WD Elements Desktop
2 TB
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Hallo, a power supply unit is provided.
Hello, I would recommend a NAS that has 2 or 4 separate hard drives. Defined as RAID 5 or RAID 10, you are on the safe side. Only then can a HD defect be cushioned.
This WD is "only" an ext. disk and also has only one HD. If it fails, the data is gone. Unless you back up the data additionally, e.g. in the cloud. In any case, you should spend a little more than 200 for data security. It's not worth the hassle if you lose data because you saved money.
I would not use the WD Elements for continuous operation, as it is not designed for this. I recommend a NAS with a suitable hard drive (e.g. Sinology with WD Red hard drives). A hard disk always needs a power supply. For continuous operation, such as with a NAS, via an internal or external power supply unit or directly via the computer. It seems more important to me that the hard disks consume little power and are configured in such a way that they switch to "sleep mode" (power-saving mode). This can usually be set via a configuration menu.
I have 3 of these hard drives, they run perfectly in continuous operation!
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Hello,
This drive goes to sleep if the computer is in sleep mode or if it is inactive. But it always stays on as long as the USB is connected.
Because it is separately powered, it automatically goes into Power On mode as soon as it is plugged into the USB.
Conversely, it turns off if the USB is unplugged, without necessarily going through the standard Windows eject (which in this case doesn't bother it in the least).
Otherwise, to turn it off completely, there is a Power button on the back.
Hopefully this information will be useful to you.
That said, it's great.
Robust, fast and efficient.
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When the power supply unit is connected to the power supply alone, nothing is visible.
Only when the hard disk is connected to the computer with the USB cable does the inside of the hard disk light up and the computer simultaneously reports that a new device has been connected.
It is compatible, it was just never included in the specifications...
The disc is formatted with NTFS (Windows) file system, which Windows 10 recognises.
Enjoy your purchase and use
Yes, I have a 4 tera on it and it works fine.
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