Tech Shout!

Today, Western Digital, one of the pioneers in the storage industry, introduced the My Book World Edition Family of shared storage appliances, which will allow consumers as well as home office workers to securely access their digital content and share it with anyone all over the world.

The terabyte My Book World Edition II model is equipped with a dual-drive configuration and RAID capability. The two models of the My Book World Edition family of shared storage appliances are compatible with wired and wireless networks and equipped with a lighted on/off button; easy-to-use backup software; a unique capacity gauge LED that allows users to discern at a glance remaining storage space; and a three-year limited warranty.

They come with EMC Retrospect Express backup software; one Ethernet port; one USB 2.0 port to instantly add more storage; intelligent drive management features and LED activity lights. The My Book World Edition model has a capacity of 500 GB. My Book World Edition II includes all of the features of the My Book World Edition product in a dual-drive system for 1 TB of capacity.

According to Mr. Sharad Srivastava, Sales Director, South Asia and India who commented on the launch, “The My Book World Edition shared storage appliances eliminate the limits of traditional external hard drives. With this appliance a user can carry one terabyte of data wherever he goes and also have his personal content safe at home. This new concept in storage enables virtually limitless accessibility to family, friends and associates for sharing and backup.”

WD Anywhere Access is WD’s new software for simplifying access to digital content and breaking the barriers of physical proximity to that content. Part of Anywhere Access is the unique Data OnHand feature, which makes My Book World Edition active in Windows Explorer andWindows “Save As” and “Open” options whenever the user is connected to the Internet. This streamlines access to the content for users, even if they are thousands of miles away from their My Book World Edition appliance, and eliminates task-heavy logging into and out of third-party Web access systems. It operates independently of any specific PC, so the original host computer does not need to be powered on.

My Book World Edition II units are shipped in the full 1 TB configuration, but can be set by users to reserve half of its capacity to mirror users’ data in real time using RAID 1.

The My Book World Edition II is user-serviceable, allowing users to open the enclosure to replace one or both of the hard drives by following the detailed instructions, without voiding the system’s three-year limited warranty.

The My Book World edition II is priced at Rs.24,950, while the My Book World edition 500 GB at Rs.13,950 and available as of now through Mediaman Infotech, WD’s distributor in India.