Below is a photo of the various cables that are included with the My Book Studio Edition II, including the power adapter. There are already tons of USB 2. One of my favorite design features of the My Book RAID enclosures is the easy-access top panel for simple servicing of the drives.
If you ever need to replace one of the two drives inside the My Book Studio Edition II all you have to do is press firmly on the top panel until it springs open. Next, unscrew the thumb screw holding the metal drive plate and remove the drive plate. Atto is another synthetic benchmark we use to test the performance of a storage drive. Still, even with the slower USB 2. I still have three old external USB 2.
One minor headache I experienced while testing the Studio Editon II was the fact that the power adapter kept coming unplugged whenever I moved the enclosure. We noticed that the drive seemed to go into sleep, or low-power, mode after being idle for about 10 minutes or so, and it would take about 2 minutes to wake up. There's no way to prevent it from doing this, unfortunately.
While in sleep mode, the drive would sometimes unmount itself, and this proved to be problematic for those who sporadically need quick access to it. The drive would also take about 2 minutes to be recognized by the operating system, which is a very long time compared with other external hard drives. All this makes the drive seem "buggy" at times. Hopefully this will be resolved via a firmware update.
It also helps quickly format the drive. In our trial, the included version of WD Drive Manager didn't work as expected, and we had to download the updated version from Western Digital's Web site before we could manage the drive's RAID configuration. In our test, it took about 20 minutes to change the drive's setup from one RAID to another.
In tests with eSATA the drive registered These numbers were very fast and close to those of a typical USB 3. In USB 2. In FireWire test, the drive scored We didn't test the drive with FireWire as our test machine wasn't equipped with this type of connection.
Other than the sleep mode issue mentioned above, the drive worked well in our tests. It seemed hot, however, after being used for an extended amount of time. Service and support The length of the warranty is the most important thing for storage devices, and Western Digital delivers. At the company's Web site, you'll find a section dedicated to the drive where you can find all you need in terms of support. Its intermittently and seemingly buggy firmware and lack of support for USB 3.
Dong Ngo. The drive is fast and affordable. It runs hot, seems buggy at times, and doesn't come with an eSATA cable.
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