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I purchased one (8tb model) I am running it Raid 0. I am using it for recordings of RF spectrum. And for plex use. They ship in Raid 1 by default so the 8tb they spec is raid 0 or JBOD not raid 1. so if you buy the 8tb model you will have half available.
The unit has a dual core 1.33ghz Marvell ARMADA 385 and 1gb of ram.
you can saturate the 1gb interface if you dump big files, which is good.
No transcoding support obviously since the CPUS cannot handle such a task although the adverts implies it does. But if you do not need to transcode it will stream fine.
In the hotbox test (83 degrees over a few hours) max drive temps reached 50c which is under the 65c operating max of the drives. So thermals is not gonna be an issue.
It is small and petite compared to my DS 415+
It is quiet and I do not feel any vibration.
I like the modern industrial look and it does look like a high quality product, the build quality is nice.
Very easy to set up, you can ssh into the box it runs linux (for some looks like hacking* potential)
I can directly dump rips (ie BD etc..) while streaming RF spectrum to it with no drops or issues.
For two or three desktops this would be a fine mini server setup for hosting documents etc.. although I would recommend raid 1. Unit supports live hot swapping.
The UI is easy to understand and creating shares is the easy and quick. There are apps available ie Transmission for torrent etc..
A product similar to the EX2 Ultra (But only 512mb of ram, same cpu, no enterprise feature) has been reviewed here.
The iSCSI volume virtualization lets you present other NAS iSCSI drives and it presents them as if they are from the EX2 Ultra.
Two USB 3 ports available, I just attached a 2tb drive on it and it is presented as additional user space.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/9705/western-digital-my-cloud-mirror-gen-2-review
For 448 bucks you get an EX2 Ultra with 2 4Tb red 5400 drives, I think the value proposition is quite good for what you get.
It is amazing how storage technology moved forward. From the StorageTek Iceberg to small home nas units that cost less than one Iceberg system and much more storage capacity/performance.
Cost per Megabyte back then was between 10-12$ (Mega not Giga) Top unit was 2 Gigabytes of capacity.
the Iceberg's sold for millions.
*The good hacking
The unit has a dual core 1.33ghz Marvell ARMADA 385 and 1gb of ram.
you can saturate the 1gb interface if you dump big files, which is good.
No transcoding support obviously since the CPUS cannot handle such a task although the adverts implies it does. But if you do not need to transcode it will stream fine.
In the hotbox test (83 degrees over a few hours) max drive temps reached 50c which is under the 65c operating max of the drives. So thermals is not gonna be an issue.
It is small and petite compared to my DS 415+
It is quiet and I do not feel any vibration.
I like the modern industrial look and it does look like a high quality product, the build quality is nice.
Very easy to set up, you can ssh into the box it runs linux (for some looks like hacking* potential)
I can directly dump rips (ie BD etc..) while streaming RF spectrum to it with no drops or issues.
For two or three desktops this would be a fine mini server setup for hosting documents etc.. although I would recommend raid 1. Unit supports live hot swapping.
The UI is easy to understand and creating shares is the easy and quick. There are apps available ie Transmission for torrent etc..
A product similar to the EX2 Ultra (But only 512mb of ram, same cpu, no enterprise feature) has been reviewed here.
The iSCSI volume virtualization lets you present other NAS iSCSI drives and it presents them as if they are from the EX2 Ultra.
Two USB 3 ports available, I just attached a 2tb drive on it and it is presented as additional user space.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/9705/western-digital-my-cloud-mirror-gen-2-review
For 448 bucks you get an EX2 Ultra with 2 4Tb red 5400 drives, I think the value proposition is quite good for what you get.
It is amazing how storage technology moved forward. From the StorageTek Iceberg to small home nas units that cost less than one Iceberg system and much more storage capacity/performance.
Cost per Megabyte back then was between 10-12$ (Mega not Giga) Top unit was 2 Gigabytes of capacity.
the Iceberg's sold for millions.
*The good hacking
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