WDC My Book Thunderbolt Duo Drive Pricing and Shipping Announced

@ macworld 2012, highlighted newly announced book thunderbolt duo drive wdc. each drive enclosure held 2 hard drives in raid configuration , offered 2 thunderbolt ports. units daisy chained on thunderbolt create single high performance logical drive.

wdc has since announced shipping , availability of new drive systems.

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the new book thunderbolt duo provides professionals , mac® enthusiasts 5 primary areas of performance, double-safe data protection , flexibility; ultra-fast data transfer rates greater work efficiency; 4 tb/6 tb large-capacity; customized dual-drive storage system raid 0, 1 , jbod options; customer serviceable drives; , dual thunderbolt ports daisy-chaining multiple book thunderbolt duo devices or other peripherals.

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pricing new enclosures has been set @ $599.99 usd msrp (4 tb) , $699.99 (6 tb) , available online.

compare, thunderbolt version seems carry $200 premium on my book studio edition ii drive system provides similar setup (4tb/$399, 6tb/$499), though without thunderbolt performance , connectivity.

article link: wdc book thunderbolt duo drive pricing , shipping announced

 

a shame they're still housed in cheap looking plastic enclosures.

 

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