WD®, a Western  Digital (NASDAQ:WDC) company, and world leader in storage solutions for the  connected life, today introduced My Book® Duo ™, the newest member  of its award-winning line of desktop storage solutions for home and office.  Utilizing two drives, hardware-level RAID and USB 3.0, My Book Duo delivers  massive capacity and file transfer speeds not available on single-drive  solutions. Available in 4 TB¹, 6 TB and 8 TB  capacities, My Book Duo also comes with software that creates secure local, cloud  and system-level backups for complete data protection.
 
  “From creative pros and expert consumers  to everyday content creators – people with large amounts of data will find My  Book Duo the fast and reliable way to offload content from their computers, organize  it in a single location and protect it with backups, passwords and encryption,”   said Jim Welsh, executive vice president of content solutions and worldwide  sales at WD. “My Book Duo offers super-fast transfer speeds, massive capacity  and integrated WD Red® drives to provide the ultimate desktop storage solution  for all your digital libraries.”
 
Performance
My Book Duo’s dual-drive design offers  superior performance with USB 3.0 connection to enable transfer speeds up to  290 MB/s. Optimized for small RAID environments, the integrated WD Red hard  drives with true hardware RAID increase performance and reduce data  bottlenecks. Preconfigured in RAID (Redundant Array of Independent  Disks) 0 for maximum performance and capacity, My Book Duo offers users the  flexibility to take advantage of mirror mode (RAID 1) for ultimate data  protection or use JBOD configuration to use the drives individually. In mirror  mode (RAID 1) the drives continuously maintains a second copy of all digital files for real-time data backup².  One drive is used to store the user’s data while the second drive is used for a  duplicate copy. In the unlikely event that one drive fails, all of the user’s  data is still available from the other drive.

Complete Backup Protection
Software available on My Book Duo offers various  forms of data protection with local, cloud and system-level backup through WD  SmartWare Pro backup software and Acronis True Image software WD Edition. The  automatic and continuous settings within WD SmartWare Pro make file and folder  backups quick and easy. My Book Duo offers multiple data protection and access  benefits to Dropbox account users. Dropbox data can be securely backed up to  the local hard drive and integrated cloud backup to Dropbox accounts with WD  Smartware Pro to provide safe, offsite storage of critical files – creating an  extra layer of protection. Additionally, with My Book Duo, users can then  access information saved in the cloud with Dropbox Web access.  

Hardware & Software Security
In addition to the performance benefits of  hardware RAID, My Book Duo is engineered with optimum security in mind. My Book  Duo has 256-bit AES hardware encryption and password protection to provide  ultimate hardware and software security.

My Book Duo Features
My Book Duo is designed with a convenient  user-serviceable enclosure and a handy USB hub on the back of the device which  allows for connection of mobile phones, tablets and more for charging or data  transfer, or to help de-clutter the workstation area. Additional features  include: 

• Interface: USB 3.0 (x3) 
• Drives on board: WD Red hard drives 
• Available capacities: 4 TB, 6 TB and 8 TB 
• Data management: RAID 0, RAID 1, JBOD; independent  CPU for RAID volume management 
• Security: Hardware RAID, Hardware Encryption,  Password Protection 
• Compatibility:   NTFS (default) + Reformat to HFS + J for Mac 
• Software: WD SmartWare™ Pro, Dropbox™ cloud  integration, Acronis True Image Software WD Edition, WD Security™, WD Drive  Utilities 
• Limited Warranty: 2-Year regional warranty (see  support.wdc.com for terms and conditions)

Price and Availability
  Available at select U.S. retailers and online at www.wdstore.com, My  Book Duo comes with a two-year limited regional warranty. Recommended pricing for  My Book Duo is $279.99 USD for 4 TB, $349.99 USD for 6 TB, and $449.99 USD for  8 TB.