Name: Used WD EX4100 My Cloud Expert Series 4-Bay NAS, 16TB (4x4TB) undefined
Brand: WD
SKU: US1382594
Price: 819.00 USD
Availability: Discontinued
Rating: 3.9 (25 reviews)

WD EX4100 My Cloud Expert Series 4-Bay NAS, 16TB (4x4TB)

WD EX4100 2-Bay NAS

WD EX4100 My Cloud Expert Series 4-Bay NAS, 16TB (4x4TB) - SKU#1382594

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Save all your valuable photos, videos, music and files on this ready-to-go, high-performance NAS solution for secure access to them anytime, from anywhere. Protect your content with multiple backup options, customize your NAS with a full suite of apps and enjoy peace of mind knowing that we've put our best in it, so you can put your best on it.  &#149; iSCSI target and initiator  &#149; Integrated FTP and WebDAV server  &#149; Integrated SSH Secure Shell  &#149; Link aggregation and network redundancy  &#149; Jumbo frame support  &#149; IPv4 and IPv6  &#149; UPS support (USB and network)  &#149; Real-time resource monitor  &#149; SNMP  &#149; Microsoft Active Directory support  &#149; Energy-saving options   Centralize your media and content in one safe, organized place   Whether you're a creative hobbyist, creative professional or have an impressive media collection, you will undoubtedly have loads of digital content to store. With My Cloud Expert Series NAS, you can easily centralize and protect your valuable content from all the PC and Mac computers on your network. Plus, access it anytime, from anywhere with tablets and smartphones.   Get power that keeps up with your passion   Powered by a strong Marvell ARMADA 388 1.6 GHz dual-core processor, My Cloud EX4100 gives you ultra-fast transfer speeds of 116 MB/s upload and 114 MB/s download to keep up with your high-performance needs. Now you can upload more content simultaneously, stream your HD media more smoothly, and enjoy your creative life with ease.   Stream like a pro   With the built-in Twonky DLNA-certified media server, you can seamlessly stream all your HD videos, photos and music stored on your My Cloud Expert Series NAS to media players, Smart TVs, gaming consoles and other DLNA-certified devices on your network. It's an easy way to enjoy your media collection on the biggest screen in your house.   Safeguard your content with comprehensive data protection   My Cloud EX4100 keeps your irreplaceable photos, videos and files safe with multiple data protection options to secure your content from unexpected loss. Protect all the PC and Mac computers on your network using local, remote or cloud backup. Multiple RAID configurations and volume encryption add even more protection and security for all your files.   Be up and running in minutes   My Cloud EX4100 comes preconfigured to get you set up and on your way without any hassle. The intuitive dashboard guides you through the process of setting up users and shares, customizing system features and monitoring your storage. And with a toolless and trayless drive bay design, drive installation and hot swap is effortless.   Built-in reliability for added peace of mind   My Cloud Expert Series pre-configured NAS come populated with WD Red NAS hard drives. Ultra-reliable and purposely built for NAS systems, WD Red drives improve

Used WD EX4100 My Cloud Expert Series 4-Bay NAS, 16TB (4x4TB) undefined

I used this MyCloud for over a year. And setup 4 shares. (customers, media, backup, storage) I removed "storage" and it deleted the customers folder. yes, after it asked twice "are you sure you want to delete STORAGE"

Tech support was no help. apparently it's a common problem. I demonstrated this to tech support. made a new share "NEW-SHARE" picked delete NEW-SHARE and my MEDIA folder vanished. 

Tech support was like "Oops Sorry , hope you had backups"
 =(   
That's the sole reason I bought this ..was to have backups.

Shared Folders Vanish . DO NOT TRUST !

I bought the unpopulated version and added several 4TB drives I had on hand. I've had the unit for over 8 years and have not had a lick of trouble. Only once did I get concerned because the drives / fan ran continually for a couple hours. I've needed to reboot it twice to fix problems win10 was having with it. Upgrading from OS3 to OS5 was a snap. I just wish I could load KODI onto it as PLEX and the WD Media app leave a lot to be desired. And I wish it had cost less for just the enclosure.

Excellent home NAS

Great device. Customer Service is terrible. Oh yeah and dont order anything from them and hope to receive your product on time.

Customer Service Stinks!

I just recently received a new EX4100 16 TB NAS. As i currently own a EX4 NAS which is very similar  to the EX4100 thus making the setup very easy and quick. I use the NAS a a backup device for 6 pc's. The new unit is considerably faster. The EX4100 allows me to schedule a regular backup on all pc's in a "set it and forget it" manner. Very convenient and time saving. It is a very nice place for fifty+ years of pictures.

WD EX4100

I received my EX4100 very fast. I unpacked and when I was initializing, I had a "bad" drive right off the bat. Called tech support and they were great! Got me up and running within minutes and assisted me in finalizing my setup. So far everything has worked perfectly. It is very fast and I love the fact I can access all my files from anywhere through the internet. Couldn't be happier. Highly recommend!

