Western Digital My Book World Edition II 4 TB
Thursday, February 18th, 2010 at
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| Western Digital My Book World Edition 4 TB (2 x 2 TB) Network Attached Storage WDH2NC40000N (White) | |||||||||||||||
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| Simplified set up and best-in-class performance make My Book World Edition II Home Network Storage the easy choice for centralizing data and backing up your home computers. Connect the drive to your network router and you¿re up and running in minutes. Use the included back up software to protect your family¿s PCs with automatic and continuous backup plans. Store all your digital media in one central location so everyone in the family can have access to it. Compatible with both Mac and Windows files. |
- Automatic and continuous backup for all the computers on your network
- Centralize all your family¿s digital content
- Best-in-class performance cutting-edge technologies to deliver high performance read
- Built-in media server for streaming music, photos and movies to any DLNA certified multimedia device such as Playstation 3
- iTunes server support Centralize your music collection and stream to a Mac or Windows PC using iTunes software.
 Setup? What Set-up? Very Impressive NAS From Western Digital! |
| Review Date: November 17, 2009 |
| Reviewer: R. Glover, |
| I received my World Edition II 2 TB NAS on 11/13! Opened the box, connected it to my router, powered it up and presto, my network discovered the new drive. Very shortly afterwards, I was transferring files! (I am running Windows Vista for reference).
The web setup was amazingly simple... One point of caution, the basic setup flyer that comes with the drive does not mention the username and password which are admin, admin(You can of course change these once you are logged in)... Once I logged in I was able to establish a static IP address (you have the option of DHCP but I prefer to use static IPs). The drive also comes pre-configured for RAID 1 (Mirroring) which is exactly what I wanted for secure data protection/back-up. However, if you prefer to establish RAID 0 (Striping), then it's very easy to configure (just make sure that you do this before transferring any data to the drive). RAID 1 provides a total of 1TB of effective storage and RAID 0 provides a total of 2TB of effective storage. With regard to transfer speed, I was seeing on average respectable transfer speeds of about 5 MB/sec(40 Mbps). The intitial data transfer will take a while but for ongoing access, no problem. I then loaded the backup software to my Work laptop, established a shared folder and then mapped that folder to my laptop. I then initiated the backup and a few hours later, my laptop was securely backed up to my new drive! Just for testing purposes, I disconnected this laptop from the network and updated one of my files. I then reconnected the laptop to the network and the backup software immediately recognized that a file had been changed and updated the file on the NAS!!!! How's that for secure backup! And if that wasn't enough, the backup software kept a copy of my original file along with the updated file (you can configure the software to keep multiple versions of the files when you setup your back-up plan). One other feature that is not widely advertised is the ability to setup alerts. You can configure the NAS to send an email if there are issues with the NAS (e.g drive failure, errors, etc...)! I thought that this was a pretty slick advanced feature that honestly I hope I never see in action (-: The World Edition II (WDH2NC20000N)performed very well in the following areas: - Ease Of Setup - Transfer Speed - Backup Software - Pre-Configured For RAID 1 - Web Enabled Setup/Configuration I have not explored the DLNA or Remote Web Access features but will update my review once I've explored these options. If my initial experience is any indication, I'm sure that these features will perform just as flawlessly... Overall, I'm completely happy with my purchase and very impressed. I would definitely recommend this NAS for anyone looking to provide centralized storage and security for their home network! Good luck with your purchase. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ UPDATE: 12/18/2009 I've recently purchased a Playstation 3 and I'm using it as a media server. DLNA works flawlessly and I've been able to successfully stream music and video from my NAS to the PS3 wirelessly. I was pleasantly surprised to discover that the Twonky Media Server provided by Western Digital was automatically and immediately discovered by the PS3 - no additional setup or configuration on my part. Again, very satisfied!!! Update: 3/26/2010 The remote access feature(via MioNet)which allows you to access your files from anywhere in the world works reliably. However, it is slow. As long as you don't expect local network speeds you should be fine. Once logged into MioNet, it takes on average about 15-20 seconds to open a file. Also, the setup was again very easy and intuitive. Sharing files with friends is as easy as selecting the folder you want to share and entering their email address within Mionet. It also has built in security - it limits user access to "read-only"(unless you specify read/write access). Overall, another great feature! |
