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Western Digital My Book Live Duo

Based on 18 reviews

Excellent:

2
Good:

14
Average:

1
Bad:

1

Pros

Gigabit Ethernet.
Comprehensive feature set.
Easy to set up.
Large storage capacity.
Supports both RAID0 and RAID1.
Media streaming capabilities.
Fast streaming.
Affordable network storage.

Cons

Could be more intuitive to manage.
No USB 3.0 or printer sharing support.
No eSATA ports.
Files uploaded via iPhone app get renamed.
Still no social networking hooks for auto-uploading photos or videos.

By Macworld UK on April 09, 2013

Western Digital’s “My Book” brand has been critically lauded for good looks and a commitment to innovation from launch. It was one of the first external, consumer drives that looked like it belonged on a desk, instead of in a rack with...

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By Mac|Life on June 20, 2012

Setting up a network attached storage (NAS) drive used to require the skills of a network administrator. Thankfully, those dark days are behind us. NAS drives such as Western Digital’s My Book Live Duo still take a little getting used to, but you...

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By Web User on May 24, 2012

★★★★The key benefit of Western Digital’s 4TB package is its ease of use. You get lots of storage space and you don’t have to construct it from an empty NAS shell and hard drives. The drive is configured to help you...

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By TechRadar on May 23, 2012

Network attached storage (NAS) drives used to require the skills of network administrators to get them up and running. Thankfully, those dark days are behind us. NAS drives such as Western Digital's My Book Live Duo still take a little getting used...

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By PC Pro on May 17, 2012

Oodles of storage, decent performance and usable  remote access features make for a solid all-round NAS device...

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By Macworld Australia on May 14, 2012

Six terabytes for $800 isn’t the cheapest storage solution out there, but WD more than makes up for it with the addition of remote access and redundant backups through a RAID setup. Speed of remote video streaming is an issue, though.Related Tags:...

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By Tbreak.com on May 05, 2012

The Western Digital Live duo is a capable little network storage device with plenty of room for all your data. I would highly recommend running it in RAID1 mode – even if you have to sacrifice half your storage space, you can sleep soundly knowing...

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By PCWorld on March 27, 2012

This two-bay box offers a lot of capacity for the buck and streams large files very well, but features are otherwise...

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By CNET Australia on March 16, 2012

Western Digital's MyBook Live Duo is a good entry point into the world of NAS. The lack of active cooling is a concern, though — make sure that it's in a position where it can vent its heat...

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By Pocket-lint on March 07, 2012

A powerful NAS with plenty of extras to make it earn its keep. It is, however, expensive, but when faced with a solid backup drive or losing data we all know what we'd...

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