IRVINE, Calif., March 4, 2014 /PRNewswire/
-- WD®, a Western Digital (NASDAQ: WDC) company and
a world leader in connected storage solutions, today expanded its
prosumer personal cloud solutions with My Cloud EX2, a
high-performance two-bay network attached storage (NAS) system. The
My Cloud EX2 and My Cloud EX4 products are designed from the ground
up for creative professionals and prosumers that need to reliably
save, share, back up, stream and manage large amounts of digital
data.
"WD is committed to providing a comprehensive portfolio of
personal cloud solutions as the need for digital data storage
continues to dramatically increase," said Jim Welsh, executive vice president, WD Branded
Products and worldwide sales. "With the My Cloud EX series of
products, customers will be thrilled with the advanced features,
high-performance and reliability that only WD can provide."
Complete Data Control and Protection
Several data management and security features allow customers to
select their preferred methods for managing and protecting their
movies, photos, music and digital files. Drive management options
include RAID 0, RAID 1; JBOD and spanning modes, while data
protection options include RAID 1, USB, cloud or LAN/WAN backup.
The My Cloud EX2 comes preconfigured in RAID 1 mode to protect data
right from the start and is easily configurable into other data
protection modes. Customers can use their My Cloud EX2 to
centralize and back up all of their computers and notebooks with WD
SmartWare™ Pro software for PC users, and with the Apple® Time
Machine® backup software for Mac users.
High Capacity and Ultimate Reliability
My Cloud EX2 provides several capacity options for customers to
choose from, including a diskless enclosure allowing users to build
their own NAS with the drives of their choice, as well as populated
systems in 4TB, 6TB or 8TB capacities1. Additionally,
customers can attach compatible USB 3.0 hard drives to the USB
expansion ports on the My Cloud EX2 to instantly expand their
storage capacity. The populated My Cloud EX2 features WD
Red® hard drives for ultimate reliability in the unique
24x7 NAS operating environment. WD Red drives are powered by
NASware™ 2.0 technology, improving drive reliability and protecting
customer data in the event of a power loss or disruption.
Anytime, Anywhere Access
The award-winning WD My Cloud™ mobile and desktop app provides
anytime, anywhere access to the entire My Cloud product family. WD
My Cloud mobile app users can easily view photos, stream video and
share, save and manage files from anywhere on their iOS® and
Android™ devices. The mobile app makes file sharing and
collaborating simple, allowing customers to easily email files,
share files as a link, and print and open files with third party
apps. The WD My Cloud mobile app integrates major public cloud
services so that customers can easily transfer files from their
Dropbox™, SkyDrive® and Google Drive™ public cloud accounts[2].
With the WD My Cloud desktop app, navigating, controlling and
sharing digital files from anywhere in the world is simple and
intuitive.
Advanced Features
My Cloud EX2 includes advanced data serving options including an
integrated file server, FTP server, backup server and a P2P
download server. Additionally, users can download and run a host of
third party apps, including aMule, Icecast, Joomla!®, phpBB®,
phpMyAdmin, Transmission, SqueezeCenter, and more.
Users can also stream videos and photos to connected TVs, media
players, gaming consoles and other DLNA®/UPnP® devices with
the included Twonky 7.2 server, DLNA-certified 1.5 media
server, and built-in iTunes® server.
Price and Availability
My Cloud EX2 is currently available at select U.S. retailers and
online at the wdstore.com. MAP is $199.99
USD for the diskless My Cloud EX2, $369.99 USD for 4 TB, $469.99 USD for 6 TB and $569.99 USD for 8 TB. The WD My Cloud mobile app
currently is available for download for free from the App
StoreSM and Google PlayTM. My Cloud EX2 comes
with a two year limited warranty.
Compatibility
My Cloud EX2 is compatible with Windows® 8, Windows 7, Windows
Vista®, Windows XP, OS X Mavericks™, Mountain Lion™, Lion®, Snow
Leopard®, as well as DLNA®/UPnP® enabled devices.
About WD
WD, a Western Digital company, is a long-time innovator and
storage industry leader. As a storage technology pacesetter, the
company produces reliable, high-performance hard disk drives and
solid state drives. These drives are deployed by OEMs and
integrators in desktop and mobile computers, enterprise computing
systems, embedded systems and consumer electronics applications, as
well as by the company in providing its own storage products. WD's
leading storage devices and systems, networking products, media
players and software solutions empower people around the world to
easily save, store, protect, share and experience their content on
multiple devices. WD was established in 1970 and is headquartered
in Irvine, Calif. For more
information, please visit the company's website at www.wd.com.
Western Digital Corp. (NASDAQ: WDC), Irvine, Calif., is a global provider of
products and services that empower people to create, manage,
experience and preserve digital content. Its companies design and
manufacture storage devices, networking equipment and home
entertainment products under the WD, HGST and G-Technology brands.
Visit the Investor section of the company's website
(www.westerndigital.com) to access a variety of financial and
investor information.
Western Digital, WD, My Cloud, WD Red, and the WD logo are
registered trademarks of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. in the
U.S. and other countries; WD My Cloud, NASware, and WD SmartWare
are trademarks of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. in the U.S.
and other countries; Windows and Windows Vista are registered
trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Mac,
OS X Mountain Lion, Mavericks, Lion, Snow Leopard and Time Machine
are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other
countries. IOS is a trademark or registered trademark of Cisco in
the U.S. and other countries and is used under license by Apple
Inc. Dropbox is a trademark of Dropbox Inc. Android, Google Drive,
and Google Play are trademarks of Google Inc. Other marks may be
mentioned herein that belong to other companies. All other brand
and product names mentioned herein are the property of their
respective companies. As used for storage capacity, one terabyte
(TB) = one trillion bytes. Total accessible capacity varies
depending on operating environment.
[1] System is shipped in RAID 1 configuration, which leaves half
of the system capacity available for data storage. System is
configurable to RAID 0; JBOD or spanned, which leaves all system
capacity available for data storage. Up to 0.1TB may be reserved
for non-user accessible storage.
[2] Dropbox, SkyDrive or Google Drive account required. Cloud
services may be changed, terminated or interrupted at any time and
may vary by country.
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