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Western Digital today announced larger capacity versions of the My Book and dual-drive My Book Duo external hard disk drives (HDDs). The new 22 TB and 44 TB offerings are some of the highest capacity consumer offerings the company has ever offered.
Targeting people who want large options and prioritizing price per GB over speed, new external storage devices offer one (22TB My Book) or two (My Book Duo) 3.5″ drives consists of Western Digital’s announcement today said the 22TB My Book is “the largest-capacity consumer drive ever,” but as pointed out by Tom’s Hardware, the company has a 22TB network-attached storage ( NAS) drives ($400 at time of writing) began selling in July. But the My Book line has a broader appeal, as the components are neatly packed into the enclosure and ready to sit on your desk for back-up storage.
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The My Book Duo, which Western Digital already sold in capacities from 16 TB to 36 TB, also adds ports to its setup. It has a USB-C port that supports up to 5Gbps for connecting to your system and also provides two USB-A ports.
The 44TB option is offered in the fastest RAID 0 configuration. However, if you prefer to use a RAID 1 configuration for redundancy or have your storage device appear to the system as two separate drives, My Book Duo allows both through software.
It’s no secret that HDDs are less popular than Solid State Drives (SSDs) in recent years, as SSDs are generally faster and more durable. However, if you need a lot of storage and don’t want to spend a lot of money, HDDs are still a viable option. However, mechanical parts wear and damage faster than his SSD, and data loss from an accidental drop is possible, so an HDD, where the data is also stored elsewhere, is his second option. It is wise to
Western Digital’s My Book drives work with Windows 10 and later, and macOS 11 and later via NTFS drivers, so you can work between Microsoft and Apple operating systems without reformatting.
Hard drives are more budget-friendly than SSDs, but Western Digital’s My Book lineup doesn’t have the most GB per dollar. For quick comparison, a 22TB My Book has a MSRP of $600, but you can get a 22TB (traditional magnetic recording) NAS hard drive for $500 from the same company. Western Digital has also started selling a 22TB Elements external hard drive for $550, but it lacks some features compared to the My Book, like backup software, password protection and USB-C, and it’s available for macOS. must be reformatted to
The 44 TB My Book Duo, on the other hand, has a suggested retail price of $1,500. You get a premium laptop for that price, but the drive is still much larger and more affordable than an external SSD. Western Digital’s largest external SSD for professional use reaches up to 32 TB for a staggering $7,500 MSRP.
