WD expands its suite of network attached storage (NAS) solutions with four new products that address the demands for content storage, management, protection and streaming among prosumers, creative professionals and small businesses. The My Cloud Expert Series includes My Cloud EX2100 (two-bay) and My Cloud EX4100 (four-bay) NAS systems designed. Powered by the dual-core Marvell ARMADA 385 and 388 processors, these two new additions to the Expert Series offer top of their class read/write speeds for simultaneous, HD media streaming with up to 24 TB of storage capacity.

The included WD Red drives can be configured using multiple RAID options (model dependent) including RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, JBOD and spanning modes. Users can also 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.

My Cloud Expert Series products can also serve as a digital entertainment hub, streaming movies and music to any DLNA/UPnP certified multimedia devices. Additionally, the integrated file server, FTP server, backup server and P2P download server provide advanced data serving options.

The new My Cloud Business Series includes My Cloud DL2100 (two-bay) and My Cloud DL4100 (four-bay) NAS systems are powered by Intel Atom dual-core processors with RAM up to 2GB and up to 24 TB of storage capacity They run on the Linux-based WD My Cloud operating software (OS).

Offering AES 256-bit volume encryption and multiple RAID options (RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, JBOD and spanning modes), the My Cloud Business Series offers small businesses multiple options to secure and protect their data. The devices can be used to back up all computers with WD SmartWare Pro software for PC users and Apple Time Machine support for Mac users. My Cloud Business Series products can also backup themselves, either to another My Cloud in a different location or to cloud services such as Amazon S3 and ElephantDrive. Users can also use the one-touch USB 3.0 copy button to automatically copy data from an external USB storage device onto the NAS.

The My Cloud Business Series products feature many business-ready capabilities including iSCSI target and initiator, replication and file synchronization, integrated FTP, WebDAV server, SSH Shell, and Microsoft Active Directory support. Additionally there are enterprise-class redundancies such as dual power supply ports with fail over, dual Gigabit Ethernet and UPS support. The My Cloud Business Series also provides memory expansion up to 6GB, and scalable storage through dual NICs or USB.

My Cloud Business Series products are available in several capacity options. The My Cloud DL2100 (two-bay) is available diskless or with 4 TB, 8 TB or 12 TB capacities. The My Cloud DL4100 (four-bay) is available diskless or with 8 TB, 16 TB or 24 TB capacities.

The My Cloud Business Series is currently available online at wdstore.com and the My Cloud Expert Series and My Cloud Business Series will be available with our channel partners in March.

The My Cloud Expert Series and Business Series products come with a 3-year limited warranty for the populated products and a 2-year limited warranty for the diskless products.

Pricing

• MSRP for My Cloud EX2100 NAS is $249.99 USD for the diskless unit, $429.99 USD for 4 TB, $559.99 USD for 8 TB and $749.99 USD for 12 TB.
• MSRP for My Cloud EX4100 NAS is $399.99 USD for the diskless unit, $749.99 USD for 8 TB, $1,049.99 USD for 16 TB and $1,449.99 USD for 24 TB
• MSRP for My Cloud DL2100 NAS is $349.99 USD for the diskless unit, $529.99 USD for 4 TB, $649.99 USD for 8 TB and $849.99 USD for 12 TB.
• MSRP for My Cloud DL4100 NAS is $529.99 USD for the diskless unit, $879.99 USD for 8 TB, $1,169.99 for 16 TB and $1,529.99 for 24 TB.