New My Book Duo Offers 20TB to Keep Up with
Today’s Growing Content Libraries
Western Digital Corporation, (NASDAQ: WDC), a global data
storage technology and solutions leader, today unveiled My Book®
Duo storage system designed to give both consumers and
professionals the capacity they need to keep up with their
expanding digital content libraries and the performance to maintain
pace with the speed of today’s small business landscape. With this
extreme capacity and fast content transfer speeds, the new desktop
RAID storage system has the capability to back up colossal amounts
of photos, videos, music and important documents in one place while
also providing users with complete control of their content.
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“Both at home and in the office, people are creating and
amassing huge volumes of data, and need high capacity, high speed
solutions to easily and confidently move and store that data in a
single location,” said Sven Rathjen, vice president of product
marketing, Client Solutions, Western Digital. “We see it within new
content creation segments such as the drone market and with
enthusiasts, as well as professionals, producing and editing
massive, high quality photo and video files. There has never been
more of a need for a simple-to-use, massive capacity desktop
storage solution such as My Book Duo for these content creators to
keep pace with their growing storage demands.”
Whether set up as a home back up system, or for a small
business, the My Book Duo storage system can quickly and reliably
back up an enormous amount of data in any environment. It comes
with RAID-optimized WD Red™ hard drives inside to deliver high
speeds of up to 360 MB/s sequential reads1, and RAID-optimized
firmware which is perfect for two-disk array systems with auto
management of drive operations to help ensure read/write cycle data
integrity.
“As a creative professional, I constantly have several photo and
video projects in the works. With the way file sizes are increasing
and demand for higher quality content is growing, I need a
reliable, massive storage system that I can quickly and easily
access while managing my business. The My Book Duo combines the
speed, capacity and features I need to help keep my content in
control and securely backed up,” said Trevor Traynor, Director,
Photographer and Producer.
The My Book Duo storage system also features a USB Type-C™ port
with all cables included so it’s universally compatible (supports
USB 3.1 Gen 1/3.0/2.0) right out of the box and offers high speed
connectivity. The storage system also has two additional USB Type-A
hub ports to allow for additional accessories, including drones,
action cameras, card readers, keyboards, mice, USB drives, or phone
syncing and charging.
The My Book Duo storage system delivers extreme capacity and
file transfer speeds. Available in 20TB, 16TB, 12TB, 8TB, 6TB and
4TB capacities2, the storage system also comes with password
protection and 256-bit AES hardware encryption with WD Security™
software built in to help keep private content secure.
Pricing and Availability
The My Book Duo storage system is protected by a three-year
limited warranty and is available now from wd.com and at
select retailers and distributors around the world. In the United
States, the My Book Duo storage system has a Manufacturer’s
Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) of $799.99 (20TB), $599.99 (16TB),
$419.99 (12TB), $329.99 (8TB), $289.99 (6TB) and $259.99 (4TB).
About Western Digital
Western Digital Corporation (NASDAQ: WDC) is an industry-leading
provider of storage technologies and solutions that enable people
to create, leverage, experience and preserve data. The company
addresses ever-changing market needs by providing a full portfolio
of compelling, high-quality storage solutions with customer-focused
innovation, high efficiency, flexibility and speed. Our products
are marketed under the HGST, SanDisk and WD brands to OEMs,
distributors, resellers, cloud infrastructure providers and
consumers. For more information about the WD brand, please visit
www.wd.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release includes forward-looking statements, including
the expected availability, pricing and performance of the My Book
Duo storage system and its features and benefits to customers.
There are a number of risks and uncertainties that may cause these
forward-looking statements to be inaccurate including, among
others: the My Book Duo storage system may not be available when we
expect; volatility in global economic conditions; business
conditions and growth in the storage ecosystem; impact of
competitive products and pricing; market acceptance and cost of
commodity materials and specialized product components; actions by
competitors; unexpected advances in competing technologies; our
development and introduction of products based on new technologies
and expansion into new data storage markets; risks associated with
acquisitions, mergers and joint ventures; difficulties or delays in
manufacturing; and other risks and uncertainties listed in the
company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"SEC"), including our most recently filed periodic report to which
your attention is directed. We do not intend to update the
information contained in this release.
1 As used for sequential read transfer rate, megabyte per second
(MB/s) = one million bytes per second.
2 As used for storage capacity, one terabyte (TB) = one trillion
bytes. Total accessible capacity varies depending on operating
environment and RAID/JBOD configuration.
Western Digital, WD, the WD logo, My Book, WD Red and WD
Security are registered trademarks or trademarks of Western Digital
Corporation or its affiliates in the U.S. and/or other countries.
Dropbox is a trademark of Dropbox, Inc. Google Drive is a trademark
of Google Inc. USB Type-C™ is a trademark of USB Implementers
Forum. All other marks are the property of their respective owners.
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