Instead of something that looks like a desktop operating system with windows and icons, you get tabs and sidebars, a bit like a router interface – if at least a particularly clear and friendly one. If you’re used to using NAS devices from manufacturers such as Synology or QNAP, you may find the EX2 Ultra’s interface a bit of a shock. This wasn’t really a problem, as it’s simple to set up these accounts later in the NAS web interface. This was the only part of the setup process that gave me trouble, throwing up a couple of ‘unspecified errors’ when I tried to create multiple My Cloud accounts. The setup application then walks you through choosing a password for the administrator interface and setting up My Cloud accounts, which lets the NAS’ users access its contents from outside your network.Įach of the EX2 Ultra’s users will need to sign up for their own My Cloud account, which will let them access any shares on the drive to which they have permission. Once the NAS is plugged into your network and switched on, you go to /setup to find it on your network.
Related: Best Wi-Fi extenders WD My Cloud EX2 Ultra – Setup
It’s not quite as easy a job as with Synology’s models, but there’s so little in it to make any real difference. A quick button press opens the top of the NAS, you unscrew a bracket and use a plastic tab to pull the disk out. If you do need to fit or replace disks, it’s an easy process. I would have liked a power button, so I didn’t always have to shut it down from the web interface. There’s nothing on the front, and two USB3 and an Ethernet port on the rear. The My Cloud EX2 Ultra is a smart-looking NAS with a clean design. This means that if one disk fails you won’t lose any data, but you will lose half your available storage capacity. I was sent the 8TB version to review, which is fitted with two 4TB WD Red hard disks.Ĭonsidering these disks would cost around £290 to buy separately from the NAS, there’s no real cost benefit to buying a version with preinstalled disks.īear in mind that a sensible approach with a two-disk NAS is to set it up as a RAID 1 array, where data is mirrored across both disks. The diskless version is £140, with 4TB (£260), 8TB (£430) and 12TB (£530) editions also available. The NAS is available both with and without hard disks. Related: Best routers to buy WD My Cloud EX2 Ultra – Specifications and design It has strong file transfer performance, and is particularly easy to set up and configure to share files across your home network and the internet. The My Cloud EX2 Ultra is a NAS with room for two 3.5in hard disks, priced to compete with cheaper models from rivals such as Synology.
0 kommentar(er)
