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This two-bay NAS can be purchased either diskless so you can install your own drives or with as much as 12TB of capacity. That is plenty of capacity for several family members or almost every small to medium business we've ever worked with.Our test unit...
What is the WD My Cloud EX2100? The WD My Cloud EX2100 is a mid-range NAS drive aimed at the power home user or small business. With space for two 6TB drives, it can be used to provide fast network access for up to 12TB of storage. It can be bought...
Western Digital presents a speedy, simple way for accessing your data remotely. A few quirks of its extraordinarily simple UI are sticking points (as is the noise when you turn it on), but they're not deal-breakers. Read...
You probably know Western Digital best for its long history manufacturing hard drives, but the company also make NAS units. The My Cloud series is Western Digital's attempt to take on products from Synology, QNAP, Thecus and others. There are 4 models...
The WD My Cloud EX2100 has performance issues with Mac OS X, but otherwise is a snappy NAS drive brimming with useful features. At around £200 unpopulated it's close in price and performance to the Synology DS214. It's perhaps testament to the progress...
The EX2100 lacks many of the features that are offered even by cheaper Synology enclosures, although the basics are there such as your typical media servers, remote access and cloud storage. In addition, we gleaned from WD that its march in taking the...
I didn't hide my disappointment when we tested the My Cloud EX4 model a while back since it was indeed outdated compared to what we've been testing for the past 2 years and thus couldn't compete with most in performance and to a large part features (it...
WD My Cloud EX2100Like the My Cloud drives that came before it, the EX2100 is simple to setup--you just need to plug it in and it's practically ready to go. The files are available from any PC, SmartPhone or tablet, and it is really handy having...
The MyCloud EX2100 is WD's purpose-built home server that sort of acts as a cloud network when you're accessing it remotely. It's a small device about the size of a two-slice toaster, but it weighs a seriously heavy 3.5kg when loaded with two hard...
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