In each case, OS X installed and booted with no problems. We installed OS X Mavericks to both a single one of the Passport’s drives as well as to a RAID 0 volume comprising both drives. This requires the use of the company’s WD Drive Utility in order to manage RAID settings, but it eliminates the overhead of software RAID configured via OS X’s Disk Utility.
WD MY PASSPORT XBOX ONE SETUP PRO
Unlike many multi-drive external devices, the WD My Passport Pro utilizes onboard hardware RAID.
As you’ll see in the benchmark section below, we achieved maximum sequential speeds just above this figure. In a RAID 0 configuration, Western Digital advertises speeds of up to about 230 MB/s.
While we can’t be sure about the 2TB model, our 4TB model contained two 2.0TB WD20NPVX “Green” drives, which are currently selling at a street price of about $150 each.Ĭonfiguration options for the WD My Passport Pro include RAID 1, RAID 0, and JBOD (individual drives). Western Digital currently has no plans to introduce a model with SSDs, and a company spokesperson explained to us that the capacity and cost savings of HDDs outweighed the speed advantages of SSDs. These are mechanical hard disk drives (HDDs) and not faster and lighter solid state drives (SSDs).
Technical SpecificationsĪs mentioned above, both WD My Passport Pro models contain two 2.5-inch drives. It’s not a deal breaker, but it’s definitely something to consider, especially if you plan to use the WD My Passport Pro in a more permanent desktop setup. Although most users will likely have the drive placed within about a foot of their laptop, drives without integrated cables give users the option to attach virtually any cable length, allowing for far more placement options. Placement flexibility is also an issue with the integrated cable.
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