Testseek.com have collected 43 expert reviews of the Western Digital My Book Velociraptor Duo Thunderbolt WD-BUWZ and the average rating is 81%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Western Digital My Book Velociraptor Duo Thunderbolt WD-BUWZ.
April 2013
(81%)
43 Reviews
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Superfast local storage, SSDlike performance in sequential tests, Multiple RAID configs, Plug and play
Feels very expensive; should be below £500, Could have done with USB 3.0, Can become noisy
Building on premium external storage solutions such as the Thunderbolt Duo, Western Digital's release of the also-Thunderbolt-connected My Book VelociRaptor Duo 2TB ups the speed ante via the use of two 10K RPM drives housed inside a well-built enclosure...
dual 10,000rpm drives, twin Thunderbolt interfaces, versatile RAID support
expensive, no Firewire, USB or Ethernet interfaces
There are cheaper Thunderbolt drives available, but these do tend to use slower 7200rpm drive mechanisms. So if you're looking for top performance, as well as versatile RAID options, the VelociRaptor Duo is one of the best single-user storage devices curr...
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Published: 2012-09-12, Author: Frank , review by: uk.hardware.info
The Western Digital My Book VelociRaptor Duo shows what's possible when you combine Thunderbolt with a traditional hard drive, you get an external hard drive with extremely high transfer rates. It's technically possible to daisychain several of them to ...
Abstract: When WD proposed sending us their new My Book VelociRaptor Duo...Well, I first asked how it differed from their Thunderbolt Duo. The answer was that it actually has a pair of 10,000 RPM Velociraptor drives which deliver 2TB of storage in a RAID 0 or 1 ...
Abstract: The Western Digital VelociRaptor Duo Thunderbolt drive is a power-user’s dream external drive kitted out with two 10,000RPM VelociRaptor drives. Inside the box, WD includes a Thunderbolt cable (a $50 accessory), which was missing from the original WD M...
The VelociRaptor Duo takes the some of the fright out of ultra-fast RAID storage. Video production folks will find the price worthwhile, but everybody else is better off looking at less-expensive USB alternatives. Product My Book VelociRaptor Duo C...
Comes with a Thunderbolt cable, Easy RAID configuration options, Great read and write performance
High price-point, No USB compatibility interface
The WD My Book Velociraptor Duo demonstrates that high performance hard drives combined with Thunderbolt means impressive performance. When in RAID0, we saw speeds of 373MB/s read and 364MB/s write. Even better then when you start connecting multiple ...
Impressive RAID 0 performance, Solid single drive performance, Ease of use, Threeyear warranty
No RAID in Windows Yet, Pricey, Heat dissipation seems inadequate
Running with a Mac, the unit delivered on the performance promise of a RAID 0 configuration. Does it match the performance of a high-end SSD? No, but it's not terribly far off either. You also get the notable benefit of spacious 2TB storage that can hit ...
