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WD - My Cloud 3TB External Hard Drive (NAS) - White

This 3TB WD My Cloud external network-attached storage device's Gigabit Ethernet interface allows connection to your existing network, so you can easily store and access files with compatible PC, Mac, mobile phones and tablets from anywhere in your home.

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on November 9, 2013

Posted by: ComputerGuyMark

from Little Rock, AR

Compatible with...:PC

It has Default Folders, which you cannot change share permissions or Delete. Which means someone else could possibly delete data that you wanted, if you use any of the default files.

Write speeds over wifi < 2Mb/s (500 MB file about 4 minutes or so)
Write speeds wired to router 5-11Mb/s (500 MB file about a minute or so). The fastest consistent speed that I had seen was 11.5Mb/s wired to router. Streams video and music from router to computer quickly, without issue

It Has a RJ45 and USB 3.0. Will not work if you plug into your computer and try to use as external HD. Must be plugged into Router

It does not "move" files... When you try to move, it Writes the data back to your computer, then back to the storage drive... not a big deal with a word document... but when you are trying to move hundreds of GB as in video or music folders, It's an extremely long process. It should only take a second for the rewrite, but WD had made this a pain in the neck process. (move 1 video, 500 MB, from one folder to another, over wifi will take about 10 minutes +/-)

If the free space on your MyCloud drive is less than the amount of data you are trying to "move", the system won't let you move it until you add more storage space or delete content.

Remote access to the MyCloud is limited, and through WD. Not sure how secure/private that is. Accessing via app with your phone/tablet is limited. I'm only able to access less than half of my data, and it's all the same type of data.

If I'm downloading from the Internet, and at the same time uploading to MyCloud, the router freaks out and stops working; However, this may be a problem with my router, It's about 5yrs old.

I've had the 2 latest firmware updates and have the latest update on the mobile apps.

Recommend... Depends on why you need it. I wanted storage for my video and music library. It Stores that. Accessing all of my data remotely would be nice, since, on the box, they say it will . That was one of those wow factors that swayed my decision on purchasing. That with the other stuff I mentioned... I'd recommend to hold off until WD fix's those issues. They are a big deal.

For the average user, wanting a product to "back-up" their laptop/computer and/or share pictures and what-not. This is good product for that.

What's great about it: Stores Data

What's not so great: Too Restrictive

No, I would not recommend this to a friend.

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