MyCloud EX2 belongs WD, contains two 2TB hard drive WD Red NAS to support the performance. This passage has two bays that can accommodate each one hard drive 3.5. besides, MyCloud EX2 is equipped with a power adapter, power cable to the adapter, ethernet cable, quick instalation guide.
MyCloud EX2 is sized quite compact. It can accommodate 2 pieces of hard drive 3.5. the entire hard drive is installed can be accessed by opening the storage locking mechanism that is in the front of the device. The fourth hard drive is placed in a position adjacent, so that when operating the hard drive in this device will be in a vertical position.
A small LCD screen located above the four-bay NAS storage of this. The screen used to display multiple parameters WD usage, such as device status, operating temperature, the amount of free space on the NAS. Two buttons placed on the side of the screen and can be used to change the on-screen display usage information.
WD NAS complete with multiple connection ports. WD provides each of the two ports for each type of port on this device, including the power port.
The power button on the device is located in the left side of the LCD screen on the front side. Aside from the power button, there is a LED lamp that became operational indicator device. The LED will turn blue when the device is ready for use. In addition to LED power indicator, there are also had one led for each bay storage owned by this device serves to show the status of existing storage.
2 bay storage availability in MyCloud EX2 make this device has a simple mode of storage usage. NAS belongs to WD supports single drives, RAID o, RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 5, JBOD and spanning.
Generally, when the user wants to start using it as a storage NAS in the local network, users only need to create a shared folder on a partition that is created. Furthermore, users can set who can access shared folders.
MyCloud EX2 also has a feature that allows users to display the contents of an ISO image file as a virtual drive within the local network and divide the contents into the local network. These devices can also divide the content of external storage connected through a USB 3.0 port (is available). As for file management, Western Digital also provides internal file manager that can be used by users with the tool management.
MyCloud EX2 series indicates that artificial NAS by Western Digital is have ability to become Cloud Storage. This allows the users of these devices to access the files that are inside from anywhere as long as there is internet access. Western Digital provides several options that can be set user related access through the cloud.
In addition to cloud storage, this device has some additional features that are common in a variety of personal NAS class devices or SOHO. Some of these features include DLNA Media Server and iTunes, FTP Server, HTTP Server, as well as several other features. Cloud backup is also provided for backing up data from the NAS to the cloud storage service providers such as Google.
Some other supporting features are also available in this device such as iSCSI, Jumbo Frame, and UPS Support has also been provided. WD also provides a number of applications that can be used to support the use of this device is available for free on their official website.
WD MyCloud EX2 is promising with a complete range of features to support all activities about storage media that can be accessed anywhere and anytime.
