A little while back, Western Digital launched My Cloud EX2,
a 2-bay network attached storage (NAS) system designed for the
"prosumer" and creative professionals that need to save, share, back
up, stream and manage huge amounts of data on one device. The new NAS joins the
4-bay My Cloud EX4, which was launched back in November 2013.
According to the company, the new NAS features an integrated
file server, FTP server, backup server and a P2P download server. Users can
also download and run a number of third party apps including eMule, Icecast,
Joomla!, phpBB, phpMyAdmin, Transmission, SqueezeCenter, and more. Desktop and
laptop backups are performed using WD SmartWare Pro software on the PC.
Users can also stream videos and photos to connected TVs,
media players, gaming consoles and other DLNA/UPnP devices with the included
Twonky 7.2 server, DLNA-certified 1.5 media server, and built-in iTunes server.
As for drive management options, users are provided with
RAID 0, RAID 1, JBOD and spanning modes, while data protection options include
RAID 1, USB, cloud or LAN/WAN backup. However, the My Cloud EX2 comes
preconfigured in RAID 1 mode to protect data from the start.
Customers have the option of purchasing the NAS without hard
drives, or purchasing the NAS with WD Red hard drives installed in both bays.
Pricing is $199.99 USD for the diskless My Cloud EX2, $369.99 USD for 4 TB,
$469.99 USD for 6 TB and $569.99 USD for 8 TB.
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