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Wd has configured the drives in raid 0 and lets you reconfigure them in raid 1 or jbod, using the included wd drive. The my book reported a random read speed in 512k blocks of 52 mbps and an 88 mbps random write speed. I verified the 256mb cache on my thailand drive wd80efax68lphn0. Disk speed test results for the lacie porsche design p9233 3tb usb3. Disk speed test results for the seagate backup plus hub 8tb usb3. In addition to simplifying the backup process for both windows and mac computers, this hard drive features 256bit aes hardware encryption to ensure stored files remain secure. Wd uses a pair of caviar green drive mechanisms in the my book thunderbolt duo. The drives are configured by default as a raid 0, which gives you the maximum amount of storage as well as fast.
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