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PRODUCT OVERVIEW
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WD MY CLOUD EX4 PERSONAL CLOUD STORAGE
USER MANUAL
Product Overview
About the System
Features
About the Online Learning Center
Package Contents
Pre-installation Instructions
Handling Precautions
Product Components
About the System
The WD My Cloud EX4 personal cloud storage system is a high-performance system
providing secure wireless access to your media and files from any computer, tablet, or
smartphone when connected to a wireless router.
Connect this powerful system to your wireless router for shared storage on your home
network and accessing your files from within and outside the home. Share files with your
Mac and PC, stream media to your television through your DLNA-enabled devices, and
access your files remotely with the WD My Cloud EX4 apps and web site.
This user manual provides step-by-step installation instructions and other important
information about your WD product. Translated versions and updates to this user manual
can be downloaded from
http://products.wd.com/updates
.
For more information and news
about this product, visit our website at
http://www.wd.com/.
Features
Ultimate reliability from the trusted name in storage
– Built from the ground up with the
quality and reliability you've come to expect from WD and backed by a two-year warranty,
My Cloud EX4 is a high-performance, four-bay NAS for your home or small office. It offers a
robust all-metal enclosure, multiple RAID volumes, easy drive installation and a full suite of
apps for the power and flexibility to expand your NAS features.
Your options are endless
– Choose the diskless enclosure with easy drive install and hot
swap to effortlessly add up to four drives and grow as your needs expand. Or, choose a
populated system that works right out of the box, featuring WD Red™ hard drives for
ultimate compatibility in the unique 24x7 NAS operating environment.
Drive management and data protection at its best
– You’re armed with multiple options
to secure your data from loss. Choose RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 or select from spanning and JBOD
modes for even more options to manage your data.
Easy to manage
– A powerful dashboard and LCD display means your system is always
under your control. Monitor your drives, manage users and utilize energy-saving features.
Email and mobile alerts keep you informed on My Cloud EX4 status.
Award-winning desktop and mobile apps
– With WD’s My Cloud mobile and desktop
apps, you can upload, access and share your documents from anywhere. Conveniently
transfer files from your public cloud service to the EX4 directly from the mobile app.
Powerful apps to customize your NAS
– Featuring industry-leading apps, including
aMule, Icecast, Joomla!
®
, phpBB
®
, phpMyAdmin and SqueezeCenter.
Advanced Serving Options
– Integrated file server, FTP server, backup server and P2P
download server.
