WD EX2 vs WD My Cloud mirror

laurent-kh

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Hello, since I'm a 3d artist I need a lot of storage space for my projects, after an hour of searching online I ended up with: WD EX2, WD mirror
but still don't know the difference between them because as I understood the Ex2 also has mirroring feature, another question is: is it possible to connect them directly to my PC?
if you have better suggestions for me I will appreciate it because I think they have loads of features that I won't use, the only things that I care about: a big storage space and data safety, thanks in advance
 
Hey there, laurent-kh!

I see why it's confusing, they are both from WD Personal cloud series. However, the WD My Cloud Mirror is a part of our Consumer series drives, whereas the WD My Cloud EX2 is a part of our Expert Series. I'd suggest to check out their product pages and see more details about their features. I'm going to try to point out some of them, maybe the differences will show:
The WD My Cloud Mirror: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=6ot548

  • - Contains 2 internal drives allowing RAIDs 0, 1, JBOD & Spanning
    - Ability to perform remote backups to another WD My Cloud Mirror, as well as cloud backups
    - Remote access from PC, Mac, tablet or smart phone
    - Ability to use integrated third-party applications
    - DLNA 1.5 certified for media streaming
    - 2 USB 3.0 ports allowing storage capacity expansion
    - Expandable storage, available in 4TB, 6TB, 8TB, 10TB and 12TB of capacity.
WD My Cloud EX2: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=AUs8cI

  • - RAID capabilities including 0, 1 and JBOD
    - Integrated third-party applications
    - Supports Microsoft Active Directory
    - Ability to perform remote backups to another WD My Cloud EX2, as well as cloud backups
    - Integrated server options including: File Server, FTP Server, Backup Server, & P2P download Server
    - 2 USB 3.0 ports allowing storage capacity expansion
    - Expandable storage, available in 0TB/Diskless, 4TB, 6TB, 8TB, 10TB and 12TB of capacity
For more detailed side-by-side comparison, check this link: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=Su7QY6

Keep me posted if you have more questions! :)
SuperSoph_WD