Western Digital WDBDTB0080JSL User Manual
My Book® Pro
Professional RAID Storage
Accelerate your creativity.
Performance driven
Advanced connectivity
Massive capacity
My Book Pro is WD’s fastest external storage
for the creative professional. With up to 16 TB of
capacity1, large les can be backed up, transferred
and edited directly from the device faster than ever.
My Book Pro combines the power of dual 20-Gb/s
Thunderbolt 2 ports, USB 3.0 compatibility, the
peace-of-mind of hardware RAID and the speed of
two 7200 RPM WD Black™ drives all to accelerate
the workow of creative professionals.
1
As used for storage capacity, one terabyte (TB) = one trillion bytes, and one gigabyte (GB) = one billion
bytes. Total accessible capacity varies depending on operating environment.
My Book Pro
Professional RAID Storage
Product Features
Performance driven
Realize extreme performance with the
combination of Thunderbolt 2,
WD Black drives and hardware RAID:
• Thunderbolt™ 2 – Supports up to 20 Gb/s
data-transfer rate; daisy chain up to six
additional Thunderbolt devices with no
impact on throughput speed.
• WD Black™ internal with 7200 RPM –
A preferred drive of creative professionals,
experts and users with high-performance
requirements.
• Hardware RAID – Because RAID processing is
handled within the drive, data bottlenecks are
reduced and throughput is improved.
Advanced connectivity
• Connect up to six devices in a Thunderbolt
daisy chain for optimized single-cable workow
with 4K monitors, additional storage devices
and peripherals.
• USB 3.0 compatibility for use with
non-Thunderbolt systems.
Centralize your important les
Aggregate all your digital content to open up
storage space on your computer.
Perfect for backup
System-level protection for your les with
Apple Time Machine.™
Massive capacity
With up to 16 TB of capacity, you can save
and protect all your photos, videos, music
and important documents in one safe place.
Easy to set up, easy to use
My Book Pro is pre-formatted for Mac® OS X,
so it’s ready to use right out of the box. The drive
can also be easily reformatted to NTFS for
Windows users.
Customizable conguration options:
• RAID 0 (Default) – Stripes your data across
both drives for the fastest data transfers and
maximum capacity.
• RAID 1 - Mirrors your les. Automatically
saves a copy on each of the drives in the
unlikely event of drive failure.
• JBOD – Allows your computer to view and
use the two drives as separate volumes.
You’re in complete control
With WD Dr ive Utilities™, you can manage RAID
congurations, run drive diagnostics and format
your drive.
User serviceable system
No tools required to replace or upgrade drives.
What can you do with
the My Book Pro?
Creative professionals
• Easily save your studio workow.
• Use as your primary storage for projects.
4K video producers
• Connect and edit via multiple 4K screens.
• Quickly scan 4K content to quick ly nd
resources and project-edit points.
Studio photographers and
photography enthusiasts
Connect your camera to the front mounted
USB por ts to quickly transfer images onto the
My Book Pro storage for fast editing of RAW les.
Photo curators
• Store and protect your extensive
iPhoto library.
• Quickly and easily navigate through
your library.
Architects/engineers
Create, manipulate and store CAD les
and renderings.
Desktop publishers
Aggregate large catalogs of media les,
always have them handy to use in your
Adobe® Indesign® and Illustrator® work ows.
Product Specications
KIT CONTENTS
Dual drive RAID storage system
Thunderbolt cable (1 m)
USB 3.0 cable
Power supply
Quick install guide
DIMENSIONS
Length: 8.51 in (216.10 mm)
Width: 4.28 in (108.60 mm)
Height: 5.82 in (147.80 mm)
Weight: 6, 8 TB 7.9 lb (3.57 kg)
10,12 TB 7.8 lb (3.52 kg)
16 TB 7.7 lb (3.50 kg)
USB 3.0
WD, the WD logo, My Book and WD Black are registered trademarks of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries; WD Drive Utilities are trademarks of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. Other marks may be mentioned herein that belong to
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As used for storage capacity, one gigabyte (GB) = one billion bytes, and one terabyte (TB) = one trillion bytes. Streams up to 4 HD videos at once with 8 Mbps stream rate. Total accessible capacity and stream rate vary depending on operating environment.
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CONFIGURATION
Customizable disk management:
RAID 0, 1; JBOD
SYSTEM COMPATIBILITY
Thunderbolt 2: Mac OS X 10.8.5 or later,
Windows 8.1 64-bit or later
USB 3.0: Mac OS X 10.7 or newer,
Windows 7 or later
Formatted HFS+ journaled for Mac OS X
Requires reformatting for Windows
operating systems
Compatibility may vary depending on user’s hardware
conguration and operating systems.
CAPACITIES AND MODELS
16 TB WDBDTB0160JSL
12 TB WDBDTB0120JSL
10 TB WDBDTB0100JSL
8 TB WDBDTB0080JSL
6 TB WDBDTB0060JSL
LIMITED WARRANTY
3 years Worldwide
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