Western Digital My Book World Edition II 1 TB,External,7200 RPM (WDG2NC10000N) Hard Drive

The Western Digital My Book™ World Edition™ 1 TB Hard Drive is a NAS "Network Attached Storage" storage device. This devise is perfect for the home or small office with more than one computer where there is a requirement to store data (Music, pictures, videos) where more than one person needs access.

It is also a great media for back up of computers to a central location.

Another great trait of this device is the ease of access while away from the location of the devise.

I travel for business and I have been able to get to data that was on on this device via a web interface while on the road.

The only problem that I have had is that the supplied software is not compatible with my work supplied VPN software. There is a work around but the cost is that not all the advertised features work with a VPN in place.

I bought this piece if garbage because of lies printed by Western Digital and some ignorant lying review writers.
I bought it because it was supposed to be MAC compatible (OS/X), very quiet (even silent!) and it was supposed to work at 10/100/1000 Mbs network speeds. Suffice it to say, this worthless piece of junk is not MAC compatible and you probably need a PhD in computer science to get it to be seen by the MAC, I personally failed, it is VERY noisy after it runs for a few minutes and the "quiet" fans kick-in and is ridiculously SLOOOOOOOOOW, it runs at 100 Mbs max, a 1GB file will take several HOURS to copy, yes HOURS!!! And yes my network runs at 1000 Mbs and I do get a sustained 35-40 MB/s rate but only 3-3.5 MB/s with the WD!
PLEASE, do not consider this item for any reason, STAY AWAY!!
Western Digital is the only manufacturer who's Hard Drives ever failed on me; 2 out of 2 in 20 years of computing and working with almost all makes of HDs, nothing failed but the two WD models!! I should have known better than buying anything with the lame name of WD on it!

This NAS is kind of quirky, but solid.
• Its fan can get quite noisy when it kicks in.
• I get a 10 second or so pause from when I double click on the drive’s icon in My Computer to the time it shows its contents. (The case on all computers who have accessed it.)
• Seems kind of slow when it comes to writing and reading files. However, I have not had a problem streaming media from it. (No pauses or jitteriness.)
• Think of it more as a “vault” than a drive, if you don’t, you’ll be disappointed in its speed.
• Can be “plug and play” or/and it also allows for some pretty granular administration if you’d like (shares and permissions).
• There are two ways to use the Western Digital My Book™ World Edition™ 1 TB Hard Drive. The first is to use WD Anywhere Access, a custom version of MioNet. It sounds good for the average user who just wants it to work, the trade off is you are limited to what WD Anywhere Access will allow you to do. The second option is to administer it from its built-in web interface. I’m an IT professional and so I chose to go this route, and haven’t regretted it. The key is to start on page 28 of the manual instead of following the instructions on how to install WD Anywhere Access. After that, just map the share(s).

Western Digital has some bu!! $hi+ software(MioNet) installed in the OS of this device. It uses some media copy right athentication to determine whether you should be able to store certain file types on this drive (.avi, .divx, .mp3 ect...). Of couse I didn't look into this BEFORE I bought one of these. Luckily I got mine at such a good price ($60US) that I still made out, by removing the (2) 500GB drives & slapping them into my tower.
There is a way to hack these boxes, but it requires knowledge of Linux, which unfortunately I don't have. SO BE WARNED!!! if you are going to buy one of these and you want to use it for media files, either know Linux(and know you are taking on a project) or look at another manufacturer, which is what I would recommend, just based on principal.

I just bought this 1TB WD My Book World Edition II NAS Network Hard Drive, and it is great. Just what my home network needed to keep all of my photos, and programs just where I needed them. Thanks