The WD My Cloud is a hard drive that connects to the web via your home network. Here's our WD My Cloud review.

Western Digital's My Cloud is a NAS (Network Attached Storage device) perfect for those unfamiliar with NASes. It is a practically foolproof device for network sharing. Western Digital cleverly avoids the admittedly off-putting term "NAS" anywhere on the device, in its packaging, or in the online...

Incredible Read/Write speeds; Runs quiet and cool; Stylish design; Easy remote access to data on the drive

Limited functionality in remote access interface; No printer support on USB port

The Good - Inexpensive - Simple to set up - Great performance - Third-party cloud integration The Bad - Lacks advanced NAS features Western Digital is attempting to reinvent the network-attached storage (NAS) concept with its new My Cloud device.

Inexpensive - Simple to set up - Great performance - Third-party cloud integration

- Lacks advanced NAS features

The WD My Cloud is an extension of WD's portfolio of personal cloud hard drives that offer simple configuration and easy to consume content wherever you go across just about any device.

Affordable price point; Very easy to configure and use; Intuitive apps

No way to access admin securely outside of network

WD's popular line of My Book external storage solutions have, over the course of the past decade, evolved from simple storage to full-blown network-attached servers, culminating in 2013 with the launch of My Cloud.

WD is in the process of phasing out WD2go. But WD2go users can update to the free My Cloud app. The good news is that the My Cloud app is backward-compatible with My Book Live and older products. WD2go isn't completely gone, however.

The Western Digital My Cloud is a NAS with a single 2TB hard disk, and is designed for those who simply want to access files over their network or remotely over the internet. Setting up the My Cloud is simple.

Western Digital's My Cloud has done more than any other device to popularise the idea of a NAS as a personal cloud, and you won't find a cheaper or smaller way of getting one up and running.

Western Digital's My Cloud has done more than any other device to popularise the idea of a NAS as a personal cloud, and you won't find a cheaper or smaller way of getting one up and running.

I bought this networked hard drive so that I could stream music and videos to both computers and smart tv's. It was a handy way of sharing files without having to remove and connect hard drives all the time. Although the premise of the product is appealing, it does have some shortfalls.