WD My Cloud Expert Series 8TB EX2 Ultra 2-Bay NAS Server (2 x 4TB)
$269.49
In stock
Description
With a 1.3 GHz Marvell ARMADA 385 Dual-Core processor, the My Cloud Expert Series 8TB EX2 Ultra 2-Bay NAS Server from WD has the processing power necessary to manage and distribute files across a variety of platforms. Accompanying the enhanced dual-core processor is 1GB of DDR3 RAM to ensure multiple tasks can be carried out without causing the system to lag. The My Cloud EX2 Ultra comes pre-populated with two WD 4TB RED 5400 rpm SATA III 3,5″ hard drives for a total storage capacity of 8TB. This storage can be configured RAID 0 for enhanced performance, RAID 1 for redundancy, or JBOD and SPAN to suit your specific storage needs. To connect to your network and host system, there is one Gigabit Ethernet port and two USB 3.0 Type-A ports.
Once configured, WD offers a variety of features to make it easier to manage and stream your content directly from the My Cloud EX2 Ultra. With the My Cloud app and MyCloud.com, users can access and manage files from virtually anywhere via a computer, Android, or iOS device. WD Sync simplifies the process of syncing media across different devices to ensure data is constantly backed up. The EX2 Ultra can even stream content to mobile devices, game consoles, and more as it supports the Plex Media Server application. The capabilities of this storage server don’t stop there thanks to third-party app support complete with a full suite of applications to suit the needs of a wide variety of users. Included with this My Cloud EX2 is an Ethernet cable, an AC adapter, and Milestone ARCUS Surveillance software with two free camera licenses.
Note: The My Cloud EX2 Ultra includes a complimentary 2-month membership to the Adobe Creative Cloud Photography plan, which includes Adobe Photoshop Lightroom CC, Photoshop CC, 20GB of cloud storage, and more. This membership is redeemable during product registration. An Adobe ID and network connection are required. This offer is only available in countries where Adobe Creative Cloud is available and is limited to one per new Adobe user account. It must be redeemed by July 31, 2020 while activation code supplies last.
Additional information
| Weight | 6.35 lbs |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 12.05 × 9.4 × 7 in |
| CPU | 1.3 GHz Marvell ARMADA 385 Dual-Core |
| Supported Protocols | AFP<br>Bonjour<br>CIFS/SMB<br>DFS<br>FTP<br>NFS<br>SFTP<br>SNMP<br>SSH<br>WebDAV<br>iSCSI |
| Certifications | RoHS, as per Manufacturer |
| Storage Temperature | -4 to 149°F / -20 to 65°C |
| Operating Temperature | 41 to 95°F / 5 to 35°C |
| AC Input Power | 100 to 240 VAC, 50 / 60 Hz |
| Encryption | 256-Bit AES |
| Max User Accounts | 800 |
| Max Groups | 200 |
| iSCSI Support | Yes |
| RAID Modes | RAID 0, 1, JBOD, SPAN |
| Total Installed Memory | 1 GB DDR3 |
| Form Factor | Desktop |
| Compatible Drive Interface | SATA III |
| Connections | 1 x RJ45 (Gigabit Ethernet)<br />2 x USB Type-A (USB 3.1 / USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gb/s)) |
| Number of Bays | 2 x 3.5" |
| Rotational Speed | 5400 rpm |
| Interface | SATA III |
| Cache Memory per Drive | 64 MB |
| Included Drives | 2 x 4 TB 3.5" HDD |
| Total Raw Capacity | 8 TB |
| Status Monitoring | LED Indicator |
Reviews (155)
155 reviews for WD My Cloud Expert Series 8TB EX2 Ultra 2-Bay NAS Server (2 x 4TB)
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Lynn Larson (verified owner) –
This device is marketed as being able to synchronize with Dropbox. It doesn’t work most of the time. Check the WD support site, because there are nothing but complaints about it. Oh and don’t bother calling them, because they’ll tell you to contact Dropbox.
Tiara Friesen (verified owner) –
This unit was not too difficult to get set up. After updating to the firmware to OS5, it was easy to connect to the network and has a nice web user interface. The web access to the drive is also nice (one of the main reasons I chose this unit over other NAS options), although it still lacks a few features (for example, comparing to Dropbox this unit cannot be attached as a drive on computers not residing on the local network, instead the web interface must be used). Overall, excellent product and a good buy.
Laurie Dibbert (verified owner) –
i have been purchasing these drives for the past 5 years! they are the best that you can get for the money! ultra reliable red drives inside. WD does a good job at warranty claims. I own about 10 or 15 wd drives and yes I had problems with some of them but wd support will take care of you. not at recovery but at replacing.
