Reviewers Liked
- Simple to deploy
Reviewers Didn't Like
- 3rd party apps were not readily available as they typically are on other popular brands
Western Digital My Cloud DL4100
The WD My Cloud DL4100 is a 4-bay NAS that gives businesses secure, reliable storage that's easy to manage, providing small offices peace of mind and features like remote access from mobile devices.
-- As reviewed by StorageReview
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By IT PRO
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Not the fastest or best featured NAS appliance but it's cheap and cloud access is a cinch to...
By PC Mag
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The 24-terabyte Western Digital My Cloud DL4100 network-attached storage (NAS) drive array is an elegant turnkey solution if you need lots of simple, redundant file storage for your...
By wegotserved.com
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At its heart, the DL4100 is a good value, functional NAS device – it lacks some of the bells and whistles of its competitors, but could do a capable job with the basics. I didn't have a single problem with using it as a storage device, and it...
By TechRadar
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The Western Digital My Cloud DL4100 NAS is incredible. It's easy to set up, transport and look at. A work of...
By HEXUS.net
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WD's two-pronged expansion of its My Cloud product range gives consumers the choice of ARM-based models carrying EX Series branding and Intel-based alternatives launched under the DL Series umbrella.Marketed toward prosumer and small business...
By itbusiness.ca
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I'm a systems and network administrator with Performance Advantage, and I've been testing the DL4100 high performance NAS system from WD. Is this the right NAS for ITWC's team of video and creative professionals? Let's find out.At ITWC, the video team...
By StorageReview
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The WD My Cloud DL4100 is a 4-bay NAS that gives businesses secure, reliable storage that's easy to manage, providing small offices peace of mind and features like remote access from mobile devices.
By StorageReview
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The WD My Cloud DL4100 is a 4-bay NAS that gives businesses secure, reliable storage that's easy to manage, providing small offices peace of mind and features like remote access from mobile...
By AnandTech
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The graphs below show the power consumption and rebuild duration when repairing a RAID-5 volume for the various 4-bay NAS units that have been evaluated before. Even though the power consumption during the rebuild process is high, the time taken is the...
By CDRLabs
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The My Cloud DL4100 is a great addition to WD's line of business class NAS devices. Available as a diskless enclosure or a populated system that works right out of the box, this compact, 4-bay NAS bridges the gap between the company's prosumer Expert...
By SmallNetBuilder
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The DL4100 and DL2100 mark WD's first serious attempt at a Business NAS since the Windows-Server based DX4000 Sentinel, and its first Linux-based NASes using Intel processors. But while the DL4100's performance is more competitive than past efforts,...
By Legit Reviews
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When it comes to power consumption the WD My Cloud DL4100 8TB really varied depending on what you are doing. When the system is shut down we found that it leeches 2.5 Watts of power from the wall. We left the power brick in our Watts Up? Pro ES power...
By Techgage
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Western Digital's DL4100 has a lot to offer to both home users and small businesses. On the Intel NASPT tests, the DL4100 is the fastest NAS we have tested to date. On straight file copies with robocopy, it is slightly slower than the ASUSTOR AS-204TE...
By Clubic
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La gamme MyCloud DL marque un nouvel essai de NAS « entreprise » pour Western Digital. Hélas, si le constructeur se montre plus convaincant que par le passé, il ne semble pas encore capable de se mesurer aux ténors taïwanais du secteur. Ainsi, malgré...