Western Digital has launched its highest capacity consumer drives: new 22TB and 44TB versions of its My Book external drives. This is a logical extension of the My Book range using WD’s latest 22TB HDDs. My Book supports 256-bit hardware encryption, has built-in password protection, and passes data around using USB 3.2 Gen 1.
The 44TB Duo model, as you might have guessed, has two 22TB drives. It comes configured as a RAID 0 array, giving you the whole 44TB down one USB cable. Alternatively, you can configure the drive as RAID 1, in which the drives mirror each other, halving the capacity but offering data security. The 22TB version is $600, and the 44TB Duo is $1,500.