Western Digital Launches 8TB My Book Thunderbolt Drive

[zakislam]

My Book 4TB external hard drive also announced.

Western Digital Launches 8TB My Book Thunderbolt Drive : Read more

 

[outlw6669]

Just received a set of 4TB WD My Book Essentials on Tuesday.
For anyone expecting them to contain WD designed/built drives you will be sorely disappointed.
Inside are 4TB 5400RPM Hitachi drives :/

Well, at least their external drives are still €40 less expensive than a bare 4TB drive in Germany

 

[Guest]

In terms of cost per gigabyte, the My Book Thunderbolt Duo is the most affordable storage device currently availability with a price of $850.

In addition, Western Digital announced its My Book 4TB external hard drive, a single-volume external USB 3.0-compatible hard drive that costs $250.
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850/8 = 106 per gb

62.5/4 = 62.5 per gb

 

[yamman101]

[citation][nom]basikmaths[/nom]In terms of cost per gigabyte, the My Book Thunderbolt Duo is the most affordable storage device currently availability with a price of $850. In addition, Western Digital announced its My Book 4TB external hard drive, a single-volume external USB 3.0-compatible hard drive that costs $250.***********************************************850/8 = 106 per gb62.5/4 = 62.5 per gb[/citation]

I think you mean per TB.

 

[alidan]

all i want is for a 4tb drive to hit 200$, they have a little more than 2 months to go. before my birthday and i need them at least at 250 by than... at least that way i can argue i pay half for one as a present.

and yea, i can get 2 2tb drives for cheaper, i know, but i want all my data on 1 drive, instead of my current 5... to make the management of data so much easier.

 

[techcurious]

[citation][nom]basikmaths[/nom]In terms of cost per gigabyte, the My Book Thunderbolt Duo is the most affordable storage device currently availability with a price of $850. In addition, Western Digital announced its My Book 4TB external hard drive, a single-volume external USB 3.0-compatible hard drive that costs $250.***********************************************
850/8 = 106 per gb
62.5/4 = 62.5 per gb[/citation]
Firstly, you accidentally wrote GB, but I am sure you meant TB anyway..
Secondly, I am sure the article meant that the My Book Thunderbolt Duo is the most affordable thunderbolt drive. But I didn't check around to see if even that is true, as usually claims like these in articles like these (purely product announcements) are often inaccurate.

 

[techcurious]

[citation][nom]outlw6669[/nom]Just received a set of 4TB WD My Book Essentials on Tuesday.For anyone expecting them to contain WD designed/built drives you will be sorely disappointed.Inside are 4TB 5400RPM Hitachi drives Well, at least their external drives are still €40 less expensive than a bare 4TB drive in Germany[/citation]
It's one thing for a Toshiba Laptop to use a HDD from another brand (and perhaps we are just used to this happening), but another thing entirely for a Western Digital External Hard Drive to use a hard drive from another brand! Hard drive is in the product name for Pete's sake! It's not unreasonable to expect the drive inside to be Western Digital! I find this rather misleading and dishonest.. I always select my external drive's brand based on which brand of hard drive I want (on the inside) for the particular usage I have in mind.

 

[spookyman]

Maybe Western Digital buys Hatachi hard drives and puts their labels on them?

 

[outlw6669]

[citation][nom]spookyman[/nom]Maybe Western Digital buys Hatachi hard drives and puts their labels on them?[/citation]
Well, seeing as Western Digital was required to sell Hitachi's 3.5" hard drive business to Tohsiba when they acquired Hitachi, they are actually purchasing the drives from Toshiba.

http://ftc.gov/opa/2012/03/westerndigital.shtm

In any case, the drives I removed from Western Digital's enclosures have no additional Western Digital labels.
They are clearly marked as Hitachi drives; model H3IK40003254SW's to be exact.

