WD 6TB My Cloud Personal Network Attached Storage - NAS - WDBCTL0060HWT-NESN

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Product Specifications

Centralized, whole-home storage
Mobile and remote web access, Backs up PC and Mac computers
Photo and video backup for smartphones and tablets, Operating System - Windows/Mac
Sync software to keep content up-to-date across all your computers
Creates a common place for friends and family to share photos

Product Description

Size:6TB | Style:Single Drive Finally, a cloud of their own - Give your customers a complete solution to save everything in one place and access it anywhere from their computers, tablets and smartphones. Automatic file backup for all their PC and Mac computers means their files are protected. And it’s all stored on a home or office network, not a remote server, so there’s no mysterious location of their data. It’s more than network storage, it’s a personal cloud.

Product Reviews

The devil is in the settings

I have to admit I had some serious reservations purchasing this NAS based upon the sheer number of bad reviews. I read through them and there seemed to be a common thread to several of the problems.1. Changes IP address2. Loses connection / goes to sleep3. To SlowKnowing, I hoped :-), what I was getting into. I purchased the NAS. First let me say the NAS is dead quiet and this is good because it sits 2 feet away from me!When I read the IP address was changing I figured it was a DHCP issue. It would make sense to assign a static IP to the NAS, however Western Digital chose not to do that so… During the initial setup the first screen tells you what the assigned IP is - WRITE IT DOWN - after you get through the setup and before you try and access the NAS you are going to need a few pieces of info.1. The IP address for the NAS (for me it was (192.168.1.60)2. Subnet info 255.255.255.03. Gateway info 192.168.1.14. DNS info (whatever your ISP DNS numbers are)Now log into the NAS and look at the upper right of the screen, it should say “settings” with a gear symbol, click it. Now look for the tab that says “Network” and click on it. Change from DHCP to STATIC and fill in the blanks with the info you collected earlier and you’re done, now the NAS won’t lose its IP address.(IMPORTANT) *The new NAS IP* be sure to choose an IP address that is above or below your pool of DHCP IP addresses to avoid conflicts****Loses connection is what I think might be the NAS going into sleep mode…Sleep mode seemed counterintuitive to me for a NAS. So to eliminate this I again went into settings and under the “General” tab I found energy saver and turned off “drive sleep” Checking my electric meter, it hasn’t exploded from the massive power draw (seriously kidding) this thing must have to place it in “energy saver” mode so I guess I am ok…To slow was a wild card for me and it could have been a bunch of things, my bet was the antivirus software and for me I was spot on. Moving 20 gig’s, wirelessly, took 2 hours with the antivirus on…turned it off and it cut that time in half.I hope this is of some help to someone out there!.Overall I really like the NAS which is why I gave it 4 stars, it would have been 5 but for some poor choices on the manufactures end with default settings, IMOIt has performed without issue so far and I will update this thread if there are any changes.

A very solid network attached storage device with remote access capabilities

UPDATE with benchmarks is at the bottom of the review:Western Digital has put together a very nice network attached storage (NAS) device with the My Cloud. It was very easy to set up for both local and remote access.A few things to know up front:1. This device cannot be plugged into a computer for use.2. It needs a hard wired ethernet connection - it cannot connect to your network wirelessly.The My Cloud probably has one of the best web-based configuration interfaces I’ve seen. In fact it’s possible on most home routers to find the device just by pointing a browser at wdmycloud.local - you don’t even need to dig around in your router settings to find its IP address. Once in it’s very easy to configure folders and users.Also of note is that the Macs, Windows PCs, and even smart TVs in the house could immediately find and access the drive through their native interfaces. If you don’t plan on using the drive remotely there is absolutely no software installation necessary. I do not recommend installing the configuration software Western Digital will suggest you use as it will stay resident on your computer and just links to the web based control panel anyhow.The drive offers the ability to restrict access by user, including hiding folders from those who do not have access and assigning read only access to certain users.The drive successfully streamed content I originally recorded on my iPhone to a Samsung television. The TV is DLNA compatible and was able to find the My Cloud drive on the network automatically. It popped up in my source list when I pressed the remote control button - a nice surprise. The drive is able to serve media files fast enough to play back Blu Ray quality movies on compatible devices.Remote access works well. When using the drive when away from the local network special software will need to be installed on a Mac or PC to access files. Opening files through the software will copy the file to the local computer for editing. Once saved the file will then sync back to the My Cloud drive.The drive can also be accessed from iOS and Android devices through a free app. The app performs similar to other cloud storage services, with the ability to upload and download photos and videos from any location.Another great feature is the onboard USB port for connecting external hard drives. It supports just about every file format out there, including Mac Journaled HFS (the standard OS X file format), as well as Windows NTFS and FAT and FAT32. The external drive can be accessed through the MyCloud as a folder, and can also be used to back up the contents of the MyCloud disk through a special imaging function.Overall this is an impressive NAS device that is packed with features and very easy to get up and running.UPDATE –I ran some benchmarks on the drive using the BlackMagic Design video drive benchmarking tool. I found that it does pretty well, writing about 26-28 megabytes (not megabits) per second and reading at approximately 63-65 megabytes per second when connected via gigabit. Your mileage of course may vary but the speeds aren’t too shabby for a network attached drive.

Five Stars

muy bien!

Very Simple

Easy set up!!! I love it!!! My own cloud!!! :)

Its a good little home server

Its a good little home server. I’d say my only qualm with it is the fact that I can’t plug directly to it and transfer data.

A big headache!

This was the worst. Worked for hours trying to get it to set up on my computer. Went to WD website and their instructions but nothing worked.

Two Stars

slow. once installed

I’m not going to talk bad about this in detail

I’m honestly not a fan of this due to it’s latency. It had the same latency as my old 486 computers did with disk shares…

Five Stars

So far great, no problems. Hope the 1 millon hour between failure rate stays up

Five Stars

Amazing purchase and great for having a cloud all time access backup.

I purchased the 3 TB unit, and it does …

I purchased the 3 TB unit, and it does not work at all. After discussing help options with Western Digital, it turns out it is a first generation, old and outdated unit that will…