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WD has announced an industry-leading 4TB RAID I NAS device that works with the PS3 and Xbox

It used to be that network attached storage was something that only business users really considered. The amount of data on personal networks in homes wasn't big enough in years past to warrant network storage.

Today the amount of digital content that the average consumer generates is much larger with digital music and digital home movies now the norm. Western Digital announced a new network attached storage device today for home users called the My Book World Edition II.

The storage system uses RAID 1 mirrored drives to protect the data and offers an extra copy of the data stored on the drive in case of a failure of one or the other drives inside the device. The network storage system also ships with backup software that allows for continual backups of computers on the network.

The storage capacity of the My Book World Edition II is 4TB, with 2TB of usable storage space and the other 2TB of space set aside for data redundancy. WD says that the high performance design of the device makes it ideal for use as a media server and it is compatible with PCs, Macs, and any other DLNA media player like the PS3 and Xbox 360.

"Families have more and more digital media like movies, photos and music to store, share and protect. Having two drives inside the My Book World Edition II network storage system, instantaneously and automatically duplicating data, offers consumers the peace of mind of double safe, real-time protection of their valuable content," said Dale Pistilli, vice president of marketing for WD's branded products group. "Families can relax knowing their valuable media is backed up while enjoying the ability to stream their content to a plethora of different devices from PCs and Macs to PS3s, Xbox 360s and the latest connected TVs."

The My Book World Edition II network storage system is available now in 2TB or 4TB capacities with the 4TB version selling for $699.99 and the 2TB version selling for $399.99. Western Digital also recently entered into the SSD market.

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So in theory...
By Lord 666 on 6/24/2009 4:08:08 PM , Rating: 2
I can install all games and saved games/profiles on this RAID1 versus the crappy Xbox HDD with probably faster performance?

I've still got my 20g drive, but been researching going to a 120g. Overlooking the high price, it sure beats the hassle of doing the migration steps.




RE: So in theory...
By DigitalFreak on 6/24/2009 4:10:24 PM , Rating: 2
No, you can't. You can store videos and music on it and access if from the 360, but nothing else.


RE: So in theory...
By Einy0 on 6/24/2009 4:33:03 PM , Rating: 5
I know the 360s storage options just suck. I'd like to see a DIY HDD upgrade caddy, with software to support upgrading to what ever 2.5" SATA HDD you want. If Sony is willing to do it why isn't MS? $$$ ???


RE: So in theory...
By Boze on 6/24/2009 4:39:38 PM , Rating: 2
I would imagine lack of support. Either through the Xbox 360 BIOS, the Dashboard software, drivers, whatever. Microsoft is probably less than enthused about the prospect of writing all the necessary updates to support something like that.


RE: So in theory...
By Icelight on 6/24/2009 5:16:05 PM , Rating: 5
I think it's pretty clear that it's about money.

One only has to look at the huge price disparity between what Microsoft charges for a 360 HDD vs. "regular" pricing for a 2.5" HDD to see that.


RE: So in theory...
By therealnickdanger on 6/25/2009 8:00:30 AM , Rating: 3
Yup. They can talk about DRM all they want, but the PS3 enjoys much of the same content available to the 360 while also getting the option to install any 2.5" drive.

Ultimately, I'm excited for Datel's new 16GB memory card. Microsoft really screwed up royaly (IMO) with the DRM on the 360. Depending on the content you can only access DLC if either:

- You are signed in under the Gamertag used to purchase on the 360 used to purchase
- You are signed in under the Gamertag used to purchase on any other 360
- You are not signed in and the content can be accessed on any 360 by any user (I like this one)

What Microsoft really should do is offer the ability (for free, hopefully) to have a "site license" or something. I've got three 360s and it pisses me off that when I host a Rock Band/Guitar Hero party, only one unit gets to be online and access all the songs that I bought! I shouldn't have to have three seperate Gamertags and buy the content three seperate times.

For a company always bragging about what they "can do via software", they haven't been impressing me lately on the 360.

Ideal world:

- Let me choose my own storage medium (X-25M? 64GB SD memory card?)
- Let me log in with a "site license" so that I can log in up to five 360s at once if necessary (only allow Achievements on one of them or something)

I think those two options would bring so much more flexibility to users.


