RAM | 12 TB |
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Hard Drive | 12 TB Mechanical Hard Disk |
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Digital Storage Capacity | 12000 GB |
Connectivity Technology | Bluetooth |
Brand | WD |
Special Feature | Portable |
Hard Disk Form Factor | 3.5 Inches |
Hard Disk Description | Mechanical Hard Disk |
Compatible Devices | Desktop |
Installation Type | External Hard Drive |
Color | Black |
Hard Disk Size | 12 TB |
About this item
- Massive capacity, up to 18TB capacity (1 1TB = one trillion bytes. Actual user capacity may be less depending on operating environment.).Specific uses: Business, personal
- Includes software for device management and backup with password protection (Download and installation required. Terms and conditions apply. User account registration may be required.)
- 256-bit AES hardware encryption
- SuperSpeed USB (5 Gbps); USB 2.0 compatible
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Customer Ratings | ||||||
Storage Capacity | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.7 |
Tech Support | 3.2 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 4.2 |
Easy to use | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 4.6 | — |
Durability | 2.8 | 2.8 | 4.4 | 2.8 | 4.3 | — |
Easy to install | 3.9 | 3.9 | — | 3.9 | 4.6 | — |
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storage capacity | 12000 GB | 1024 GB | 12 TB | 2000 GB | 8 TB | 4 TB |
hardware interface | usb2.0, usb3.0 | usb | usb3.0 | usb | usb3.0 | usb |
compatible devices | Desktop | Desktop, Laptop, PC, Mac | Desktop, Gaming Console | PC | Desktop | iPhone 15, Desktop PC, Gaming Console, Tablet, Android Devices, MAC |
form factor | Desktop | Desktop | desktop | — | Desktop | Portable |
read speed | — | — | 123 megabytes per second | 360 megabytes per second | — | 1050 gigabytes per second |
From the manufacturer
Complete Backup
My Book desktop storage comes equipped with backup software(1) to help make sure your photos, videos, music and documents don’t get lost. You can set it to run automatically to your schedule. Just pick the time and frequency to back up important files from your system.
(1)Download and installation required. Terms and conditions apply. User account registration may be required.
Massive Capacity
With up to 22TB(2) of capacity, there's plenty of room to save the massive amounts of photos, videos, and music you love, plus your important documents.
256-bit Hardware Encryption
My Book drive’s built-in 256-bit AES hardware encryption with password protection keeps your content private and safe.
Easy to Use
Start transferring files, saving memories and backing up. Downloadable software(TsCs apply) included to help protect your data.
Compact Design
The My Book drive exudes a confidence reflective of its reliability. You can trust your My Book drive to be the home of your digital life.
WD Quality
Designed to meet WD’s demanding requirements for durability and long-term reliability, we stand by the trusted My Book desktop storage.
My Book | My Book Duo | My Cloud Home | My Passport Ultra | |
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Capacity(2)
| Up to 22TB | Up to 44TB | Up to 8TB | Up to 5TB |
Remote Access
| No | No | Yes | No |
USB Ports
| 1 x USB 3.0 | 2 x USB 3.1 | 1 x USB 3.0 | USB-C Ready/3.0 Compatible |
Size
| 5.5 x 1.9 x 6.7 in | 6.3 x 3.9 x 7.0 in | 5.5 x 2.1 x 6.9 in | 4.3 x 3.2 x 0.83 in |
Backup Software
| Included | Included | Included | Included |
Hardware Encryption
| 256-bit AES | 256-bit AES | No | 256-bit AES |
Legal Disclaimers
(1)Download and installation required. Terms and conditions apply. User account registration may be required.
(2)1TB = 1 trillion bytes. Actual user capacity may be less depending on operating environment.
Product specifications subject to change without notice. Pictures shown may vary from actual products. Western Digital, the Western Digital Logo, WD, the WD logo, My Book, and My Cloud are registered marks or marks of Western Digital Corporation or its affiliates in the U.S. and/or other countries. All other marks are the property of their respective owners.
