B&H has the WD Elements 6TB USB 3.0 external hard drive for $99 (reg. $159) as one of its Deal Zone deals for today only. Check it out while it lasts here at B&H Photo.
WD My Passport Go SSD Unveiled
WD My Passport Go
Western Digital formally introduced the My Passport Go SSD drive at CES 2019. It features a compact and rugged case with an integrated USB 3.0 cable. The case has a rubber bumper around the edge, which aids in its 2-meter drop resistance. The drive delivers up to 400MB/s read speed performance. [Read more…]
Deal: WD 4TB Elements USB 3.1 Hard Drive for $89
B&H has the WD Elements 4TB USB 3.1 hard drive for $89.99 (reg. $109.99). It is pre-formatted for Windows (NTFS) but can easily be reformatted for Mac. Check it out here at B&H Photo.
Deal: WD 4TB My Book Hard Drive for $109
B&H has the WD 4TB My Book USB 3.0 hard drive for $109.95 (reg. $129.95) through Saturday, July 22. This is compatible with Windows and Mac computers. Check it out here at B&H Photo.
Deal: WD 8TB My Book Thunderbolt Duo for $479
B&H has the WD 8TB My Book Thunderbolt Duo for $479 (reg. $549) through Jan. 27. Check it out here at B&H Photo.
These Thunderbolt Duo drives can be configured in RAID 1 but the big payoff is RAID 0, which provides speeds up to 300MB/s. You can also read my first impressions of the WD My Book Thunderbolt Duo drives with real world speed tests.
Deal: WD 1TB My Passport Ultra USB 3.0 Secure Drive for $59
B&H has the WD 1TB My Passport Ultra USB 3.0 Secure portable hard drive for $59 (reg. $74) through Jan. 16. Check it out here at B&H Photo.
HGST is Probably the Best Internal Hard Drive You Can Buy
Online backup service Backblaze continues to post an enormous amount of data concerning its experience with over 40,000 hard drives from all the major manufacturers. This data is unique in that it demonstrates the real world failure rates from hard drives that are being pushed on a daily basis. That’s something I can’t do in a review of a single hard drive. [Read more…]
Photography Bay Giveaway: WD Elements 1TB USB 3.0 Drive
Every photographer needs more storage. To help you out, we’re giving away a 1TB WD Elements USB 3.0 portable hard drive this week. These are great little drives for toting photos and videos while you are on the move, and the USB 3.0 connection gives you the best throughput this portable drive can offer. [Read more…]
WD 8TB My Book Duo USB 3.0 Hard Drive Review
The WD 8TB My Book Duo external hard drive is one of the bigger dual drives in the My Book line (but there’s also a 12TB version). It can be configured in RAID 0, 1 or as a JBOD drive.
It is a USB 3.0 interface and comes pre-formatted in NTFS for Windows. However, I use it in a Mac environment and it was very simple to reformat it for Mac OS X. [Read more…]
Best Hard Drive – 2015 Edition
Backblaze just posted its data on failure rates of hard drives that it uses in its data center. At the end of 2014, it had 41,213 drives active for storing all of the data in its unlimited backup service.
It uses a variety of hard drive capacities across HGST (formerly Hitachi), Seagate and Western Digital. There is everything from 1.5TB to 6TB drives in operation. [Read more…]