:06:45.120 --> 00:06:49.600 before, but might as well. Yeah. Yeah, 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 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 00:06:56.319 --> 00:07:02.960 that out. We're going to need like Uber drives. Um, this is for professionals. 00:07:01.599 --> 00:07:08.400 This is for notebook users. If your notebook has Thunderbolt, then you can 00:07:05.759 --> 00:07:12.000 use this for huge mass storage on your desk that you can quickly and easily 00:07:09.919 --> 00:07:17.840 plug in. So, you plug in one cable, boom, your desktop monitor's on, your uh 00:07:16.160 --> 00:07:20.319 your storage is connected, and you don't have to sort of fumble around with a 00:07:19.199 --> 00:07:24.720 bunch of different cables. So, there's that. And then usage scenario number two 00:07:22.479 --> 00:07:28.240 is you need high performance, reliable external storage for a desktop PC that 00:07:26.800 --> 00:07:31.680 you're using for professional use. A lot of the time, it can be more convenient 00:07:29.840 --> 00:07:36.240 to use an external external storage device rather than throwing drives in 00:07:33.759 --> 00:07:39.520 and out of your your actual computer tower all the time. I mean, if you have 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 00:07:41.599 --> 00:07:49.120 real hassle to fuss around with hard drives, and this is comparatively very, 00:07:47.360 --> 00:07:52.639 very easy. So, thank you for checking out my unboxing and first look at the 00:07:50.560 --> 00:07:55.680 Maybook Thunderbolt Duo. I will be doing a follow-up video on this one where we 00:07:54.240 --> 00:07:59.199 have a look at performance over Thunderbolt with this particular device 00:07:57.520 --> 00:08:02.720 in a few different configurations. So, stay tuned for that on the NCIXCOM 00:08:01.280 --> 00:08:05.919 channel. And don't forget to subscribe to Lionus Tech Tips.