2022 Western Digital Corporation or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
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Technical Details
Brand | WD |
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Series | My Book |
Item model number | WDBBGB0120HBK-NESN |
Hardware Platform | PC, Mac |
Item Weight | 2.14 pounds |
Product Dimensions | 5.5 x 1.9 x 6.7 inches |
Item Dimensions LxWxH | 5.5 x 1.9 x 6.7 inches |
Color | Black |
Flash Memory Size | 12 TB |
Manufacturer | WD |
ASIN | B07X3RBTQT |
Date First Available | September 7, 2019 |
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4.3 out of 5 stars |
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Best Sellers Rank | #126 in External Hard Drives |
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Product Description
The My Book drive is trusted desktop storage Designed to complement your personal style with a massive amount of space to store your photos, videos, music and documents. Equipped with social media and cloud storage import, password protection and perfectly paired with Western Digital backup or time Machine, My Book desktop storage Helps keep your files safe.
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Customers like the large capacity and value of the hard drive. For example, they say it's great for storing an overly large iTunes library and helps a lot with storage space. That said, some complain about the noise it makes. Opinions are mixed on quality, performance, and ease of use.
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Customers like the capacity of the computer drive. They mention that it has a large capacity, is fast, and takes up very little space. Some say that it's great for storing the overly large iTunes library. Overall, customers are satisfied with the capacity and performance of the product.
"...It's big, but surprisingly portable and quiet. Not the speed demon, but for occasional cold storage copies, it's perfect...." Read more
"Lots of backup storage. USB connected only. Configured from factory as RAID0 (non-redundant) for max storage volume 44gb raw, 40gb formatted...." Read more
"...Unfortunately, exFat can also cause drive capacity issues...." Read more
"...I am very pleased that 12 TB of space is so cheap these days. It wasn't that long ago that just 4 TB was a bit expensive...." Read more
Customers like the value of the computer drive. They say the price for capacity is good, and the drive works well. Some mention that the drive has great storage for the price.
"It's a great external hard drive for the price. It's really fast in uploading videos, pics, documents, and more at more than 100mb per second...." Read more
"...so I'm pretty happy with this WD My book drive and I got it at a decent price, so if you've got a lot of data that would fill an 18tb external..." Read more
"...MARLA kept the remaining $219.49 as a “restocking fee.” Absolute robbery. No attempt to make it right...." Read more
"...Pros: During good price swings this is a terrific way to get slow, quiet, large capacity rust into your zpool quickly and easily..." Read more
Customers are mixed about the quality of the computer drive. Some mention it's entirely satisfactory, reliable, and works great. However, others say that it failed within 24 hours without any data on it.
"...are in an active cooled protected environment like a NAS, they are very reliable." Read more
"...This happened on 2 PCs. And then when it did install it didn't immediately find the drive. I think WD needs to work on their software." Read more
"Working great... but then it is brand new." Read more
"...It worked fine up until a few days ago when the drive stopped showing up in Windows Explorer...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the performance of the hard drive. Some mention that it's surprisingly good in uploading videos, pics, documents, and more at more than 100MB per second. However, others say that it is not fast, the transfer speed is slow, and it takes 15 seconds to wake up.
"...It's big, but surprisingly portable and quiet. Not the speed demon, but for occasional cold storage copies, it's perfect...." Read more
"...Otherwise, it is quiet and reasonably fast for USB. I haven't had it long enough to rate reliability, but will update if any issues come up." Read more
"...Its transfer speed is slow, so please do NOT think of using this as your Windows OS drive, it's for storage only.----..." Read more
"It's a great external hard drive for the price. It's really fast in uploading videos, pics, documents, and more at more than 100mb per second...." Read more
Customers have mixed opinions about the ease of use of the computer drive. Some mention that it's easier than ever to set up, while others say that it is too complicated to setup, has an uncertain hassle, and difficult to find clear instructions.
"...I didn't have to remove it from the drive, straight formatted and quick to use.---..." Read more
"...If you decline, the software will not install and just get stuck in an install screen at around 30 percent...." Read more
"...Fast delivery and the setup was simple...." Read more
"...The disk optimization app simply won't install - it makes it about halfway, then resets. I've tried dozens of times, and it hasn't worked...." Read more
Customers are dissatisfied with the noise produced by the hard drive. They mention that it's the loudest hard drive they've ever heard running, making their desk perceptively buzz. Customers also mention that there was some rattling when they unpacked the drive. Overall, customers are not happy with the sound produced by this hard drive and recommend using it with caution.
