World Edition Western Digital My Book

1 world edition

1.1 network speed
1.2 internals
1.3 extending capabilities

world edition

the world edition books function network-attached storage (nas), way of ethernet interface. feature usb host port allow additional usb drive daisychained. data on first generation (blue rings) book world accessed cifs/smb shared folders. second generation (white lights) expands access choices include nfs, ftp, itunes server, , twonky media server.

in addition, world edition uses wd anywhere access gain remote access drive via internet.

it has same basic case design premium edition drives, including capacity gauge, except color of world edition white. has same morse code ventilation other editions.

network speed

although mybook ethernet-capable disks come gigabit ethernet interface, network speed slower. older blue rings models (200 mhz arm cpu , 32 mbyte ram), varies between 3–6 mbyte/s, average of 4.5 mbyte/s. newer white lights mybook world edition 1 tb , 2 tb storage capacity models, wdh1nc , wdh2nc (oxnas810, 380 mhz arm cpu , 128 mbyte ram), have drive speeds comparable usb, @ 10 mb/s write , 25 mb/s read.

the white lights wdh1nc jumbo frames capable , can achieve ~36 mbyte/s reading , ~18 mbyte/s writing speed on gigabit ethernet.

internals

controller board book world edition.

this drive runs busybox on linux on oxford semiconductor 0xe800 arm chip has arm926ej-s core. in addition uses via cicada simpliphy vt6122 gigabit ethernet chipset, , hynix 32 mbit ddr synchronous dram chip. webserver mini_http server, although older bluerings use lighttpd. drives of world edition xfs or ext3 formatted, means drive can mounted standard drive within linux if removed casing , installed in normal pc.

with both sets of commands utility such gparted can used determine paths relevant given setup.

extending capabilities

the device can unlocked , accessed via ssh terminal (newer versions of wdh1nc10000 not need unlocked : mbwe ssh access), meaning wd mionet java-based software can disabled device can run unrestricted linux os, @ cost of voiding warranty. unlocking makes possible install other software on mybook. example, user can run different web server or ftp server (such vsftpd) on it, use nfs mounting shared directories natively unix, or install bittorrent client such rtorrent.