The My Cloud is a line of personal network-attached storage devices and multi-purpose servers designed and marketed by Western Digital Corporation (WD). My Cloud devices come in sizes of 2 terabytes, 3 terabytes, 4 terabytes, and 8 terabytes. A second model of My Cloud may have up to 16 terabytes.

Hardware

My Cloud uses a Mindspeed Comcerto 2000 dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 Communication processor running at 650 MHz. The gigabit Ethernet port is a Broadcom BCM54612E Gigabit Ethernet transceiver. Other components include 256 megabytes of Samsung K4B2G1646E DDR3 random access memory and 512 kilobytes of Winbound 25X40CL flash memory. The drive used is a WD Red 2 terabyte hard drive. My Cloud relies on fanless air convection for cooling.

My Cloud OS

My Cloud comes pre-installed with the My Cloud OS ( operating system). However, it is possible to overwrite it with a custom, third-party operating system. This operating system is proprietary, with a

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graphical user interface. However, others have found the operating system to be Linux, with a graphical user interface, but also SSH accessible. which comes pre-installed on all My Cloud devices.

Compatibility

My Cloud apps

My Cloud is compatible with personal computers, Apple Macs,

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devices, and iOS devices, via an application provided by Western Digital.

References

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