 

[sherlockwing]

TB on 5400rpm HDDs? the bottleneck is so ridiculous I can't stop but launch at this. USB 3.0/SATAIII was already way faster than any Hard drive can transfer so now they give you Tbolt which is almost twice as fast? lol.

 

[didgetmaster]

Seeing how WD and Hitachi are now the same company, that doesn't surprise me. It would really surprise me if you found a Seagate drive inside.

 

[AznDucksfan]

[citation][nom]sherlockwing[/nom]TB on 5400rpm HDDs? the bottleneck is so ridiculous I can't stop but launch at this. USB 3.0/SATAIII was already way faster than any Hard drive can transfer so now they give you Tbolt which is almost twice as fast? lol.[/citation]


Raid 0

 

[danwat1234]

With RAID 0 it's still just about 170MB/s * 2 at peak for 2 drives. Which I guess is beginning to challenge USB3. From my limited research it looks like 500MB/s is the theoretical speed of USB3, with 400MB/s being more realistic

 

[Guest]

no yamman101 i didnt... you are wrong....


basikmaths :
In terms of cost per gigabyte, the My Book Thunderbolt Duo is the most affordable storage device currently availability with a price of $850. In addition, Western Digital announced its My Book 4TB external hard drive, a single-volume external USB 3.0-compatible hard drive that costs $250.***********************************************
850/8 = 106 per gb
62.5/4 = 62.5 per gb

Firstly, you accidentally wrote GB, but I am sure you meant TB anyway..
Secondly, I am sure the article meant that the My Book Thunderbolt Duo is the most affordable thunderbolt drive. But I didn't check around to see if even that is true, as usually claims like these in articles like these (purely product announcements) are often inaccurate.


1) nice try but i meant cents per gb,,,

2) according to the laws of mathematics 62.5c per gb is more affordable than 106c per gb

 

[outlw6669]

[citation][nom]didgetmaster[/nom]Seeing how WD and Hitachi are now the same company, that doesn't surprise me. It would really surprise me if you found a Seagate drive inside.[/citation]
Not entirely true.
During the acquisition of Hitachi, Western Digital was forced to sell the 3.5" division of Hitachi to Toshiba.
Therefore, they are purchasing drives for their 4/8TB external solutions from a direct competitor; Toshiba.

http://ftc.gov/opa/2012/03/westerndigital.shtm

 

[abbadon_34]

thunderbolt just make it more expensive and less accessible with no benefit over USB 3.0

 

[toms4razz]

[citation][nom]Anonymous (or previously known as basikmaths)[/nom]no yamman101 i didnt... you are wrong....
basikmaths: (or now known as "Anonymous")
In terms of cost per gigabyte, the My Book Thunderbolt Duo is the most affordable storage device currently availability with a price of $850. In addition, Western Digital announced its My Book 4TB external hard drive, a single-volume external USB 3.0-compatible hard drive that costs $250.***********************************************850/8 = 106 per gb62.5/4 = 62.5 per gb
yamman101:
I think you mean per TB
techcurious:
Firstly, you accidentally wrote GB, but I am sure you meant TB anyway..Secondly, I am sure the article meant that the My Book Thunderbolt Duo is the most affordable thunderbolt drive. But I didn't check around to see if even that is true, as usually claims like these in articles like these (purely product announcements) are often inaccurate.

Anonymous:
1) nice try but i meant cents per gb,,,
2) according to the laws of mathematics 62.5c per gb is more affordable than 106c per gb[/citation]
HAHAAA..! No.. "nice try" back at you! techcurious is absolutely right.. You tried to cover up your initial mistake with a worse mistake..
Did you fail the most basic maths in school?
$850 for 8TB, 850/8=106.25 .. so $106 per 1TB...
you do realize 1TB has 1024GB (or 1000GB).. and you do know that there are only 100 cents in a dollar right?
so 1GB costs $106/1000=$0.106 .. or 10.6 cents.. (if you are still confused, 106 cents would actually be $1.06)
.. go back to school!