WE RECOMMEND
- Hello Drobo 2, Hello Price Cut
- USB SATA Adapter Supports Cloning and Chassis-less RAID1
- Toaster-style JBOD USB Rack
- Portable USB RAID 1 (Not Yet Bus-powered)
- Buffalo's RAID0 1TB DriveStation Goes Turbo USB
- Turn Drobo into a NAS on Apple Airport Extreme Network
- Drobo Huge $200 Price Cut
- Drobo - RAID-like Redundant Storage Robot
Regular data backup is no longer a choice, but a growing necessity, in our digital lifestyle. Unless you want to suffer eternal pain from a data loss, you'll need something as simple as an external hard drive or a safer RAID1. Configuring a RAID might not be for everyone so Western Digital makes it easy for the uninitiated with its latest My Book Mirror Edition, which is essentially the downscaled version of the dual-drive Studio and World Edition. Inside the slick looking case is a pair of 1TB WD GreenPower drives or a pair of 500GB for the low-end version. Automatic backup software is included with the drive. The drives are configured as factory default to use RAID mirroring for data security; as for RAID 0 (striped), it's up to the user to do the dirty work. The My Book Mirror's 2TB (striped) storage capacity is about as much storage as you will find this side of a fully-loaded Drobo device that can have up to 4TB (4x 1TB) of space. However, the latter is significantly more sophisticated (and expensive) than the My Book Mirror's $549.99 MSRP when already configured with drives. Western Digital My Book Mirror Edition (2TB)
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Filed under Hardware
USB Hard Drive Reviews
- Thermaltake BlacX SE USB Hard Drive Dock (2008)
- Buffalo 320GB Turbo USB Portable Hard Drive (2007)
- Apricorn Aegis Bio 120GB Portable Drive (2007)
- Toshiba 200GB USB 2.0 Portable Hard Drive (2007)
- SimpleTech Pininfarina 500GB USB HDD (2007)
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- LaCie 80GB Biometric USB HDD (2006)
- LaCie Carte Orange 8GB Micro Drive (2006)
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- Buffalo MiniStation 320GB Turbo USB Hard Drive Review
- Odyssey USB Removable HDD Cartridge Storage (No, it's not REV)
- Apricorn Aegis Bio 120GB Biometric USB Hard Drive Review
- Miniature Hard Drives Make a Comeback?
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- Alereon & SunPlusIT Bring WUSB Hard Drive to Reality
- Maxtor BlackArmor USB Drive - As Secure as it is Stylish
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- Buffalo's RAID0 1TB DriveStation Goes Turbo USB
- LaCie's USB Hard Drive - Black Marble Slab of Doom
- Apricorn USB HDDs Push Hardware Encryption to Mainstream
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- USB Drive Enclosure Locks Data Down via PIN
- Buffalo Turbo USB HDD Takes Lead with 320GB
- Maxtor USB Hard Drives Ship Virus Infected
- Sentry Safe Fire-Safe / Waterproof USB Hard Drives
- Buffalo "Turbo USB" Drive Failed to Impress?
- Brando's USB 2.0 to eSATA Adapter for $15
- With SATA USB Docking Bay, Who Needs USB Enclosures?
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