Review on 💾 WD Diskless My Cloud EX4100 Expert Series NAS - Reliable 4-Bay Network Attached Storage for Efficient Data Management by Eric Hartman

If you're confused by the amount of good and bad reviews on this (or any other) NAS, I think it mostly comes down to what each person wants, what to do about it and what kind of installation they have. If you are working in one of the Raid modes and want to stream to most players/smart TVs, this set top box is a very easy setup for you. If you want to work in JBOD like me and have a media player with custom software, some customization might be needed. I've had it for 3 weeks and after playing around a bit it finally worked perfectly and I'm very happy. One of the biggest and only problems with this NAS is the documentation. It only comes with a quick start guide, which is terrible. No problem, because the complete documentation is available online. Unfortunately, the documentation spends too much time explaining what I would call "normal" and only briefly mentions things like NFS or accessing the Twonky software that allows streaming to clients. DLNA (instructions were temporary and wrong. I had to get it. Information from WD support via the WD forum. Also, the server is running Plex, and although I didn't want to use it, I downloaded it for testing. I had no problems with the download, but this NAS shouldn't have the processing power to transcode on the fly That being said, this was to be expected and will be the case with most NAS you buy if they don't have an I5 or I7 processor. Unfortunately, it will be too expensive Bottom line: If you're looking for a reliable bulletproof NAS that compares well to other models that cost $300 more Well this NAS is for you Huge bang for the buck.