Keep valuable data safe with this My Cloud EX2 Ultra external hard drive. Custom backup options through WD SmartWare Pro, 256 AES volume encryption, and multiple RAID options provide enhanced performance and protection. This 8TB My Cloud EX2 Ultra provides high transfer speeds, and its Plex Media Server keeps your data ready at all times.
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Microsoft discontinued their Home Server so we needed a new place to share and backup data on the network. After doing reviews the WD - My Cloud EX2 Ultra was the best choice. It took a little time to figure out how we wanted the storage configured (striped or mirrored), but once this was set it was smooth sailing. We mapped a drive letter on all of the computers to the public folder for sharing of files and mapped a drive to a user directory for each user for backup of the computers. We have a gigabyte network and accessing and copying files is extremely fast. We highly recommend this product.