What are the WD My Book Duo compatible drives? The My Book Duo drive can serve as a quasi-docking station with 2x USB 3.0 Type-A hub ports for accessories, including additional storage, keyboard and mouse, card readers, USBs, or phone sync and charge. The My Book Duo drive comes with 256-bit AES Hardware Encryption with WD Security software built in to help keep private content secure. Set a personalized password to activate hardware encryption and data protection.
What are the WD My Book Duo compatible drives?
- Good for student – WD My Book Duo 4TB
- Good for office – WD My Book Duo 8TB
- Good for budget concern – WD My Book Duo 12TB
- Best overall – WD My Book Duo 16TB
- Good for professionals – WD My Book Duo 20TB
General Features – WD My Book Duo compatible drives
Capacity
The My Book Duo drive provides upto 28TB of storage capacity with a single connection. This amount of digital storage space lets you hold and back up your photos, videos, documents, and songs.
WD Red Drives
Two WD Red drives are included to provide high-speed and reliable storage. To help ensure read/write cycle data integrity, RAID-optimized firmware is suitable for a two-disk array system with auto management of drive operations.
RAID 0
The My Book Duo is preconfigured in a RAID 0 array that grants maximum speed and capacity. Utilizing the included WD Drive Utilities software, you can reconfigure the drives in a RAID 1 for redundancy or JBOD array as two independent drives.
Compatibility
With the included USB Type-C to Type-C and USB Type-C to Type-A cables, the My Book Duo supports a wide-variety of systems.
Two-Port USB 3.0 Hub
The My Book Duo drive can serve as a quasi-docking station with two USB 3.0 Type-A ports designed for accessories, such as an additional storage device, keyboard and mouse set, card reader, and mobile devices.
Encryption
The My Book Duo drive comes with 256-bit AES hardware encryption with WD Security software built in to help keep private content secure. You can set a personalized password to activate hardware encryption and data protection.
1. Good for student – WD My Book Duo 4TB
Full Specifications
- Capacity : 4 TB
Interface
- USB 3.0
- USB 3.1 Gen 1
- Connector : USB-A
Compatibility
- Formatted NTFS for out-of-the-box compatibility with Windows® 10, Windows 8.1 or Windows 7. Requires reformatting for other operating systems.
Dimensions : (L X W X H)6.3″ x 3.94″ x 7.09″
In The Box
- My Book Duo Desktop RAID storage
- WD Discovery™ software for WD Backup™, WD Security™ and WD Drive Utilities™
- USB-C to USB-C cable
- USB-C to USB-A cable
- AC adapter
- Disk replacement tool
- Quick install guide
2. Good for office – WD My Book Duo 8TB
- 8TB storage with auto and system backup
- RAID-0 ready out of the box
- RAID optimized WD Red drives
- USB 3.1 Gen 1-ready, USB 3.0 compatibility
- 3-year manufacturer’s limited warranty
3. Good for budget concern – WD My Book Duo 12TB
- 12TB storage with auto and system backup
- USB 3.1 Gen 1-ready, USB 3.0 compatibility
- 2x USB 3.0 hub ports
- RAID-0 ready out of the box
- RAID optimized WD Red drives
- 3-year manufacturer’s limited warranty
- 256-bit AES hardware encryption and password protection
4. Best overall – WD My Book Duo 16TB
- RAID-0 ready with WD Red drives inside
- 16TB capacity with up to 360MB/s sequential read speed
- USB 3.1 Gen 1 ready, USB 3.0 compatibility
- 2x USB 3.0 hub ports
- 256-bit AES hardware encryption and password protection
5. Good for professionals – WD My Book Duo 20TB
In The Box
- My Book Duo Desktop RAID storage
- WD Discovery™ software for WD Backup™, WD Security™ and WD Drive Utilities™
- USB-C to USB-C cable
- USB-C to USB-A cable
- AC adapter
- Disk replacement tool
- Quick install guide
Capacity : 20 TB
Dimensions : (L X W X H)6.3″ x 3.94″ x 7.09″
Interface
- USB 3.0
- USB 3.1 Gen 1
- Connector: USB-A
Compatibility
- Formatted NTFS for out-of-the-box compatibility with Windows® 10, Windows 8.1 or Windows 7. Requires reformatting for other operating systems.