Highly recommended I read the illustrated Quick Start Guide. This means that you should first install the software (the backup software I've been reading) and then connect the hard drive (first power cable, then USB / Firewire cable).
This has worked for me very well. The plate was displayed immediately, but in RAID 0 mode (I thought it would be set at the factory Raid 1). The data structure is HFS +, that is, Windows users are the drive way or need to reformat before you (included on CD-ROM) using the WD management program.
For Mac users, you can see the modes RAID 0 FAT32 / HFS + or Raid 1 FAT32 / HFS + use. I have one minute to raid converted 1 HFS +. Also the partition (a partition for Time Machine, another for their own data) ran very fast.
For data transfer speed, I can not make any statement. However, I have made it in six hours a complete backup via Time Machine my Macbooks make Pro (which were around 90 GB), and transferring another MyBook hard drive with 300 GB of data. As fast as I've never get the data on a hard disk.
For operation: The hard drive has no fan, which of course the volume is of great benefit. Even otherwise, the disk is a quieter conspecific. Have had the Western Digital My Book 500GB Essenatial and the Western Digital My Book Premium II 1TB and both are louder. The latter has mainly a fan of very loud signals during continuous operation.
Also, the ejection means apple E under MacOS X works just fine. The hard disk is unmounted itself (the operating system asks naturally good for, because I have two partitions, otherwise eliminates the) and goes into hibernation.
And right now is the star deduction: Once again, it has not managed to configure the WD software of the plate so that the flashing to the front (the white strip) does not stop. After unmounting the bar pulsates slowly. You have to unplug the power cord or the plate with a piece of cloth covering (the latter in no way on the fly).
UPDATE: It is possible to unmount the disk using the button at the back and to provide completely quiet (no LED lights). Since therefore the only criticism was solved, I have the board awarded retrospectively again five stars.
The processing of the disk is okay. She makes a very high-quality optical impression, on closer inspection, the case turned out to be plastic housing. But that does not at all. The hard drive is in the vertical operation (standing) on four small plastic feet that make an airflow under the body possible (the housing hovering about 3 mm).
Why it was generally a WD drive? Because I've never had a failure of a WD drive. Meanwhile, this is my fifth Western Digital product. It also has five-year warranty and can be both built-in hard drives change in the case of the defect itself (but they have to send it).
All in all, recommended, apart from the pulsating light during hibernation.
