I am thinking about buying a WD Mybook Duo for the storage and using the second drive to backup the first drive. There have been a few posts about this subject but not completely clear if it would work. i apologize if I have missed the information. Thanks
There simply is no second drive to use for you independently. You can reconfigure the device for RAID-1 (mirroring), loosing half the capacity you paid for, for a higher reliability in case a drive fails. This configuration is not a backup though. It does not protect you from data loss for most of the cases a real backup would.
Depending on your capacity needs, you’re better served buying two individual drives. For data safety anyway and it may even be cheaper also. Example:
- WD My Book Duo 16TB
659,99 €Actual Price 499,99 € - WD My Book 8TB
230,99 €Actual Price 192,99 € x 2 = 385.98 €
Thank you for the information. I will do some more thinking about this.
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