The WD My Cloud User Interface, Apps and Software Guide

When it comes to NAS servers, I think it is safe to say that this blog has covered them all. In recent years we have seen in recent years we have seen truly breathtaking Network Attached Storage from the top NAS vendors, improving and re-imagining what we can do with our data over the network and internet. However, along with all of these Innovations, it is worth mentioning that it all comes to nothing without the humble hard drive for the data to be read and written, to and from. One of the biggest hard drive manufacturers in the world is Western Digital and alongside the popular WD Red NAS hard drives, they have also released several NAS server devices for home and business in their WD My Cloud range. However unlike the Synology and QNAP fully featured NAS, the WD my cloud series has always been something of a cost-effective first time NAS choice. However, all that changed last year with the release of the WD my cloud Pro Series (the PR4100 NAS). Featuring hardware equal and in many cases superior to that of Synology and QNAP units, new interface and increased support for programs like Plex, Apple time machine and milestones surveillance, WD has really pulled out all the stops on this one. But how does the WD my cloud pro PR4100 compare with the newest generation of NAS in 2018? Let’s find out. It’s everything you want in one game-changing device that’s 3X faster than the closest competitor. Find me on Twitter @robbieonthetube