Western Digital My Book Thunderbolt Duo User Manual - Page 5

MY BOOK THUNDERBOLT DUO USER MANUAL 11 About Your WD Storage Device Welcome to your My Book® Thunderbolt™ Duo dual-drive storage device, featuring revolutionary Thunderbolt technology that sets new standards for data transfer speeds and workflow flexibility in high-capacity storage. This chapter includes the following topics: Features Kit Contents Optional Accessories Operating System Compatibility Disk Drive Formats Physical Description Registering Your Device Handling Precautions Features Move data at unprecedented speeds-Do more work in less time with groundbreaking data transfer speeds using Thunderbolt technology. Your My Book Thunderbolt Duo dual-drive storage device provides a fast way to get information to and from your external drives. Multiple dual-drive storage configurations-Select RAID or Individual Drives modes: • RAID 0 (Striped mode) for maximum capacity and accelerated performance. • RAID 1 (Mirrored mode) for double-safe data protection by automatically creating a second copy of your data. One of the drives stores your data and the other drive saves a second copy. If either drive fails, your data is protected because it is duplicated on the other drive. • JBOD (Individual Drives mode) for using the two drives independently, and not configured into a RAID array. Enhance workflow efficiency-Use the two Thunderbolt ports to daisy chain up to six Thunderbolt storage devices to achieve maximum workflow efficiency and productivity. High-speed multitasking-The revolutionary bidirectional Thunderbolt technology delivers unmatched speed for multitasking projects. Super-fast external boot capability-For information about using your My Book Thunderbolt Duo as an external boot device using Mac OS X 10.6.8 or later, see the Apple Support article at http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4718 or http:// docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.7/en/mchlp1034.html. User serviceable-When you need to replace a drive, just open the case and do it yourself. No tools are needed. WD Drive UtilitiesTM software-Keep your device performing at its best by configuring the drives, running diagnostics, and more. ABOUT YOUR WD STORAGE DEVICE - 1