I have previously considered simply a USB 3.0 to acquire and to housing and an easy 3.5-inch HDD in order to copy the data. But when my NAS 'abraucht "bring me the only one PC something ...
So should restore a NAS for the purpose. There is the old NAS for the same price (about 140 EUR), as the new version "MyCloud 3TB," I decided to buy - especially since I at the right moment, the flash range accept "had" and again it was cheaper ,
Advantages over the old version:
+ Dual Core
+ USB 3.0 hub controller (for memory expansion or for backup)
+ (Subjectively) nicer design
The core elements such as DLNA, iTunes server, OSX backup, releases etc. have not changed. The View menu now looks different, however, you find yourself along well. As before, the "Public" folder does not eliminate ... So watch what there all comes in on things that should not be visible to everyone on the network)
The case, of course, can still not officially open without warranty loss to install another HDD)
Write data rate:
The amount of data of about 2.2TB of MyBookLive I manually copied to the MyCloud NAS. Here were at 1Gbps LAN writing data transfer rates of an average of 50 MB / s (according to Windows Resource Monitor.) - I think for the price range in order.
DLNA streaming to TV sets and mobile phones to work as usual excellent.
Access times on Windows 8.1 and Mac OS X 10.9 are also very good. The phenomenon that the Mac from hibernation unique needs about 30 seconds to dissolve the content is, as usual. I give here still the operating system to blame, and not the NAS)
Why not MyCloud Mirror?
Legitimate question! If I had had no existing MyBook Live, on the now backup the MyCloud lie, the automatic mirroring of MyCloud Mirror would have been just right. However, since not worked on the NAS productive only media content "consumed", I can also trigger the backups manually on the other NAS when needed. In addition, there is now the ability to back up to USB or to expand, so that the more than double the price for a MyCloud Mirror with 2x3TB not profitable for me.
Conclusion:
NAS gets automatically via DHCP an IP address assigned so that no software is required (if you know how to find out which address is now been added in the network. Static IP configuration is also possible.)
Very quickly involved as the primary NAS due to better hardware in use in the network and set up.
iTunes server to access all PC / Mac / ... devices on the same music / videos. (Use instead prefer the VLC Media Player and have the playlist stored on NAS)
Possible with "WD 2 Go" app for Windows Phone / Android / iOS access to the contents.
Write speeds on GigabitLAN with an average of 50MB / s. If you want to write to 100MB / s, must invest more exorbitant.
For normal home use good price / performance ratio.
Fifth star is still lacking, because there is still no off button, but only by "shutdown" and "Steckerziehen".
