WD MyCloud Expert Series NAS solutions
WD’s latest addition Network Attached Storage (NAS) solution to their MyCloud range is geared towards creative professionals and business. Built with the MyCloud OS and WD Red drives (designed specifically for NAS applications), the Expert Series includes MyCloud EX2100 (two-bay) and MyCloud EX4100 (four-bay) options for those that need to reliably save, share, back up, stream and manage large amounts of digital data. Powered by the latest version of the dual-core Marvell ARMADA processor, these two new additions to the Expert Series offer excellent read/write speeds for simultaneous, high-performance HD media streaming with up to 24 TB of storage capacity.
Products in this series can also serve as a digital entertainment hub, seamlessly streaming movies and music to any DLNA/UPnP certified multimedia device such as gaming consoles, smart TVs and WD TV Live media players. The Twonky, DLNA-certified media server and iTunes server make for simple streaming of large movie and music libraries.
Configuration
The included WD Red drives can be configured using multiple RAID options (model dependent) including RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 JBOD and spanning modes. You can also use the My Cloud Expert Series products to centralise and back up all of your computers and notebooks with WD SmartWare Pro software for PC users, and with the Apple Time Machine backup software for Mac users.
In-house server
Additionally, the integrated file server, FTP server, backup server and P2P download server provide advanced data serving options. You can also customise the My Cloud Expert series NAS, monitor system health, manage users and energy saving features with the My Cloud dashboard, as well as use a suite of third party apps, including aMule, Icecast, Transmission, DVBlink, SqueezeCenter and more.
The new My Cloud Business Series includes My Cloud DL2100 (two-bay) and My Cloud DL4100 (four-bay) high-performance NAS systems built to provide the reliability, security and scalability small business customers need. Powered by Intel Atom dual-core processors with up to 24TB of storage capacity, the My Cloud Business Series runs on the acclaimed Linux-based WD My Cloud operating software (OS).
Capacity
Business Series products are available in several capacity options. The My Cloud DL2100 (two-bay) is available diskless or with 4TB, 8TB or 12TB capacities. The My Cloud DL4100 (four-bay) is available diskless or with 8TB, 16TB or 24TB capacities.
Anywhere access
The award-winning WD My Cloud mobile app provides anywhere access to the entire My Cloud product family. With the WD My Cloud mobile app, it’s easy to view photos, stream video and share, save and manage files from anywhere on their iOS and Android devices. The mobile app makes file sharing and collaborating simple, allowing one to easily e-mail files, share files as a link and print and open files with third party apps. The mobile app also integrates major public cloud services for easy transfer files from their Dropbox, OneDrive and Google Drive public cloud accounts.