"...But, I'm really getting about 16.3T, no.t 18. The drive is a little noisy when it wakes up, kinda like the early 5.25" floppy drives were 30 years..." Read more
"The drive was very (very!) loud but otherwise worked well as far as I could tell - at least until it died after six months...." Read more
"...Quiet no fan but some soft HD noises. Prefer WD, rated by many as best HD available...." Read more
"...It's big, but surprisingly portable and quiet. Not the speed demon, but for occasional cold storage copies, it's perfect...." Read more
Customers have issues with the connectivity of the computer drive. They mention that the cable is not making a good connection in the drive, it won't even connect, and it never really paired with their computer. Some say that the hard drive connection is broken.
"...When I got it, I had a hard time getting it to connect to my computer for some reason...." Read more
"...OTHER- USB hub functionality works for accessories, apparently not drives (USB headset, two thumb drives tested); thumb drives were not..." Read more
"...(it just cold boots, no lights, no connection to any computer)..." Read more
"...The issue is ONLY the USB C port does anything. Those other type A ports are useless...." Read more
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UPDATE 1a: OCT 26, 2020
The drive did get hot after months of use inside the original enclosure. It reached a temperature of 56C/132F. So that should be a concern. It runs 29C/84F inside the Synology 220J with active fan cooling. The room it was in was air-conditioned and no more than 75F ambient room temperature.
Both drives are WDC WD140EDFZ-11A0VA0 14000.5GB
Firmware 81.00A81 5400 RPM 512 MB Cache
(HC530 are rated at 7200 RPM so these drives are throttled down to a lower RPM or at least one is - idk)
HGST HC530 family drives with TDMR
UPDATE 1b: OCT 26, 2020
I purchased a second 14TB, approximately four months later than my first one. I wanted a low-power solution to keeping movie files available for Plex and Amazon had a Prime Day sale on an entry-level Synology DS220J NAS. The two Nvidia Shield Pro 2019 will handle any heavy transcoding (if any) because the NAS is not designed with Plex transcoding in mind.
My second drive came in a different color box too so I initially panicked. But after running CrystalDisk Info and Speedtest, I was relieved that both boxes had the same exact drive inside the hard plastic enclosure. So I hope this serves as a heads up for anyone shucking these drives too. Rest assured they are the same drives with the same exact firmware. The first was purchased in June of 2020, and the second in August 2020. Four months apart. Keep that in mind as we head into 2021 and later.
I did get different benchmark tests but I am hoping that it was due to having four months of data (7 TB) on the original drive and perhaps CrystalDisk performed its benchmarks from vastly different cylinders on each drive. As you can see from the included screengrab, the model numbers are identical. The DS220J also reported the same under DSM 6.2. I will have them set up as SHR mirroring in the NAS. I wish I could have done the benchmark test with two clean drives but I would need a third 14TB drive which would make it a bit beyond my means at this moment.
UPDATE 1c: OCT 27, 2020
(added one additional picture of Storage Manager, Synology's NAS app)
I have both drives inside my Synology DS220j running Synology's parity consistency check for at least 30 hours non-stop. Both drives run significantly cooler on the Synology NAS than the WD plastic enclosures. In the WD plastic enclosure, they ran at 54-56c while on the NAS, they run 30c-33c. Average about 20 degrees hotter centigrade in the WD factory enclosure. I wonder if earlier failures I had with other WD USB drives in the past could be attributed to them running hotter than normal. Even if you don't need the advanced features of a NAS, I would recommend a lower-end less expensive model like the DS200j just to keep the drives running cooler and of course for its data redundancy protection. I will continue to update for at least one year. If the nas works out for me really well for the next twelve months, I'll upgrade to a four-bay unit to use some of the more advanced raid implementations.
UPDATE: JUNE 16, 2022
Since my last update, I purchased two more additional drives and I have upgraded NAS from the DS220j to the Synology DS920+ (four-bay intel CPU model). The drives are configured in a Synology Raid setup which holds a shared data storage for five PCs and 4K 2160p Plex library. Two 2019 Nvidia Shield Pro streamers and two smart TVs stream movies and DVR newscasts from it. The DS920+ has reported 4722 Hrs (Powered on) and the drives remain year-around at 30C/86F. S.M.A.R.T reports zero errors across all four drives. The DS920+ is plugged into a UPS and it receives power reports from the UPS through its data connection.
