Testseek.com have collected 22 expert reviews of the Western Digital My Book Mirror Edition USB2 WDH2U and the average rating is 81%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Western Digital My Book Mirror Edition USB2 WDH2U.
August 2008
(81%)
22 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Abstract: With the price of storage is falling everyday, manufacturers are bringing more high capacity devices to the market. We have one of those external drives to review, the Western Digital MyBook Mirror Edition 2 Terabyte. IntroductionWestern Digital MyBoo...
Capacious storage. Protected storage. Low power consumption. Quiet. Easy to replace internal hard drives.
A little pricey on a dollar-per-GB basis. Install disc contains crapware. Capacity indicator requires software installation. Backup is data-oriented, not disaster-recovery-oriented. Additional, faster interfaces (eSATA, FireWire 800) would be nice.
The Western Digital My Book Mirror Edition has two 1TB drives, configured in a RAID 1 array, which gives you 1TB of "protected" storage. Everything you save is copied twice, so if one drive goes down, your backup is backed up....
Relatively slow read and write speed, Bulky, Lacks FireWire
The Western Digital My Book Mirror Edition is a compelling external storage drive solid for content hoarders. The drive will find a home with users who are more concerned with safeguarding data than lightning-fast transfer speeds, as the RAID configura...
Abstract: Very few consumers understand the importance of redundant storage. What this means is that most people are woefully unprepared for a crash, something that not only happens all the time, but will happen eventually on any computer or piece of equipment. ...
Decent performance; low cost per gigabyte; supports RAID 0 and 1; user-replaceable hard drives; cool and quiet operation, three-year warranty; useful bundled backup software.
No FireWire or eSATA; bulky power adaptor; supports only Western Digital hard drives; hard drives cant be set up as separate volumes.
The Western Digital My Book Mirror Edition is a compelling choice for an external drive, delivering excellent value, good performance, and two hard drives for added data security. For anyone looking for an external USB 2.0 drive, the My Book Mirror bel...
Sometimes you just can't protect valuable files enough. Whether you use the primary drive of the Western Digital My Book Mirror Edition (and rely on RAID 1 to make a second copy on the hidden secondary drive) or use the included backup software to mak...
Abstract: Theres no such thing as too much protection for your valuable files. Although external hard drives can provide backup copies of files on your hard drive, what if you use external drives for primary storage? Sure, you can use yet another external backu...
In the short time Ive spent with the My Book Mirror Edition, Ive come to appreciate its good looks, ease of use and the extra protection offered by its RAID system. Configured out-of-the box in RAID 1 mode, this dual-drive system automatically mirror...
Abstract: The Mirror Edition’s speed test results indicate that enormous capacity has nothing to do with read and write speed for an external USB 2.0 storage device. This 2 TB managed to beat a 320 GB drive in read speed, but couldn’t surpass that same smaller ...
Abstract: Western Digital Wednesday launched the latest in its My Book catalog, the My Book Mirror Edition - - an effort to deliver a higher-capacity RAID solution to the desktop into a market with an insatiable hunger for more capacity and better management. Th...
