WD DRIVE UTILITIES QUICK DRIVE TEST FAILED PRO
The My Passport Pro comes with a permanently attached cable with a Thunderbolt port and there are no other connections or ports on it. This is worrisome, especially in Indian metro cities. The fan also means that the casing isn’t completely sealed and dust tends to start collecting near the openings. It isn’t super noisy, but when sitting next to a near silent MacBook Air, it’s easily audible. The fan doesn’t run 100% of the time, it’s only needed when the temperatures inside rise, but along with the temperatures, the noise levels rise up as well once the fan kicks in. Unfortunately, it tends to get pretty hot in there as the drives are revved up to max speeds and WD has had to put a fan at the back of the device. The drives are also considerably heavy - the 4TB version weights about 700 grams. No, the My Passport Pro isn’t designed to take on rough usage like some Lacie drives, but it’s still good to see that WD decided to encase the drives using aluminum instead of cheap plastic. A quick few minutes spent using it make you realize that the external casing that houses the actual drives is built solid and sturdy. Of course, you can reconfigure the drives in a RAID 1 or JBOD configuration if you want.īoth the drives are enclosed in an anodized aluminum casing. Both versions come pre-configured in a RAID 0 configuration, designed to give you maximum speed & capacity. The product is available in two versions - 2TB and 4TB - each of which contains a pair of 2.5-inch 5400-rpm drives. It is targeted towards users who are always on the move and need to carry a bulk of data, such as pro photographers, video editors, etc.
WD DRIVE UTILITIES QUICK DRIVE TEST FAILED PORTABLE
The WD My Passport Pro is a portable RAID storage drive powered by Thunderbolt. I have a 13” MacBook Air with a mere 128GB of storage and this drive has been a near perfect storage extension for me over the last few weeks. That’s why I’ve only recommended WD drives (or Hitachi) to my friends & peers whenever I’ve been asked about one.Ī few weeks ago, WD India was kind enough to send me a review unit of the My Passport Pro. I presently own four external drives to house all kinds of data and to power my backup and I couldn’t be happier with their performance, compared to the drives from a couple of other companies that I’ve tried in the past, one of which failed on me in just six months. They’ve long been making phenomenal hard disk drives and I’ve personally owned several of their products since 2003. For as long as I can remember, Western Digital (WD) has been my favorite storage companies.
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