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
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The editors liked
Sleek design
Lots of storage space
5-year limited warranty
Enormous capacity. FireWire 800 and eSATA connectivity. Compatible with Mac and Windows. Affordably priced. Can be configured for RAID 0/1.
Capacious storage. Speedy. Low power consumption. Quiet. Easy to replace internal hard drives. Capacity indicator.
Large 2TB of storage
"Green" drives use less electricity
User replaceable hard drives
4TB capacity
2TB mirrored
RAID 0 or RAID 1
Several I/O ports for PC connectivityQuiet and low power usage.
The My Book Studio Edition II offers up to 6TB of storage
Features RAID 0 and RAID 1
And supports USB 2.0
FireWire (400/800)
And eSATA connections. The drive is fast and affordable
Massive storage space
User-replaceable drives
ESATA and FireWire 800 ports offer speedy transfers for Mac or PC
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2TB hard drive for next year The unit boasts a quad interface
But in reality it only has three types of onboard connectors-two FireWire 800 ports
One mini USB 2.0 port
And one eSATA port
Which youll...
The editors didn't like
Unimpressive write speeds
Bottom Line
If size is your main consideration
Then you do well to check out the Western Digital My Book Studio Edition II (6TB). Not only does it epitomize capaciousness
It's a nimble performer with enough versatility to last until you fill it up
Whi
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. eSATA cable not included.
ESATA cable is not included
Front LED capacity indicator requires installation of a utility
Apple default settings
No Firewire 400 or Ethernet ports
WD RAID Manager software runs only under Microsoft Windows
No Linux support.
The My Book Studio Edition II doesn't support USB 3.0 and internal hard drives made by other vendors. It runs hot
Seems buggy at times
And doesn't come with an eSATA cable
Pricey
But not unreasonable considering capacity
No eSATA cable included
No FireWire 400 port
Western Digital utility must be installed before RAID configuration can be changed.
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....