| Best Backup Server I've Had (& Light Does Go Out If Desired) |
| Review Date: March 10, 2010 |
| Reviewer: H. Dubitzky, Miami, FL United States |
| Just wanted to say that this is the best backup server and document/file/music/picture sharing device I've ever had! No more scheduling backups as it is always set to be backed-up on the 2nd hard drive! I've even got my PlayStation 3 to recognize it and I can play my home videos WIRELESSLY to my TV! The other thing I'd like to mention is that the LED light on the front can simply be turned off via a setting in the advanced menu area (it's a simple check box). Great device thus far! The only negative thing I would say about it is that it loses connectivity breifly at times. Not sure why...I will have to investigate. |
| Great Product, but Crappy software |
| Review Date: February 2, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Charles Easton IV, New Jersey - USA |
| The WD My Book World Edition II NAS is excellent for a home network backup device. I use the drive to share files between all the computers in my house and use it with the WD TV Live to play videos from the My Book on my TV. The Backup software is a load of junk, lacks many control options and crashed a lot on me. I ended up just copying and pasting my files to the drive, and was happy with that. Remember that this drive can be used in RAID 0 (Striped, 2Tb max storage) and, by default, RAID 1 (Mirrored, 1Tb max storage). If your looking to have 2Tb of data backed up, you need to either purchase the 4Tb edition or switch to RAID 0, in which case your data will not be protected against drive failures. The drives are the Caviar Green edition, so max RPM is 5400 (64Mb Cashe), which is slower than the blue or black editions, but of course Eco friendly and expected from a backup drive. Overall, I highly recommend this product as well as using it with the WD TV live. |
| WD MyBook World Edition 2TB Everything I Wanted! |
| Review Date: February 19, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Debbie K. Hilyard, Palm Coast, FL |
| After MUCH research on affordable solutions for backing up a Wireless-N home network with 3 laptops and a desktop, I have found the perfect solution for us. Carefully following the installation instructions in the correct order resulted in a smooth installation with no problems. All of our PCs were set up for automatic backups and completed the initial backups in less time than I had expected after reading some of the reviews. Although I have only used about 200 GB of the storage space with all my PCs including the shared area I set up for saving all photos in one location instead of having them scattered among different laptops. This is a much better solution than my previous backup method of periodically manually backing up each PC to DVD's. I have even already successfully recovered a file which had been inadvertently copied over, by retreiving one of 2 file version generations I included in the backup plan. I have also successfully tested remote recovery of several photos using the MioNet interface with no problems while on vacation away from home. I am particularly happy with the RAID mirroring backup redundancy built in out of the box. I would definitely recommend this solution to home users who want an automated backup solution. I have not tested any video streaming so cannot report on that capability. |
| Give my computer a rest |
| Review Date: December 31, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Bernardo Silva, Maimi, FL USA |
| I bought this primarily for use with an WDTV and it is better than I expected, but mostly because I'm not in a rush do much. For my uses it fits like a glove. I stream MKV's over a wired network with no problem at all, with pretty high bitrates, yet no stuttering. It moves rather fast. Copying a 12-15GB movie into it takes about 25 minutes or so through a 100Mbit router (my whole network is 100Mbit, and I never find myself needing the extra bandwidth afforded by Gigabit, but if you do, beware). It does have a very nifty feature which I didn't even read very much into it. It's called the downloader: it downloads anything for you, and even allows scheduling so it doesn't hog up your bandwidth, and even does bit-torrent. You can program it for late night downloading. It downloads as fast as your internet allows, and is extremely convenient. One niggle is that it can only download to predetermined folders, but that's nitpicking. Mionet is extremely slow just as I'm sure you've read in other reviews, and it uses Java. How slow? I downloaded a song from my house to my office and it took some 5 minutes.... the song was a little over 3MB. I haven't taken the time to look into FTP'ing into it, but I will and maybe I'll update this review. Make sure it has plenty of room to breathe as it can get pretty hot and this unit has no fans. It doesn't get "original-xbox-360"-hot, that is to say, it doesn't warm up your room, but it does get hot to the touch. I haven't used the backup stuff, so I wouldn't be able to comment on it, but for use similar to mine, I highly recommend it. |
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