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12/19/13 Amazon.com: WD My Cloud 4TB Personal Cloud Storage - NAS (WDBCTL0040HWT-NESN): Computers & Accessories

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bottomofthereview:

WesternDigitalhasputtogetheravery

nicenetworkattachedstorage(NAS)

devicewiththeMyCloud.Itwasvery

easytosetupforbothlocalandremote

access.

Afewthingstoknowupfront:

1.Thisdevicecannotbepluggedintoa

computerforuse.

2.Itneedsahardwiredethernet

connectionitcannotconnecttoyour

networkwirelessly.

TheMyCloudprobablyhasoneofthe

bestwebbasedconfigurationinterfacesI'veseen.Infactit'spossibleonmosthomerouterstofind

thedevicejustbypointingabrowseratwdmycloud.localyoudon'tevenneedtodigaroundinyour

routersettingstofinditsIPaddress.Onceinit'sveryeasytoconfigurefoldersandusers.

AlsoofnoteisthattheMacs,WindowsPCs,andevensmartTVsinthehousecouldimmediately

findandaccessthedrivethroughtheirnativeinterfaces.Ifyoudon'tplanonusingthedrive

remotelythereisabsolutelynosoftwareinstallationnecessary.Idonotrecommendinstallingthe

configurationsoftwareWesternDigitalwillsuggestyouuseasitwillstayresidentonyourcomputer

andjustlinkstothewebbasedcontrolpanelanyhow.

Thedriveofferstheabilitytorestrictaccessbyuser,includinghidingfoldersfromthosewhodonot

haveaccessandassigningreadonlyaccesstocertainusers.

ThedrivesuccessfullystreamedcontentIoriginallyrecordedonmyiPhonetoaSamsung

television.TheTVisDLNAcompatibleandwasabletofindtheMyClouddriveonthenetwork

automatically.ItpoppedupinmysourcelistwhenIpressedtheremotecontrolbuttonanice

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Afewthings...

ByAskNickonOctober12,2013

SizeName:2TB

IpurchasedthisdriveassoonasIreadaboutitonline.AfterWDfumbledwiththeorderingI

receivedtheWDMyCloud2TBandsetitup.Firstoff,itisnotaseasyastheliteratureconveys

butthereareafewthingsyoucandothatwillhelpandafewconsiderationsyoumaywanttotake

intoaccountbeforeyoupurchase.

1)InstallthethecompanionappWDSmartWarethatcomewiththedrive.Thiswillallowyoutomap

the"shares"(folders)toyourcomputerandinteractwithyourfileslikeyouareusedto.

2)Yes,thestandardprogramthatinstallsrequiresyouto"draganddrop"yourfilesintothecloud

storagehowever,rememberthatthisisanextralayerofsecurity.Again,mappingthemostused

folders(or"shares")willmakethingsmucheasier.

3)Makesureyouinstallthistoyourinternetthroughagigabitrouter(orswitch).Thiswillimprove

yourspeedandpreventbottlenecks.Ifyouhavearecentmodelofawifirouteritislikelythatitwill

supportfasttransfers(checktheowner'smanual).

IhaveusedthesmartphoneandtabletappsthatarefreeandIhavenothadanyissues.Ihavealso

usedthesoftwareonaPCandaMacwithoutproblems.Theunitseemsresponsiveand(sofar)

reliable.Ihada1TBMyPassportlyingaroundandIpluggeditintothebackoftheMyCloudandit

wasimmediatelyfound.ThemanualindicatesthatwithapoweredexternalUSBhubyoucanattach

upto7USBstoragedevices.

Despitethefewextrastepsneededtoinstallcompanionsoftware,thedeviceisenjoyableandvery

responsive.Ilikeknowingwheremyfilesareandhavingaccesstothemwithmultipledifferent

devices.

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