Western Digital WDG2NC20000N My Book World Edition II 2 TB Ethernet External Hard Drive

Manufacturer: Western Digital Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours List Price:$899.99 Our Price:$549.99 Features: WD Anywhere Access storage system and all the files on it are always accessible when you need them, even if your local computer is turned off. Easy to set up, easy to use. Wizard software steps you through RAID configuration. Data OnHand? - From any PC, use Windows Explorer to securely browse, edit and save files on My Book World Edition. Extra data protection with RAID 1 Up to 2 TBs of storage in an elegant, small footprint design, enough to store an entire digital photo library, your HD movie collection and hours and hours of DV video. Description:

Reviews:

A real JOKE!
The order seems nice and it is about it. The software of Mionet is a true piece of joke, if you know what I want to say. You will pass the fate of time treating of the problems related to this software and it will not let to you divide the most important files above the Internet. Do not buy it.


Loud and slow
Good:
- great bang for the buck
- huge 2 TB disks space
- nice design, looks good

Bad:
- Transfer rate is extremely low. On my 100Mb ethernet, I maxed out at only 11Mb/s which turned out to be only 1.4 MB/s
- Mionet software is horrible, very unpolished and buggy. Also only 30 day subscription, otherwise, you need to pay monthly subscription fee.
- Difficult to setup on the network - only for technically advanced computer users
- Documentation is very slim. You need internet access to do searches for your answers on installation through Google. Avoid tech support if you can.
- Cooling fan is horribly loud.
- Status light is too bright and becomves very annoying in dark rooms.
- No USB/Firewire/eSATA for connecting directly to your PC.

Very disappointed with WD and this piece of junk product. Perhaps World Edition III will be VASTLY improved and be the one to buy. Otherwise, stay far away from this product no matter what anyone says.


Not ready for sale
Runs slow, disconnects on its own (very frequently during each day of use), runs very hot, is hard to restart once it has shut itself down,is unreliable as a network drive---even within the same house---don't even think about using it for remote access!


My Book Pro II/Premium II family great; problems with Vista.
This review covers the family of my pro II/Premium II orders of the book of Western DIGITAL, since the primary differences between the 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0Tb duel-leads models only imply the size of the pair of drive, insofar as I can say it. I to have the my pro orders II 1.5Tb of book and to have only configured it for factory-transfer the mode from incursion 0, since I wanted not-superfluity storage as much like possible. No matter who not with the current of the external orders of USB or cable of fire can be astonished with the transfer of data appreciably slower; the interface of USB or cable of fire is the bottleneck, not the order itself. For the bulk memory at the still-reasonable rates of transfer and for the purchase price of purchase per byte, these great orders of capacity cannot be beat - as a long time as they are reliable and it observes all the rules about securing the orders are sure to physically dismount the user starting from the computer (I will not cover the rules here; the operating software has its own section of assistance which can help the user who is dubious way of physically disconnecting their order without turning in addition to computer itself). APPROVE, again in Western DIGITAL my ordering of book II... when the order is received, the director of incursion which the software package should be installed before the connection in the order. After I did this and connected the order, I had a problem after others with the order disappearing in Windows, the going ventilator very extremely when there was no exit of heat to make it thus, then the order would act as it overheated and am stopped to me. Twice I received orders of replacement and the two orders of replacement acted the same manner. I appeared that the problem was not the order, thus I tested the second replacement on a second PC running Vista; same problems. I after moved the order with a PC running Windows.xp; no problem - the order functioned quietly and surely. It proves there is currently (12/22/07) a problem with Windows Vista and the manner that it stores the information of driver. The difficulty are found in their bulletin technique 1708 (go to www.wdc.com, support, raised frequently questions and write "1708" in "research the field by Keyword". This solved all my problems with my order and I can now recommend this order without reservations, however Vista is due for its first "brought back part" significant, SP1, in first half of the year of 2008 and these kinds of reported parts sometimes caused new problems. I think that the solution put forward in the bulletin technique 1708 was always useful if brought back part SP1 posed other problems, however.


Needs More Work To Be Market Ready
I purchased this product because I thought it matched my requirements exactly. However, I am very disappointed with it.

I have used it for over one month. The major problem is that the drive crashes frequently. It goes offline for unknown reason and cannot be restored remotely from the network. You have physically to turn it off then on, to restore it. It does not have a control panel or user accessible logs. The Drive CPU does not seem to have enough resources to keep it running. So much for a remotely controlled drive!

MioNet is good when it works, and the drive is accessible, but it's resource huge. The MioNet processes run all the time whether you need it or not, uses enormous amount of memory, and cannot be easily terminated.

The MioNet version that comes with the WD is extremely limited and very basic. It is a trial version, but is required to install the product. It keeps pestering you to upgrade. It really is the 30 days free trial version, not stated on the product description available when you purchase the product. The MioNet upgrade is only offered as a monthly/yearly service charge.

Other points: The drive is very, very slow even with a Gigabit Network and runs very hot.



Good idea, poor execution




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