Quite happy so far

Implemented this NAS last March 30 in our home office.  All good until it failed with 'Power Supply Failure' three times late September.  Wd wanted to replace with 'reconditioned' one, I insisted on a new one.  Replacement arrived 2 weeks later obviously used.  Meantime I discovered mine works if I don't use my surge protector.  And a caution:. This device is discontinued and no longer supported.  Tech support could not figure out the problem.  I returned the replacement and kept mine.  I have mine loaded with 22tb of data and system backups, and I'm a bit nervous.

I love it, but...

I had the EX4, and loved it. Unfortunately WD stopped supporting it and it failed a firmware upgrade and became useless and I have to destroy it. I was able to use the drives from the EX4 in the EX4100, so my data was saved. I purchased the EX4100 without any drives, but the unit still cost more than $350 USD. The EX4100 works great AFTER I found out I had to load the Twonkey server media APP in order to play videos/photos, etc. on my smart TV's connected to my network. Let's hope WD does not stop supporting the EX4100 EVER!

WD My Cloud EX4100 review

Easy to setup and working like a charm. Have used their products for decades.

Does this device support any brand of hard drive? or only support WD drives?

third party drive support

please insure to enter the complete address. Missing second address line was divesting.

shipping

Reliable, easy, cost effective...can't really go wrong.

3rd NAS for a customer.

HDD installation and initial startup went fine , but I am unable to add accounts other than the Admin. Any invites sent to other users fail. Even though I send the invite via e-mail, when they click the link they get an error message saying their request to join is rejected by admin.

Unable to invite users

I do have experience with some other WD network drives, but not this one.  I literally had this set up and working in about 10 minutes.  The admin interface seems to have been improved in a few areas and I found it intuitive and most of the decisions were self-evident.  I was looking for a drive array that has some expansibility and this looks like the right one, although I won't really know that until some time in the futre.

Extremely easy to set up.

Good when it works. Lots of issues with this transferring and sharing files amongst colleagues.

Good when it works

great upgrade easy install to replace obsolete mycloud, took old drives and installed in new and running as before with better software back up options

mycloud

I purchased this because a family member had over 30,000 pictures and videos on her iphone. These are backed up in icloud, however, they cannot be deleted from her phone without being deleted from icloud. We did the Google Photos thing as well. The problem with all these cloud services is that we are dependent on the providers to maintain services and keep our pictures private. They cannot guarantee either of those. It took some time for the My Cloud Expert Series EX4100 to back up her phone because of our home internet speed and the fact that there were over 30,000 files to upload. We have successfully uploaded all those photos and videos. It was a quick and easy install as well. Anyone with just a little tech savvy can do this. We are so excited now. All her photos and videos are safe and secure in a place that we manage. We are now in the process of uploading digital photos and videos from previous phones and devices. We are able to access the photos and videos from anywhere. We can also disconnect our pictures from the web at any time. This product has brought peace of mind to my home.

Peace of Mind

A More Powerful NAS. I had a 2 bay 12 TB WD and one of the storage bays heated up and faulted. So I purchased the EX 4100.

Very responsive

I had the previous version for about 9 years without any real issues.
This one seems to work well and a bit faster.
The OS5 app works perfect too.

Works good!

The EX4100 (16TB) was purchased as a storage for our lab and shared across multiple users and has worked well for about 2 years. But now one of the drives is failing despite never being moved.

Worked well for a little while but drives failing

I have four of the EX4100 series NAS devices in use and so far they have been quite reliable.  The first one was put in place around January of 2019, the second around April of 2019, the third in December of 2019, and the most recent in February of 2020.  I try to keep the firmware updated and so far they have performed quite well.  For the most part they are all used for archival and backup purposes.  In one client installation it is used for primary shared file storage (frequent reads/writes) but is also backed up nightly.

So far so good!

I have read reviews and a lot of them say the WD Drives are not easy to set up and I would agree.  I am still in the process and have two other WD Drives, but it is not intuitive at all.  Once I got the others setup I was pleased, but I hate to buy something and then have to research and watch videos when a functional wizard would be great.

Once it is setup I expect it to be great, but...

This is the second My Cloud I have owned. My original one was just too small so I upgraded. Am very happy with these devices. They are reliable and have all the features I need.

Very pleased

Pretty good for a WD, even for a small business. Does most of what I purchased it for could use some more apps. would recommend. Easy to use, pretty fast so far. small and easy to tuck away.

Pretty good for small business!

Well packaged and received on time. Good product

Good

This is my 4th or 5th WD NAS drive.  
Granted, they're not the fastest, but my luck with them has been very good, and they are reasonably priced; like in the range of 6-8 years before I begin to have any issue with them at all.  One older model I had in service for 9 years.
And they seem to kind of "let you know" they're having issues before you have any real trouble, so I've never lost any data. (They begin to slow down, don't connect quickly when you reboot your computer...)
This new one is so plug & play, you basically don't have to do anything except plug it into your switch (or router) and you're golden.
One tip that will save you a little bit of time (and possible frustration) is that you may not be able to Browse on the network to see it.  You just have to create a mapped drive, like \\WDMyCloudEX4100\Public, and you're good to go.
That's about it.  The software is super simple to understand, and setting up the remote access is also easy.

Used WD EX4100 My Cloud Expert Series 4-Bay NAS, 16TB (4x4TB)

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