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WD My Cloud.
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In the era of development of the mobile and connection technology has made significant progress, the cloud storage service has become increasingly popular as Google Drive, Dropbox, Box, Microsoft OneDrive ... More users depend on these services can be accessed by any device, any place as long as there is broadband connection. However, data stored on public services can not guarantee the security and risks in the process of archiving is probable. Users therefore still have the backup Hosted or portable hard drive.
With the launch of My Cloud, WD helps users solve the problem of the pros and cons of cloud storage services mentioned above. This product which is developed network hard drive from a desktop hard drive line with the traditional My Book advantages large capacity, high durability and intranetconnections. However, notable especially for smartphone apps and tablet Android / iOS as well as software for PC / Mac helps users to access their data anywhere, provided that the device must be able to access the Internet. In addition, this application also integrates the use of public cloud services help users flexibility in storage and data conversion.
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The connection is quite simple with a Gigabit LAN port, USB 3.0, power and reset hole hard drive.
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Our products are designed as a typical desktop hard drive, use the WD Red hard drives used for NAS to enhance durability and ability to operate continuously 24/7. Systems for high performance thanks to dual-core processors, USB 3.0 expansion ports to add external hard drives with capacities up to 4TB or connect directly to the USB port devices such as cameras, camcorders ... to back up data.
Owning many new features but the installation and use My Cloud is simple. Users simply plug the LAN and power cord, the other devices in the home network system immediately admitted without any further tweaking. In the test, the computer Windows 8.1, Macs running OS X 10.9 self drive in Explorer and Finder network corresponding. LG Smart TV also form self-drive in the WD My Cloud Input and users can select files including photos, music or movies for streaming (DLNA and iTunes so). Even with phones running Android have not installed the WD applications that only use ES File Explorer software can also access the hard drive after the scan mode in the LAN tab.
To access the settings page of My Cloud, users simply enter a unique path with instructions to use the machine's IP instead of finding and accessing the hard drive as usual craft. Also, to have the software installed on the machine complete, WD also provides full name MyCloud app for Mac and PC users to backup or SmartWare for PC.
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The device has network connectivity, DLNA as LG SmartTV WD My Cloud admitted without installation.
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The setup allows users to create a shared drive and then set security and access from the outside.Firstly need to register an account directly on WD's website WDMycloud.com each user account in order to register the device. For each mobile phone or tablet wants remote access will need an access code provided by the system. This code can also allow users to identify only share some folders or specific files with friends and relatives. Software when the remote will be encrypted with AES 128-bit.
In addition to supporting UPnP / DLNA, My Cloud also has the ability to sync with cloud services like Dropbox, OneDrive. In addition to WD My Cloud application to manage software installed WD Photos on your tablet, smartphone also supports the ability to automatically backup when users take new pictures.
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Intuitive settings page and can be accessed through a browser on a computer or mobile device.
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Test used in the home network with Wi-Fi transmitter ToToLink 802.11n, with every file about 200 MB capacity, speed is around 14-15 MB copied per second with 5 GHz network settings and about 8.5 MB when using the 2.4 GHz network. Test copy a movie MKV 1.4 GB capacity, the time it took about 54 seconds to 5 GHz network. The speed of the home network is so impressive enough to users to music or watching movies streaming high definition directly from the hard drive without difficulty obstacle.
However, remote access speed depends largely on the family network connection. Speed downloading files from the mobile device when not connected to the home network will depend on the speed of file download Internet tariff plan that the user is using. This figure is quite low if using regular ADSL and, if possible, fiber-optic network will be the optimal choice. Test downloading files from the mobile device to My Cloud from outside the network, the speed is recorded equal to the Dropbox service at the same time. However, this test is difficult to achieve high accuracy as with intranets.
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Management and remote data access with My Cloud app.
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The different versions of My capacity use Cloud NAS backup application form, there is no absolute safety if users store important data. WD solve this problem by adding features Safepoints. Equip enables users to create a copy of disk data on a storage device or a network drive attached to the USB port on the My Cloud. The system will automatically create a backup after a certain period of time to be set.
My Cloud has 3 versions of 2TB, 3TB to 4TB with prices respectively 3.95 million, 4.89 million and 6.39 million. Before that it introduced the My Cloud Ex4 for families and small offices with higher demand thanks to 4 hard drive tray designs to meet the storage capacity and features more options for businesses.
