Reviewers Liked
- Simple, intuitive setup and management
- Powerful prosumer features
- RAID1 capabilities for better reliability
- Great performance
- Affordable
Reviewers Didn't Like
- UI not always totally friendly
- No redundant power supply ports
Western Digital My Cloud EX2100
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7.8
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By Macworld Australia
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This two-bay NAS can be purchased either diskless so you can install your own drives or with as much as 12TB of capacity. That is plenty of capacity for several family members or almost every small to medium business we've ever worked with.Our test unit...
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What is the WD My Cloud EX2100? The WD My Cloud EX2100 is a mid-range NAS drive aimed at the power home user or small business. With space for two 6TB drives, it can be used to provide fast network access for up to 12TB of storage. It can be bought...
By Expert Reviews
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Excellent file transfer speeds and no-hassle setup, but WD still lags behind Synology and QNAP when it comes to...
By Computer Shopper
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Western Digital presents a speedy, simple way for accessing your data remotely. A few quirks of its extraordinarily simple UI are sticking points (as is the noise when you turn it on), but they're not deal-breakers. Read...
By PC Authority
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You probably know Western Digital best for its long history manufacturing hard drives, but the company also make NAS units. The My Cloud series is Western Digital's attempt to take on products from Synology, QNAP, Thecus and others. There are 4 models...
By PC Advisor
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The WD My Cloud EX2100 has performance issues with Mac OS X, but otherwise is a snappy NAS drive brimming with useful features. At around £200 unpopulated it's close in price and performance to the Synology DS214. It's perhaps testament to the progress...
By Bit-tech.net
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The EX2100 lacks many of the features that are offered even by cheaper Synology enclosures, although the basics are there such as your typical media servers, remote access and cloud storage. In addition, we gleaned from WD that its march in taking the...
By NikkTech
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I didn't hide my disappointment when we tested the My Cloud EX4 model a while back since it was indeed outdated compared to what we've been testing for the past 2 years and thus couldn't compete with most in performance and to a large part features (it...
By HotHardware
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WD My Cloud EX2100Like the My Cloud drives that came before it, the EX2100 is simple to setup--you just need to plug it in and it's practically ready to go. The files are available from any PC, SmartPhone or tablet, and it is really handy having...
By nag.co.za
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The MyCloud EX2100 is WD's purpose-built home server that sort of acts as a cloud network when you're accessing it remotely. It's a small device about the size of a two-slice toaster, but it weighs a seriously heavy 3.5kg when loaded with two hard...
By klgadgetguy.com
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Even though the product belongs to the WD's Expert series of NAS, you don't need to be an expert to be able to use it, from hardware to software, the My Cloud EX2100 simplifies everything in a usability and it is definitely a no-brainer if you are...
By Clubic
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Numéro 1 du disque dur, Western Digital est un fabricant reconnu, mais à la manière de Seagate, son concurrent de toujours, il n'a pas anticipé le succès des NAS. Une situation à laquelle la société basée à Irvine entend bien remédier promptement. Ainsi,...
By Clubic
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À chaque nouvelle année, Synology propose un rafraichissement partiel de ses gammes de NAS afin de tenir à jour ses petites machines. En toute fin d'année dernière, nous nous étions ainsi préoccupés du haut de gamme du constructeur taïwanais avec les...
By macbidouille.com
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Loin des NAS professionnels nécessitant un niveau de compétences élevé le My Cloud EX2100 répond pourtant aisément aux besoins de prosumers Lancés courant mars dernier par Western Digital, les NAS My Cloud EX2100 (2 baies) et EX4100 (4 baies) viennent...
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