Be careful. If you're thinking like i did: Hey, lets get a nice RAID-1 setup with 2x 6TB drive that are exact copy of each other and then i can rely on it completely to since if a drive fails, the other is intact.... well... think of buying something else.
I bought this in August 2018, now in February 2019 (6 months later) the enclosure died on me.
Fun fact: The encryption key died with the enclosure as well so my data is lost on both of these drives.
Now you're thinking, oh, i'll just disable encryption... well... nope, you just can't. Encryption is enabled on these drives by default and it cannot be turned off.
Paying $660 for a RAID-1 array that has chances of losing all your data is a bad idea. I learned the hard way so you don't have to.
Avoid this if you want to safeguard your data.
Edit: I just received the replacement 12TB MyBook Duo from the Western Digital RMA process. They sent me back a new enclosure but the drives inside are RECERTIFIED white labeled Red drives. This is yet another deception to receive recertified drives after a replacement of a 6 month old $600 product. I also do not trust their enclosure anymore, due to the hardware encryption mentionned above, i am spending another $200 on a 3rd party OWC Dual drive enclosure that does support hardware RAID-1 without encryption. Overall, i will have spend about $900 with the original product, shipping of RMA and 3rd party enclosure to finally have a 6TB RAID-1 array and i'm on recertified drives... not even new. Want to play the lottery? This could happen to you. Stay away from this product.
| Hard Drive | 14TB Desktop Drive |
|---|---|
| Brand | Western Digital |
| Series | My Book |
| Item model number | WDBBGB0140HBK-NESN |
| Hardware Platform | PC, Mac |
| Product Dimensions | 13.97 x 4.83 x 17.02 cm; 1.29 Kilograms |
| Item dimensions L x W x H | 14 x 4.8 x 17 centimeters |
| Color | Black |
| Flash memory size | 14 |
