Tech Shout!

Western Digital has expanded its line-up of consumer-friendly external hard drives with the launch of its My Book dual-drive storage device in capacities up to 2TB.

According to Mr. Sharad Srivastava, Sales Director, South Asia and India, Western Digital, “The explosive growth in devices that create rich multimedia content - from digital cameras to music players to digital video camcorders - continues to drive consumers’ insatiable demand for more storage capacity.”

The Western Digital dual-drive storage systems offer a host of benefits ranging from remote access and sharing anywhere in the world to add-on storage, backup and mirroring.

The 2TB capacity is currently available on the following WD MY Book models:

WD My Book World Edition II

My Book Pro Edition II

My Book Premium Edition II

“The popular My Book family of external drives delivers peace of mind in a simple solution that can provide remote access, sharing, protection and storing of precious files,” added Mr. Srivastava.

The WD My Book family of storage appliances can be set by users to reserve half of its capacity to mirror the users’ data in real time using RAID technology.

WD’s My Book family of dual-drive storage appliances with up to 2TB capacity carry prices ranging from Rs.46,000 to Rs.49,000 depending on which model it is.