My Book® Duo
Premium RAID Storage
Quickly transfer, save
and protect your entire
media collection.
Dual-drive performance, high-speed transfers
Massive capacity up to 16 TB
256-bit AES hardware encrypted RAID
Transfer, save and protect your photos,
videos, music and other massive les to
free up valuable space on your computers.
Featuring blazing-fast transfer speeds,
encrypted hardware RAID and comprehensive
local and cloud backup options, My Book Duo
is the ultimate storage solution offering the
capacity and security you need.
My Book Duo
Premium RAID Storage
Product Features
Dual-drive performance
with up to 290 MB/s data
transfers.*
Designed for performance, you can
transfer your entire media collection
onto My Book Duo with ultra-fast
transfer speeds.
Massive capacity to hold all
your large media les.
With up to 16 TB of capacity, you
can consolidate and save your entire
photo, video and music collection,
and other important documents on
this storage vault.
Speed and security with
hardware encrypted RAID.
256-bit AES hardware encrypted
RAID provides maximized bandwidth
for sustained performance and
reliability while encrypting your
important data for ultimate security.
Product Specications
Multiple data
management options.
Precongured to RAID 0 for maximum
performance and capacity out-of-thebox, with the option of setting RAID 1
for maximum protection or JBOD
to use the drives individually.
Complete backup solutions
to secure your data from loss.
My Book Duo offers a comprehensive
suite of backup options to help protect
your media collection and important
les with local, cloud and system-level
backup.
Ultimate security with
password protection.
Keep your private stuff private. Protect
your sensitive data from unauthorized
access with password protection.
Expand capacity and organize
your workspace.
Two additional USB 3.0 ports allow
you to connect an additional drive for
increased storage capacity, with the
other port available to simultaneously
charge your smartphones, tablets
or other USB devices.
Congure, manage and
diagnose your drive.
With WD Drive Utilities™, you’re in
complete control. With this software
you can run drive diagnostics, manage
RAID congurations, erase
and format your drive, register your
drive and more.
Easy to set up, easy to use.
Ready to use right out-of-the-box with
pre-formatted NTFS for Windows®
OS users. The drive can also be easily
reformatted for Mac® OS X.
Ultra-reliable with
WD Red™ drives.
My Book Duo ships with integrated
WD Red hard drives, designed and
tested for reliability and optimal
performance in small
RAID environments.
User serviceable enclosure.
Ready to upgrade your drives to
expand storage capacity? With the
simple push of a button, pop open the
enclosure and insert new drives with
ease. No tools required.
* Read speeds (MB/s) for HD video.
Performance testing by WD resulted in actual
transfer rates of 290 MB/s on 4 - 16 TB
systems. Performance may vary based on
operating system and hardware conguration.
INTERFACE DIMENSIONS SYSTEM COMPATIBILITY CAPACITIES AND MODELS
USB 3.0 x 2 HUB
USB 3.0, Power Supply (DC in)
KIT CONTENTS OPERATING SPECIFICATIONS LIMITED WARRANTY
External storage
WD SmartWare™ Pro, WD Drive Utilities™
& WD Security™ software
USB cable
AC adapter
Quick install guide
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warranty depends on the country in which your product was purchased. Please visit our website at http:support.wdc.com/warranty for the detailed terms and conditions of our limited warranty and for a list of the specic countries in these regions.
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As used for storage capacity, one terabyte (TB) = one trillion bytes. Total accessible capacity varies depending on operating environment. As used for transfer rate or interface, megabyte per second (MB/s) = one million bytes per second, and gigabit per second (Gb/s) = one billion bits per second.
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Data transfer rate:1 Up to 5 Gb/sec in
USB 3.0 mode and up to 480 Mb/sec
in USB 2.0 mode
Operating temperature: 0°C to 35°C
Non-op. temperature: –40°C to 70°C
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USB 3.0 host and USB 3.0 certied cable are
required to obtain USB 3.0 performance.
6.5 in (165 mm)
6.2 in (157 mm)
3.9 in (99 mm)
6.2 lb (2.81 kg) 16 TB
5.1 lb (2.31 kg) 12 TB
5.0 lb (2.24 kg) 8 TB
4.8 lb (2.18 kg) 6 TB
4.6 lb (2.09 kg) 4 TB
Formatted NTFS for Windows®10,
Windows 7 or Windows Vista®
operating system.
Requires reformatting for Mac OS X
Compatibility may vary depending on user’s hardware
conguration and operating system.
3 years
(APAC, AUS/NZ, Japan)
2 years
(PanAm, EMEA, Russia,
Brazil)
16 TB
12 TB
8 TB
6 TB
4 TB
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