Viola O’Connell (verified owner) –
I am getting frustrated with this. I am not able to access the device through cloud since the day I bought. Called WD and created a ticket. Spent several hours with them on phone. Ticket got escalated multiple time but still no help.
Tyler Leannon (verified owner) –
Decent NAS, and best of the series. With more powerful processor and more memory, drive and web interface responds much more smoothly. Adding this to my infrastructure allows much better backing up with other my cloud drives.
Meredith Stanton (verified owner) –
I replaced this with a 8TB that went bad after only a year. Not very reassuring but this unit has a faster processor and more memory than the previous unit. Hopefully this will handle long term streaming better.
Herminia Schuppe (verified owner) –
the experience was frustrating because not everyone is an egghead, software engineer or super hacker
Mariam Willms (verified owner) –
Easy to use, seems to work well, wish I purchased more space
Eriberto Schmeler (verified owner) –
Easy to setup, with one exception. Creating groups prevents file permissions for existing files from working correctly. When you transfer files it creates ownership problems. So, set up permissions for personal accounts to avoid this problem. Also, ensure all the files you are transferring are not corrupted. We had one computer image file that prevented the file transfer from working. Once we deleted it, everything worked fine. Now that the file server is up and running, it’s an excellent solution for backing up files.
Eulalia Grant (verified owner) –
Fast and easy to setup for immediate use. Adding users and shares was straight forward. The iOS application is intuitive and easy to use.
Sylvia Paucek (verified owner) –
My wife and I both work from home, and I wanted a network solution for maintaining backups of critical data on our laptops. The other features of this device are nice, but maintaining data backups was my main interest. I installed WDs SmartWare application which provides a simple interface for defining/scheduling backups (and recovery if/when needed). For our purposes the continuous incremental/differential backup works great. Over time we may use some of the other features. But for my needs this unit seems to be working really well.
Itzel McGlynn (verified owner) –
I replaced a Mac Mini with two 4 TB drives with this bit of kit after I filled to the two drives. I was able to plug the two full drives in to the back of this NAS and add 16 TB included with this NAS in a JBOD configuration. Now I have a complete plex server in a small package and it allowed me to free up me Mac for other uses. The NAS serves plex flawlessly with its built in app. My media centre now has 8 TB of shows with another 16 TB of space to take me into the coming years of TV shows and Movies. A perfect solution for a complete media server even if you have a couple of USB drives already full of content.
Gay Swaniawski (verified owner) –
I spent a great deal of time studying the ins and outs of NAS, there seems to be 100s of choices. This item seemed best for me, a good compromise of capacity and enclosure size that wouldn’t take up too much space. But the joy ended trying to make sense of the supplied docs description of connecting to Win10 machines. I found they weren’t even wrong; nothing seemed to work. I spent another big chunk of time digging thru the WD support site. Another disappointment, very hard to use. But finally, I did find one note that advised a completely different way to open it so I could ‘map the drive’ as windows refers to it. That worked. It was a frustrating afternoon.
Carolanne Klein (verified owner) –
Copying data from my old drive to new drive took 11 days. Some files could not be copied in the drag and drop process. You should have a better way to copy over files from old device to new device.
Kevin Rippin (verified owner) –
It has been five days and it is still “indexing” the data
Norene Friesen (verified owner) –
Very good price and products I already bought it twice and the price is very affordable. it only takes time to make the delivery
Andy Kling (verified owner) –
I purchased an 8TB model on 29 December 2021, it arrived by 05 January 2022, drive 1 had already stopped working by 08 February 2022. I love the features of this device, and it was wonderful while it was working, but this is disheartening quality coming from a company that I used to associate with highly reliable products. Kudos for letting me back up my Mac wirelessly using Time Machine, but it’s hard to get much use out of it or feel like my data is secure when drives start failing just over a month in.
Gail Hand (verified owner) –
I guess I should have thought about the name a bit more. Don’t need a cloud drive or remote capabilities. Just an additional drive I can map to for image storage. Well I was finally able to map to it, even though there are numerous posts claiming you can’t. However each time I try to transfer files to it it crashes after a couple of minutes. Even worse it takes down my network when it does. I have to restart the switch as every device in the house looses connectivity. This one is going back.
Rhett Ondricka (verified owner) –
Easy to setup from out of the box. Quiet operation. Beautiful design. Very easy to pop the HDDs into the enclosure. My Cloud OS setup and UX is very good. Overall a great product by WD. I would recommend this.
Aniyah Gutkowski (verified owner) –
I use this to backup my pics, video, and music. So far it’s working well. My last WD NAS lasted almost 7 years before one of the disks failed. Hope this one will do as well.