Product Description
Protect your media and access it easily with this My Cloud EX2 Ultra external hard drive. The high-performance Marvell ARMADA 385 1.3 GHz dual-core processor provides ultra-fast transfer rates, and multitasking is easy thanks to the 1GB of DDR3 memory. This 0TB My Cloud EX2 Ultra makes sharing data simple via the My Cloud remote-access app.
Dimension
Product Height : 6.75 inches
Product Width :3.9 inches
Product Depth :
Product Weight :28.8 ounces
Features
0TB storage capacity Allows to create a custom NAS with compatible hard drives.
Gigabit Ethernet interface Lets you store data to a personal Cloud.
Multiple RAID options Provide the ability to create RAID 0, RAID 1 or a JBOD / spanning structure for non-RAID configurations.
Custom backup at any time Safe your data with WD SmartWare Pro backup software or Apple Time Machine.
256 AES volume encryption Provides securely store files across your entire network.
Upgraded for high-performance Dual-core Marvell ARMADA 385 1.3GHz processor and 1GB of DDR3 memory helps to get ultra-fast transfer rates for high performance streaming.
Simple to install, easy to manage With a tray-less bay design, installation is effortless and tool-free.
Compatible with Mac and PC For flexible installation options.
What's Included
Ethernet cable
NAS
Power supply
Quick install guide
Reviews
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Good entry san solution.
Unit works well and was easy to setup. It lacks high speed ethernet (2.5 ot 10gb). Unit can support raid5 with an additional usb drive.
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Best consumer laptop on the market
Being in IT, I’ve been hands on with countless devices over the years from virtually every manufacturer and this MacBook Air is easily the best I’ve come across. It’s extremely light and portable, has more than enough horsepower for pretty much anything you might throw at it, and the battery is amazing..I charge it every few days in most cases. Couple all of that with top notch build quality and a great screen and Im not sure there is anything better out there as far as consumer laptops go.
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Fantastic for large storage
I bought this without hard drives only because none of the models with drives were in stock. Made a separate purchase of two 4TB Western Digital Red drives and put them in Raid 1. I wanted redundancy for my purposes. Once the drive is online, it just works. Lots of options and plenty powerful enough for storage. Also has options to runs apps. Plex is a nice option, but this unit can't transcode a lot of formats so you may run into limitations there. I don't use the cloud services and was really interested in access outside my home. Works great for access from a MAC or windows. TimeMachine backup works great as well.
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Does great. Fan is loud when indexing files
So I got this due to not being able to afford a Synology. I would have wanted to get a Synology drive over this. But for the money, I couldn't pass it up. I love it and it's not hard to use. there are some tweaks to the OS in it that I would have done but overall it's good. The one complaint is the fans run really high when you upload stuff for the first time due to indexing the files. Once they finish indexing then you are good. It only index's new files. If you have a lot of files to upload then it could be running and indexing and fans are loud for a day or 2 again depending on what size you're uploading. It worked me up during the night when I first got it and didn't know it at first till I googled it and that's what people were complaining about. But still like it. Have not used any apps on it yet. That's why I gave it 4 stars but still great and does what i need it to do.
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Basic installation is easy
I had the little white 2TB WD MyCloud previous to purchasing this one. I should have never even bothered with it! The EX2 is quite an impressive unit. Boot up time is around 1 minute, UI is very similar to the WD MyCloud but incredibly faster and much more intuitive. I haven’t played around with too many of the features (there are many!) but I can already tell this is a great little NAS. Can’t beat the price for a 2-bay, but DO BUY PROPER NAS DRIVES! Failure rate of non-NAS drives in NAS enclosures are quite high. Save yourself the headache and potential data loss.
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Easy to set-up home cloud storage
I bought this for my file backup for both PC and phones. It works well and is easy to setup. The only issue I noticed is the fan noise. It is not that loud but definitely the loudest thing in my office room.
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Excellent value and product
You can easily turn this into a 40 TB NAS by adding 2 x 20 TB drives. This thing is very reliable, easy to use and set up as well as being able to host all manner of servers and applets including Plex (which I use to stream my music collection because I'm old). The only downside to the WD cloud series NAS is their penchant for running fast fans every night when they decide to index the heck out of everything on the drives. There have been some times when it restarted b/c of overheating. Since then I've change where it sits (off the carpet and on a plane surface) and I put a 120 mm usb fan on top of it as a vent to keep moving air. Since then, it has been silent (or nearly). You can get USB fans for very little and use them on stuff like this or your desktop pc if they have a perforated roof on the case etc. I highly recommend them.
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Works as it should...
Great product. But this is the 3rd one ive had to buy because every 3 to 4 years they stop supporting it ans the network will no longer recognize it... thankfully you just need to swap the drives into the latest model and its back up and running...
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Great NAS device. Somewhat easy setup too!
Needed more storage capacity. Bought the EX2 Ultra to replace my EX2. I researched on increasing capacity. And, given my RAID configuration (mirror), the easiest way to transfer data was to get a new NAS. Had i installed one larger drive, the device would only format it to access the smaller of the two drives. Thus, losing the added capacity. Would have given 5 stars had WD figured a way to allow for easy converstion to larger drives. They may lose me as a customer if they never push an update that addresses that.
