WD - My Cloud Expert EX2 Ultra 2-Bay 4TB External Network Attached Storage (NAS) - Charcoal
Model: WDBVBZ0040JCH-NESN
SKU: 5061400
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Customers are pleased with the My Cloud Expert EX2 Ultra 2-Bay 4TB External Network Attached Storage (NAS) for its easy setup process and reliable performance. Many users find it simple to set up and use, making it a great option for home storage. Customers also appreciate the storage capacity of the device, allowing them to store a significant amount of data.
I needed this for our business to backup our Design folders and emails.. I have used My Cloud previously but it was not a NAS version. My old MyCloud was almost 8 years old so I figured it was time to upgrade to a NAS for extra security in the event the drive was to fail. I went with the WD MyCloud since I was already in the ecosystem and had zero problems with my odler version. It was easy enough to setup online and it copied over my old drive with no problem setting up RAID was a breeze also. It does get loud when copying over a bunch of files as the temps rise but I have not heard the fans once since completing the migration of files! The drives are of course swappable so in the event one does fail you can replace it and also rest easy that your files are backed up if you are using the appropriate RAID config and not "more storage".
Posted by miketex90
Installation and setup in RAID 1 was really simple with the EX2 4TB NAS. I setup a static IP for ease of use and establish a few share folders in less than ten minutes and it was ready to go. I have since migrated all of my pictures and documents to the NAS and now they're available from all of my devices. My only gripe (if I'm being picky) is that the UPS Slave feature only works if the UPS that you're using is connected to the network. In my experience, native network connectivity is usually reserved for enterprise grade UPS's and not all that common for a home or small office applications.
Posted by Abstractus
The Ex2 Ultra is a good entry level NAS. It is relatively easy to set up and use. But after a while I found some things about it to be annoying so I replaced it with a Synology 2 bay NAS DiskStation DS218j + 2 WD 3TB 3.5" drives. The Synoogy NAS is also relatively easy to set up but the terminology is a bit different to that used by WD so a bit of a learning curve. The two things that annoyed me the most about the WD NAS was its UI startup time and lack of scheuled back-up (which a Linux geek could probably get around). The WD NAS seemed to want to caculate the disk compacity every time you started the UI and it took a minute or so to do that (the more stuff on the disk the more time it took to start). The WD UI compared to the Synology UI is klunky. The latter acts more like a standard desktop the former more like a web site. If you have an extra bit of dosh the Synology, IMO, is a better product.
Posted by OldHippyGeek
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