4TB My Book vs Elements Desktop by noise level

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Where I can find information about noise level of each drive. Which one is quieter?

Also I’m interested in which one is better for permanent active work with a lot of small and big files (samples for music production).

I had My Passport 2TB and it’s broke down after 1.5 year of average work with music samples. And it was so loud. Now I need new drive, maximum reliability and quiet. Please give good advice.

Thanks.

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Hello DesMusic, information about noise level is not available. If you need a drive for work, I recommend a dual drive, check the links below for more information. 

My Book Duo

http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=1260#Tab1

My Book Thunderbolt Duo

http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=630

My Passport Pro

http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=1240

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I understand. But I don’t really need raid and speed over 200 mb\sec for my purposes.

If consider equal price both of these drives (My Book and Essentials) is there some difference except software and password protection?

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DesMusic wrote: If consider equal price both of these drives (My Book and Essentials) is there some difference except software and password protection?

I was told the only major difference is the My Book features data encryption and smartware features, where as the Elements does not.

I have a 3TB My Book and a few 3TB Elements … Personally speaking, the Elements sound louder than the My Book

(i’m talking “Fan Noise” … the drives themselves are pretty quiet)

But the only thing that kinda freaks me out … if for whatever reason the My Book enclosure goes faulty, you can’t take the HDD out and connect it to your PC and retrieve your data … because the encryption / decryption is on the enclosure controller board.

AFAIK … if the same happens to the Elements, you can remove the HDD and retrieve your data