Western Digital My Book Studio Edition II 6TB

The My Book Studio Edition II (6TB) has the same looks and overall physical size of the previous Western Digital My Book Studi Edition II , but offers 33 percent more storage capacity thanks to recent improvements in storage capacity. The dual-drive storage system can be set-up in either RAID 0 (striped) or RAID 1 (mirrored) configurations to meet your specific storage and back-up needs.
 
Extra-fast Performance and RAID Supported Configurations
Fast eSATA or FireWire 800 interfaces, combined with RAID-supported configurations will yield the speed and responsiveness users need for a variety of tasks including fast, smooth video editing; rendering complex 3D objects or special effects; and saving/transferring enormous blocks of data in a fraction of the time it once took.
Formatted for Mac computers¹, these new storage systems feature:

• Massive 6 TB capacity;
  
• Extra-fast performance with four interfaces (FireWire 800/400, eSATA, USB 2.0);
  
• Cool, eco-friendly operation with WD's drives with WD GreenPower Technology that consume approximately one-third less power than standard dual-drive external storage systems and efficient convection cooling architecture and power-saving mode and designed without a fan to run quietly;
  
• Automatic and continuous backup software;
  
• User serviceability, enabling the user to open the enclosure and replace the drive inside;
  
• Capacity gauge to see at a glance how much space is available on the system; and,
  
• 5-year limited warranty.

Selling for $549.99, the new My Book Studio Edition II 6TB drive is being geared more toward the Mac than Windows. Western Digital is targeting it specifically to creative pros and businesses that need to store a large number of high-definition videos, photos, and other hefty files. Formatted for the Mac, the drive supports Apple's Time Machine and also comes with its own automated and continuous backup software.
But Windows users aren't out of luck. The drive is compatible with Windows 7 and Vista. (XP won't support capacities higher than 2TB.) WD provides instructions and the necessary software to reformat the drive for Windows.