RE: So in theory...
By portugee on 6/25/2009 8:36:14 AM , Rating: 3
There is a fairly simple hack to allow the installation of a regular 2.5" sata drive in the 360. Granted, it has to be one of a few specific models but in the end if you're willing to do a firmware flash you'll save yourself $100.


RE: So in theory...
By omnicronx on 6/24/2009 4:54:48 PM , Rating: 1
Exactly, to the 360 its no different than accessing your music and videos from a network drive on your computer.


RE: So in theory...
By Alexvrb on 6/24/2009 10:41:35 PM , Rating: 2
Insert a disc, plug in a cable, and walk away. Man, that was really hard! I'm proud to say that almost anyone visiting dailytech could do it themselves. Except for- OH! Hey there Lord 666. Didn't see you there.

:P


RE: So in theory...
By Hiawa23 on 6/25/2009 2:50:13 PM , Rating: 2
I bought the 120 drive for my 360 back on day one for like $100. Had a credit & rewardzone points to use, but it's all about money. Everything is about money. MS sells them like any other product, If there are not many options, you are going to pay a premium & I think you can't save game stuff on plug in drives, but I have seen cheaper drives on the internet. The drive has more than paid for itself as I can install 15 games on it, the console runs cooler quieter, thus extending it's life.


Price
By SiliconJon on 6/24/2009 4:50:18 PM , Rating: 2
A bit high on the price, but if you're willing to deal with them, Buy.com has it for $585 shipped: http://www.buy.com/prod/western-digital-4tb-my-boo...

Also at J&R, though $600 shipped there, but one may find the reputation worth the extra $15.

$499 and I may bite.




RE: Price
By SiliconJon on 6/24/2009 4:50:55 PM , Rating: 2
that should read "a bit high on the price for MSRP"


RE: Price
By TomZ on 6/24/2009 4:56:49 PM , Rating: 2
In my experience, buy.com is fine so long as you don't need any kind of customer service. Many of their prices are good, and my orders from them consistently arrive pretty quickly and in good condition.

But I have had a few times where I had to use their customer service, and "incompetent" is kind of an overstatement of their capabilities in my experience.


RE: Price
By walk2k on 6/24/2009 5:19:22 PM , Rating: 2
Yeah I've been thinking about one of these. Hook it up to lan, throw it in the back of a closet somewhere, boom instant media everywhere without having to leave my (noisy and power hungry) desktop PC all the time.

I don't think it works with Mac though, unless theres some DLNA program for it now. I know it doesn't work with iTunes/etc.


RE: Price
By walk2k on 6/24/2009 5:26:40 PM , Rating: 2
Oh it says it works with Mac/iTunes.

Anyway if you don't need the RAID you can get the same capacity (2TB) for $349
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N8...


Now Thats What I Call...
By Shawn5961 on 6/24/2009 5:23:42 PM , Rating: 2
A lot of porn.




RE: Now Thats What I Call...
By Manch on 6/24/2009 11:16:57 PM , Rating: 1
true, but will it last for a 1000 years?

http://www.dailytech.com/New+Memory+Can+Store+Data...


RE: Now Thats What I Call...
By Belard on 6/25/2009 8:01:22 AM , Rating: 2
Planing on a lot of wanking?

And see son, this is your great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great grand-dad's porn collection. He liked it all, its amazing he found someone to reproduce with.


I hope RAID is optional
By conejo99 on 6/25/2009 8:46:45 AM , Rating: 2
I hope they make RAID optional. In my case I plan on placing a large number of movies on a NAS. The movies will be accessable from PCs used by kids as young as 5 years old. I expect accidental deletion to be a bigger problem then hard drive failure. I'm thinking of buying two NAS boxes and using the second box as a backup whick I can just turn off to protect the contents.




Too expensive . . .
By blueboy09 on 6/26/2009 7:27:34 PM , Rating: 2
For my wallet at least, but it sure beats the hell out of buying a 120GB hard drive for XBox 360 for about $130. MS stuff is way too overpriced, but i guess when you factor in the killing that they make with their accessories, this is the strategy that MS played, but Sony definitely played it wiser, allowing you to install a 2.5" HD with your choice of space. Now if only the PS3 would come down in price . . .




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