Installed easily on two computers on the home network but it took an incredible amount of time for the first back-up to complete - 36 hours for 941GB over a wired Gigabit system!!! Way too slow.

While cloud storage services such as Dropbox, Box.net, SpiderOak, and more offer decent ways to

– Super simple pluginandgo setup; – USB 3.0 for expansion; – Mobile app autosync is pretty slick; – WD2GO system makes users not have to think about how to get to their data

– Seemingly no way to opt out of WD2GO; – Horrible issues getting WD2GO to work on OS X; – Unable to connect remotely on OS X; – Two year warranty when the drive instead normally has a three year warranty

It's more than a little disingenuous to call WD's latest storage product the ‘My Cloud'. Touted as a "cloud of your own" in the marketing bumpf, it's really no different than many other internet accessible NAS devices we've reviewed in the past.

As one of the biggest names in the storage industry, Western Digital doesn't need much of an introduction. Founded in 1970, the company got its start by manufacturing calculator chips.

Easy to setup and manage; Accessible from anywhere using desktop and mobile apps; Good looking and well constructed design; Supports USB and network backups; iTunes music and DLNA media servers; USB 3.0 expansion port; Gigabit Ethernet; Quiet operation; Reasonably priced; 2 year warranty

Mediocre read and write speeds; Hard drive is not removable; Does not support offsite backups

WD's latest offering in the NAS segment has the makings of a good product, but suffers from a number of avoidable flaws. Western Digital isn't new to the storage game, but with the My Cloud, the hardware vendor is looking to offer a seamless method through which users can sync and access their files...

"BEWARE. This product does not work as advertized. Performance is unusualy slow and the device is generally unreliable. Not a device you want to trust your precious DATA on. Until Western Digital resolves these issues or recalls the product I would recommend looking at an alternate solution.

Now that it is set up, both my lap-top and my desk-top p.c.s are automatically backed up daily. I can also access the files from either p.c. on both p.c.s, which is very useful, as there are some files that need to be shared.

Today will be call #4 with WD about this drive. Keeps dropping off the network with the host PC so I cannot get my files on it. Many reviews from other sites state the same so I am not confident that I will keep this bad product long...

my 4th NAS. Last one was Buffalo NAS. Outdated and absolute junk. I use it for media streaming through laptop (as a server) running Plex to Chromecast controlled by my Android phone (sounds confusing but if you've done it it's simple and always works).

WD HD! this is no Seagate that will last for 6 months Fast enough to stream 10 gig HD movies Accessible from anywhere Quiet Cool (as in operating temp Simple install All comps; tablets; phones etc.

I bought it from BestBuy instead of memex; That's my weakness..; For way more $...; I am blaming this on Memex for not having a store in Kelowna; (also for wanting stuff NOW and not waiting for shipping - would be nice if it came pre built with Plex server (I'm sure only 1% of people really care...

This is a great budget NAS that works easily with both PCs and Macs and you can set it up pretty quickly with very little experience with networking. This is a 2 TB model, though Western Digital offers 3 TB and 4 TB versions if you are able to spend more on them, but 2 TB should be sufficient for a...