Western Digital My Passport Pro was announced last month on the 31st March 2014.
It is the first portable, Thunderbolt-powered dual-drive with integrated Thunderbolt cable. Because it is powered by Thunderbolt, you do not need a separate power source.
It is meant to be used with a Mac and hence it will come pre-formatted with HFS+ J. And of course, you can expect it to work with Apple Time Machine.
The internals consist of two 2.5-inch hard drives housed in a sleek aluminium enclosure and it is thoroughly shock-tested for extra durability to perform reliably when working on the go. Because it has two hard drives, you can configure it to be RAID 0, RAID 1 or JBOD.
It measures 143.4mm (length) x 88.5mm (width) x 44.2mm (height) and weighs 718g.
It is available in two sizes, the 2TB will be retailing for S$499 and the 4TB will be retailing for S$699.
On paper, Western Digital claims it can go up to 233MB/s for both read and write speed. I tested the speed using Blackmagic Disk Speed Test and I got pretty close. For RAID 0, I got about 198.6MB/s for write and 205.8MB/s for read. For RAID 1, I got 100.4MB/s for write and 103.3MB/s for read. In contract with USB 3.0 on my Western Digital My Passport Essential SE, I got about 58MB/s for both read and write.
A very interesting product by WD. Too bad I am going to use the Thunderbolt port on my Macbook Air for external monitor.
Yea, I love this product, but a little too expensive for me. That is why my next laptop shall be a MBP Retina instead of an Air because of the two Thunderbolt ports.
Agreed. Price is a little bit steep, but that goes for any Thunderbolt product. However with its Thunderbolt and RAID combination, this is possibly the best (bulky) portable drive in the market at the moment. Obviously not for everyone.
Are those shiny circles in the bottom view screws? do you think it can be opened? is there a screw underneath the label?
Yes they are. I think you can open it but you need a specialized screw driver that matches the screw head
Thankyou, last question: the raid is hardware or software?
Software