Western Digital My Cloud (Recertified) 6TB drive - €135 delivered.

joujoujou

https://www.westerndigital.com/en-ie/products/recertified/cloud-storage/wd-my-cloud-recertified#RWDBCTL0060HWT-EESN

150 on the website, but code 10RECERT gives extra 10% off, hence 135. Free shipping.

Struggling to find bare 6TB 3.5" HDD for that price!

Bummer1234

Has anyone any experience with these? Are they any good?

micks_address

Would Plex stream 4k media stored on these?

jeffk

Wondering the same myself as did ask about a NAS in another forum

Even 1TB to use for pictures and videos backup from phone and if can do X265 you would get a LOT of videos/TV on it

getoffthepot

down to 99€ now and 90€ with the coupon free delivery!

I have a 4TB which they now unsupport and took offline - worried they would do the same with this.

micks_address

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119113344#Comment_119113344

Ordered it at 135...no brainer at 99. Might get second one for a backup. I don't suppose they'd refund the difference?

getoffthepot

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119113359#Comment_119113359

you could always ask. Order confirmation says 30 Day Money Back Guarantee so you could return and buy another.

I got it for €90 free delivery - no brainer as you say - cheers

joujoujou

All gone now.

ED E

12s on adverts for 130 or thereabouts. WDs B stock is kinda crap value tbh.

benzene12

Had one a few years ago and did not work for plex (can't install the Plex server app). They have a second product "My cloud home" which works fine for plex, costs similar but does struggle on 4k

ozmo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119121828#Comment_119121828

It says it supports DNLA out of the box... no need for plex server?

Most newish TVs can connect and stream from DNLA devices... (even my 2014 LG tv can) so no client needed on tv either maybe?

micks_address

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119121828#Comment_119121828

I googled the model I ordered and there was instructions on installing Plex server.. should have mine before evening so will report back

jeffk

I looked up speeds and be very lucky to get 80 compared to USB3 speeds of about 160 (im using old hardware so might be faster again)

I would not like to have to copy/move a few TB at those speeds, you cant even hook it up over USB to get the big transers over with and then live with speeds as you go

Im guessing some people will get it for the drive alone, so wont effect them

micks_address

Mine arrived this evening... No Plex support..has twonkey server qpp running.. able to stream Blu ray backup to Kodi on the tv.. copying on UHD backup will see how it goes..doesn't seem awesome so far

micks_address

Tried playing a 4k file via Kodi and it actually works fine... Doesn't play if I'm copying on files at the same time... Says source to slow

phill106

8tb same link for 119?

Sorry my bad, out of stock too..

ozmo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119123349#Comment_119123349

Sounds ok - Might be idea to ensure its on latest firmware - if you will be password protecting the device - apparently its easy to work out the admin password.

https://www.riskbasedsecurity.com/research/rbs-2021-003-twonky-server/

Western Digital (WD) has fixed these vulnerabilities in WD My Cloud OS version 5.10.122.

micks_address

Yeah there was a firmware and software update due when set up. I had some trouble playing back so 4k movies via Kodi on my tv. It's saying source is to slow but not sure that's the problem. Searched a bit and apparently players can struggle with higher bit rate stuff.

micks_address

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119133274#Comment_119133274

seem to be getting on well with mine now.. had it plugged into satelite mesh unit and was getting source to slow on kodi on my tv for some 4k hdr backups.. plugging directly into the main router - which is close to the tv seems to have solved the issue..

getoffthepot

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119139403#Comment_119139403

Just checking are you able to access remotely from outside your home network? I had an OS3 version of this previously and not sure if we now have OS5 as I am not getting the cloud access icon on the wdmycloud/UI. firmware is v04.06.00-111. PM me if prefer to take this off topic.

thanks

micks_address

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119156757#Comment_119156757

Havent tried and not really using it for that.. local 4k access only.. don't think I'll be a transcode from it as no Plex server support

pm1977x

Anyone else's arrive in a generic brown cardboard box, inside of which there was no 'drive box' just the drive supported by 2 pieces of styrofoam! Dreadful level of protection for a drive, plus there was a big hole in the box. Expecting it may be damaged but of course it doesn't come with a cable and requires an old school usb-a to usb-a cable, so awaiting that delivery before I can test.

micks_address

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119161090#Comment_119161090

? Its a network drive so connect with included Ethernet cable to your router and run the setup instructions?

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119161090#Comment_119161090

Their recertified stuff always comes in plain packaging. A cardboard box with the drive suspended in styrofoam is perfectly adequate protection for shipping.

The USB port is for importing files from a USB device, or sharing the contents of a USB device. You cannot plug it into your computer with a USB-A to USB-A cable. Don't even try, you could blow a fuse on either port.

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In general I wouldn't go out of my way to recommend this product. It's a cheap way to get 6TB but it's not a great NAS. I strongly discourage exposing it to the internet because this type of device generally is riddled with security flaws and they rarely if ever get patched. In the last few years there has been multiple crypolocker-style attacks on cheap NAS devices - WD, Synology, Qnap.

pm1977x

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119162770#Comment_119162770

Ah, ok, my first network drive, my bad, thanks for the info, I thought I could just use it as a standard drive.

pm1977x

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119163013#Comment_119163013

Ok, thanks for the info. I disagree about the suitability of the packaging but each to their own.

getoffthepot

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119156757#Comment_119156757

turns out it's OS3 so no remote access - only local access - this should have been in the product description details when being sold.

ShatterProof

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119170987#Comment_119170987

Just update the firmware.

joujoujou

DO NOT update if you need your MyCloud to work within your local network only. With the firmware it comes, DLNA feature works out of the box.

Regrettably I updated to newest and after that spent the whole day trying to figure out why it disappeared and how to make it accessible back again. Fixed it eventually, but I'm not happy.

And it is not possible to downgrade it, at least not without hacking it somehow.

ShatterProof

Install twonky app and get the media player to rescan.

joujoujou

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119186897#Comment_119186897

Yeah, right. ;-p

Not so simple as it looks.

ShatterProof

Go to apps and press install.

micks_address

First thing I did was update firmware and software and twonky was still installed and working fine

joujoujou

It didn't for me. :-P

Out of the box firmware just worked, new one had no DLNA server, twonky crap installed - no change. Had to fiddle with it for hours until it finally has been discovered by telly and sat receiver.

Not to mention WD says they provide no support for twonky nor any other 3rd party app.

pleasant Co.

Are you able to remove apps with the newest firmware? I remember a time when that was not possible, as well as settings that'd randomly default.

ShatterProof

yes. Apps / installed apps / click app / uninstall button