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WD My Cloud EX2 Ultra 2-Bay 4TB Hotswap NAS $248.45 (Was $599) + $5.99 Delivery ($0 mVIP/ SYD C&C) + Surcharge @ Mwave

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This seems like a great price for a budget NAS prepopulated with 4TB (2 WD Red drives).

Looking at staticice this is definitely better than half price of anywhere at the moment:
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2 years warranty

In February, WD released firmware with an OS update (and this model is supported) with up to date security and additional features.
This page has a comprehensive list of features (2nd column from right in the table): https://support-en.wd.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/29389

Some things that stood out for me about this model are that it can run Plex / DLNA server plus claims it can do transcoding (I don't know how well).

A word of warning though - it only supports SMB2 and SMB3. Because it does not support SMB1 (this is deprecated and insecure) it means that some old devices (media players, TV's etc) that still use SMB1 will not work with it. [So if this is important to you, if you buy this, don't upgrade to OS5, and you should be ok - except the old OS3 will not be supported by WD if you need support]

Mwave are currently offering fixed price $5.99 delivery on all orders.
Note that if paying with Paypal / Credit Cards, it will incur additional 1% ($2.48).

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  • +3

    Don’t even dream of running Plex on this. I have the 8tb version of this. Not only performance but you are locked into an old version of Plex through the WD app ecosystem. Used to be easy to side load newer versions but OS5 upgrade has closed that off. Get an Nvidia shield pro paired with NAS like this is a better option or a better more modern NAS. I must have got this EX2 4-5 years ago now

    • I have a my cloud home with the latest software now and has and continues to run Plex basically flawlessly for some years now, I don’t transcode (which quite rightly is probably not good) but for basic streaming of my tv shows to the tv over the network (or even travelling) it’s acceptable to me.

      This EX2 model looks like it’s be better than my mycloud home also, but again have only tested mine, not this.

  • Hi op, Shows $599 for me, is there a code or checkout trick?

  • OOS

  • Yeah sorry maybe it was a pricing error and the price has been corrected
    Or maybe they didn’t have that many and sold out

  • It was a great deal to get its HDDs to put into my QNAP, and give away the case.

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