So far I have no problems with these WD14TB drives. I honestly feel it's just the lousy plastic enclosures that they come in that cause many problems due to overheating and possibly user error with usb/power cables. But once they are in an active cooled protected environment like a NAS, they are very reliable.
Reviewed in the United States on July 6, 2020
UPDATE 1a: OCT 26, 2020
The drive did get hot after months of use inside the original enclosure. It reached a temperature of 56C/132F. So that should be a concern. It runs 29C/84F inside the Synology 220J with active fan cooling. The room it was in was air-conditioned and no more than 75F ambient room temperature.
Both drives are WDC WD140EDFZ-11A0VA0 14000.5GB
Firmware 81.00A81 5400 RPM 512 MB Cache
(HC530 are rated at 7200 RPM so these drives are throttled down to a lower RPM or at least one is - idk)
HGST HC530 family drives with TDMR
UPDATE 1b: OCT 26, 2020
I purchased a second 14TB, approximately four months later than my first one. I wanted a low-power solution to keeping movie files available for Plex and Amazon had a Prime Day sale on an entry-level Synology DS220J NAS. The two Nvidia Shield Pro 2019 will handle any heavy transcoding (if any) because the NAS is not designed with Plex transcoding in mind.
My second drive came in a different color box too so I initially panicked. But after running CrystalDisk Info and Speedtest, I was relieved that both boxes had the same exact drive inside the hard plastic enclosure. So I hope this serves as a heads up for anyone shucking these drives too. Rest assured they are the same drives with the same exact firmware. The first was purchased in June of 2020, and the second in August 2020. Four months apart. Keep that in mind as we head into 2021 and later.
I did get different benchmark tests but I am hoping that it was due to having four months of data (7 TB) on the original drive and perhaps CrystalDisk performed its benchmarks from vastly different cylinders on each drive. As you can see from the included screengrab, the model numbers are identical. The DS220J also reported the same under DSM 6.2. I will have them set up as SHR mirroring in the NAS. I wish I could have done the benchmark test with two clean drives but I would need a third 14TB drive which would make it a bit beyond my means at this moment.
UPDATE 1c: OCT 27, 2020
(added one additional picture of Storage Manager, Synology's NAS app)
I have both drives inside my Synology DS220j running Synology's parity consistency check for at least 30 hours non-stop. Both drives run significantly cooler on the Synology NAS than the WD plastic enclosures. In the WD plastic enclosure, they ran at 54-56c while on the NAS, they run 30c-33c. Average about 20 degrees hotter centigrade in the WD factory enclosure. I wonder if earlier failures I had with other WD USB drives in the past could be attributed to them running hotter than normal. Even if you don't need the advanced features of a NAS, I would recommend a lower-end less expensive model like the DS200j just to keep the drives running cooler and of course for its data redundancy protection. I will continue to update for at least one year. If the nas works out for me really well for the next twelve months, I'll upgrade to a four-bay unit to use some of the more advanced raid implementations.
UPDATE: JUNE 16, 2022
Since my last update, I purchased two more additional drives and I have upgraded NAS from the DS220j to the Synology DS920+ (four-bay intel CPU model). The drives are configured in a Synology Raid setup which holds a shared data storage for five PCs and 4K 2160p Plex library. Two 2019 Nvidia Shield Pro streamers and two smart TVs stream movies and DVR newscasts from it. The DS920+ has reported 4722 Hrs (Powered on) and the drives remain year-around at 30C/86F. S.M.A.R.T reports zero errors across all four drives. The DS920+ is plugged into a UPS and it receives power reports from the UPS through its data connection.
So far I have no problems with these WD14TB drives. I honestly feel it's just the lousy plastic enclosures that they come in that cause many problems due to overheating and possibly user error with usb/power cables. But once they are in an active cooled protected environment like a NAS, they are very reliable.
Mine run warm but not hot and is vey quiet.
I’m happy with it.
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