Testseek.com have collected 57 expert reviews of the Western Digital My Book Studio 2 USB2/FireWire WDH2Q and the average rating is 79%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Western Digital My Book Studio 2 USB2/FireWire WDH2Q.
February 2009
(79%)
57 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
User serviceable drives, Great sequential FireWire 800 performance, RAID 1 or 0 available
Not great on the random speeds, we've seen better eSATA performance, Lid is a pain to close
The My Book Studio Edition II isn't a top-level performer across the board. We'd only look into it if you need high sequential reads and writes over FireWire, or like the idea of redundant directly attached storage.
While write speeds might lag a little, the WD My Book Studio Edition II offers almost as much storage space as even the greediest user could want at a reasonable expense.Related Tags: design, durability, hard drive, rating guide, review, speed, tb, tes...
Energy efficient, simple and elegant design, runs quietly, good software
Slower read/write speed than comparable devices The Final Word Its quiet, its energy efficient and it’s 2TB of space in an easily connectible box. The Western Digital My Book Studio Edition II may not be the fastest kid on the block, but it isn&rsqu...
Its quiet, its energy efficient and it’s 2TB of space in an easily connectible box. The Western Digital My Book Studio Edition II may not be the fastest kid on the block, but it isn’t a slow coach and it is customisable enough to suit most sit...
The WD My Book Studio II benefits from this upgrade to the largest commercially available hard disks, offering around 6TB when the internal drives are striped together. If you value data integrity over capacity and slightly faster write speeds, you’d b...
Sleek design; Lots of storage space; 5-year limited warranty
Unimpressive write speeds
Though its write performance is less than stellar, the My Book Studio Edition II provides copious amounts of storage space, a sleek look, and plenty of connection options. Western Digital also includes a limited 5-year warranty. If you need to store 722 h...
Huge capacity for backups and storing media files,
No USB 3.0 interface (or Thunderbolt for Mac users).
The latest addition to WD's My Book Studio Edition II range offers huge amounts of external storage, but the lack of forward thinking by not having at least a USB 3.0 interface for Windows users is disappointing....
