- #WD MY CLOUD 2TB EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE PRO#
- #WD MY CLOUD 2TB EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE PC#
- #WD MY CLOUD 2TB EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE WINDOWS#
In short, the My Cloud as a network drive can’t compete with anything better than USB 2.0. Of course, data transfer millage will vary for everyone depending on the router’s signal strength and the literal mineral composition of their home walls. Using just Wi-Fi It took us just over three minutes to transfer a gigabyte of photos. Of course we did these tests using the most ideal conditions of having the My Cloud and computer hooked up through Ethernet. Major fluctuations aside, that’s still way slower than the speeds we saw on either the My Book Thunderbolt Duo 6TB or VelociRaptor Duo.
In our tests using Blackmagic’s Disk Speed Test app, the My Cloud Drive averaged 22-27MB/s write speeds while read speeds bounced between 59-70MB/s. Now to the most important part of the review, which will answer if a networked drive can possibly keep up with Thunderbolt or USB 3.0.
#WD MY CLOUD 2TB EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE PC#
It’s not a major knock against it but keep in mind that the drive won’t be accessible with out a wireless network or a router to bridge a Ethernet connection between the PC and My Cloud. The only you can’t do with the My Drive is access it directly, and this is mostly due to the fact the drive is designed as a Network-Attached Storage (NAS) device rather than a true hard drive. Alternatively, it can create scheduled safepoints that clones the original drive onto the media device as an additional backup. This additional storage acts exactly like plugging in another external storage device to the computer.
#WD MY CLOUD 2TB EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE WINDOWS#
It also reads and writes to a variety of formats including FAT32, Apple’s HFS+J, Windows NTFS, or some more obscure Linux Ext2. The My Drive will, for the most part, recognize anything you plug into it whether it’s a hard drive or USB stick. The same goes for PCs and Macs where we had to use our own computers as an intermediary to copy and paste files.īesides connecting to devices over the web, the My Cloud features a USB 3.0 connection on the back for adding additional storage. All it really does is round them up into the app without any option to directly transfer files. Unfortunately, mobile apps might look like they have an option to link up the My Cloud with other cloud services like Dropbox. Additionally, wedding photographers and general snappers looking to sell their work but forget to bring their whole portfolio could use this as an easy way of giving themselves a back up. The app allows mobile snappers to upload their entire selfie collection or what have you. Once again setup is a simple task of logging in and finding the folder you want to open. After paging through the installer, we saw our My Cloud Drive right there in Shared Devices and started moving files right there.īeyond PCs and Macs, WD also has a few apps for iOS and Mobile users to also move their images easily. Thankfully, getting setup is just clicking through the installer and you’re done, or at least for Macs anyway. Instead of ever plugging directly into the My Cloud, WD directs users to a simple repository of downloads with the most important one being the setup, and a maybe the desktop client if you want a nicer looking interface than Finder or Explorer’s file system. The interface might seem sparse, but the whole idea is the My Cloud is a drive you can connect once and never have to look at again. Moving along to the back the drive has a few basic ports with a 12-volt power connector, Kensington lock, USB 3.0 port-which isn’t ever used for direct file transfers, but we’ll loop back around to this-and an Ethernet port. The vents add a nice touch of design to the unit’s overall “well, it’s a hard drive look” with the only other noticeable feature being the front LED display that turns blue when the drive is connected. It’s also a bit larger than your typical 3.5 drive enclosure but that’s all due to the unit having its own dual-core processor and Wi-Fi card.Īs expected, these extra parts make the drive produce more heat but that’s all easily vented through the squircle holes along the top and backside of the drive. Picking it up, squeezing it, knocking about its white plastic body, there’s nothing chintzy about the My Cloud’s build quality. Pun intended, there’s no other way of saying it. Tech Specsįirst impressions of the WD My Cloud are solid.
#WD MY CLOUD 2TB EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE PRO#
We used the WD My Cloud 2TB Personal Cloud Storage with a Macbook Pro Retina 13-inch laptop and Self-Built PC and WD My Book 3TB and SanDisk Cruzer 16 GB USB Flash Drive, and Linksys E3000 router. – It’s a NAS, so there’s no way to directly connect to the hard drive without a router or Wi-Fi network Gear Used – Slow data transfer speeds by USB 3.0 and Thunderbolt standards
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