Western Digital’s 22 TB exhausting disk drives hit retail in July 2022, with a trio of merchandise catering to the prosumer and enterprise / enterprise markets. At present, the corporate is asserting an replace to their portfolio of HDD-using direct-attached storage merchandise – the My Guide and My Guide Duo. These merchandise now are available new SKUs using 22 TB HDDs tweaked for client workloads.
The My Guide is an exterior storage resolution that comes with a USB 3.2 Gen 1 Sort-A interface and makes use of a single exhausting disk. It requires an exterior energy adapter. Alternatively, the My Guide Duo is a dual-drive resolution with {hardware} RAID. By default, the drives are configured in RAID-0. The product additionally consists of hub performance. It comes with a USB 3.2 Gen 1 Sort-C interface and likewise has two USB 3.2 Gen 1 Sort-A downstream ports. Each merchandise include 256-bit {hardware} encryption help (requires WD Safety software program set up on shopper system to configure and use passwords). The WD Backup software program element can be accessible for each techniques with a purpose to allow simple configuration of backups.
Earlier WD My Guide Duo releases used WD Red hard drives, however the firm has not publicly confirmed the character of the 22 TB HDD used within the new SKUs. No efficiency numbers had been supplied, however it’s anticipated to be in the identical ballpark because the earlier technology SKUs.
| Western Digital’s WD My Guide (2023) Exterior Storage Gadgets | ||||||||
| Capability | Switch Charge | Interface | Dimensions | Mannequin Quantity | Value | |||
| 4 TB | As much as 250 MB/s, will depend on mannequin |
USB 3.2 Gen 1 Sort-A | Top: 170.6 mm / 6.7” Size: 139.3 mm / 5.5” Width: 49 mm / 1.9″ |
WDBBGB0040HBK | $95 | |||
| 6 TB | WDBBGB0060HBK | $119 | ||||||
| 8 TB | WDBBGB0080HBK | $140 | ||||||
| 12 TB | WDBBGB0120HBK | $237 | ||||||
| 14 TB | WDBBGB0140HBK | $280 | ||||||
| 16 TB | WDBBGB0160HBK | $330 | ||||||
| 18 TB | WDBBGB0180HBK | $300 | ||||||
| 22 TB | WDBBGB0220HBK | $600 | ||||||
| Western Digital’s WD My Guide Duo (2023) Exterior Storage Gadgets | ||||||||
| Capability | Switch Charge | Interface | Dimensions | Mannequin Quantity | Value | |||
| 16 TB | As much as 360 MB/s?, will depend on mannequin |
USB 3.2 Gen 1 Sort-C | Top: 180 mm / 7.09” Size: 160 mm / 6.3” Width: 100 mm / 3.94″ |
WDBFBE0160JBK | $440 | |||
| 20 TB | WDBFBE0200JBK | $668 | ||||||
| 24 TB | WDBFBE0240JBK | $900 | ||||||
| 28 TB | WDBFBE0280JBK | $1200 | ||||||
| 36 TB | WDBFBE0360JBK | $1500 | ||||||
| 44 TB | WDBFBE0440JBK | $1500 | ||||||
The corporate already has the brand new SKUs accessible for buy within the retail market. The 22 TB My Guide is priced at $600 (commensurate with the pricing of the naked 22 TB drives launched final 12 months), whereas the 44 TB My Guide Duo is priced at $1500. A $300 premium for a RAID-0 / RAID-1 controller and a few downstream USB 3.2 Gen 1 Sort-A ports seems very steep, however that’s the premium the corporate expects early adopters to pay (and is par for the course, based mostly on how the earlier My Guide Duo SKUs had been priced at launch). The one HDD My Guide seems to be to be an economical resolution for customers on the lookout for an off-the-shelf backup resolution with excessive capability necessities.
