The WD My Cloud PR2100 2-Bay NAS Enclosurefrom WD My Cloud PR2100 2-Bay NAS Enclosurefeatures two bays that can house your 3.5" drives as well as a video transcoding engine, which tailors the video quality to the device. The My Cloud PR2100 provides you with a variety of downloadable apps to create a streaming HD media server with Plex, edit and share content with cloud services, and set up a surveillance system with Milestone Arcus. WD has armed this enclosure with a 1.6 GHz quad-core Intel Pentium N3710 processor along with 4GB of DDR3L RAM to manage your data and configure your drives in a RAID 0, 1, or JBOD array.

This NAS enclosure is outfitted with two Gigabit Ethernet ports and dual power ports to provide continuous access to your files, photos, and other content. Other notable ports included with the My Cloud PR2100 are two USB 3.0 ports that allow you to share devices or back up to external storage drives. Aside from ports, it comes with SmartWare Pro software and supports Time Machine for a quick and effective solution to create a continuous, automatic backup system. Furthermore, password protection and AES 256-bit volume encryption are on board to protect sensitive files.

Two 3.5" Drive Bays    1.6 GHz Intel Pentium N3710 Quad-Core    4GB of Onboard DDR3L RAM    2 x Gigabit Ethernet Ports    2 x USB 3.0 Ports    RAID 0, 1, and JBOD    Built-in Video Transcoding    AES 256-Bit Volume Encryption    My Cloud OS 3

Equipped with an Intel Pentium N3710 quad-core 1.6 GHz processor, the My Cloud Pro series NAS provides you with the power you need to transcode your media on the fly. Along with 4GB of DDR3L RAM, you are provided with the power and efficiency to stream in high definition, access photos quickly, and share content seamlessly.

My Cloud PR2100 comes with built-in hardware transcoding, so your video is prepared for streaming through the Plex media server whenever you need it. With Plex, your media is enhanced with the appropriate descriptions, artwork, and metadata through an easy interface, so you can find and stream your favorite content to your PC, Mac, smart TV, or a supported mobile device.

Improve your workflow and organize your files, photos, and entire media collections in a single location with My Cloud PR2100. By centralizing your content on this high-capacity NAS, you're able to keep everything you need ready for access whenever you need it. Moreover, you can access or stream media anywhere with a supported device by utilizing MyCloud.com or the My Cloud mobile app.

Featuring My Cloud OS 3, My Cloud PR2100 makes device setup simple and intuitive. Using a web-based installation process, My Cloud PR2100 is automatically found and installed through a robust device manager, letting you control and monitor your storage at home or from the road.

My Cloud PR2100 supports RAID 0, 1, as well as JBOD and spanning configurations, for added performance or data mirroring options. Password protection and AES 256-bit volume encryption help make sure your content is kept away from prying eyes. Combined with dual power ports that include an auto failover mode for continuous performance, your data is safe.

My Cloud PR2100 offers several backup alternatives, so you always have a solution for your exact requirements. With WD SmartWare Pro software, you're able to create a continuous, automatic backup system for your PC. Apple Time Machine is fully supported as well, so you're able to easily back up all your Mac computers. You can even use a separate My Cloud device to create an offsite copy of your data.

Make sure all your favorite content is accessible from anywhere with WD Sync. This WD software synchronizes your content across all your computers, so you have a quick and effective solution to both access and save across multiple computers.

My Cloud PR2100 lets you easily share individual photos and videos, or entire folders, from anywhere. Stream content for quick feedback from a client, or create a shared folder with user permissions to let your entire team access, edit, and save content from the office or in the field.

Customize the My Cloud PR2100 with a variety of downloadable apps to create a unique cloud experience that meets your specific needs. Create a streaming HD media server with Plex, edit and share projects with Dropbox, and set up a private surveillance system with Milestone Arcus, and more.

Related Questions and Answers

Q: 1. Can you create an URL for AND host your own website on this? How about create a link to a saved file or video and share the link/file? -Thanks!

A: Yes, the My Cloud Pro supports 3rd party apps such as Wordpress for creating and hosing websites. My Cloud can be installed over the web for access when connected to a network.

Q: 2. the server includes 2 hard drives?

A: The server includes whichever drives you've configured it to have. You can buy it with two empty bays or two drives of equal sizes from 1T up to 8T each I think.

Q: 3. Does the PR2100 support controlling and uploading data from the mobile anywhere and anytime, or does it only require a local connection to the network only

A: The WD My Cloud PR2100 2-Bay NAS Enclosure will allow users to upload, download, and edit data so long as you have an active internet connections on both ends no matter where you are.

Q: 4. When the removable drives get filled can you simply replace them with new drives?

A: Yes, the WD My Cloud PR2100 2-Bay NAS Enclosure can be configured with larger sized drives, but would require that then all drives be replaced simultaneously if increasing storage size and configuring the drives for a RAID setup. For example starting with 2x 8TB drives for a total of 16TB and later upgrading it to 2x 16TB for a total of 32TB of storage space.

Q: 5. Does anyone know if this would work well for editing in Premiere Pro between 2 people that need to access files at the same time?

A: NAS servers are not recommended for editing.

Q: 6. Does the PR2100 support "hot swapping" disk drives or do you have to power off the enclosure?

A: You would have to power off the enclosure.

Q: 7. Are the two hard drives WD Red drives? Are the hard drives installed by WD or B&H?

A: The exact model of the drive is not specified. The drives are installed by WD.

Q: 8. What type of WD drives come with this system? Are the at least Red Drives?

A: Yes, these would be WD red drives pre-installed.

Q: 9. Is this compatible with the 2nd Generation Microsoft Edge (Chromium) browser?

A: Yes, it would be compatible with all Microsoft Edge browsers provided they have the latest security updates.

Q: 10. Does the BH #WEWDBBCL0160 come with RED NAS drives?

A: As the manufacturers do not provide this information when updating an existing model number, I am unable to verify this for you. It is possible our inventory is mixed with different revisions of the same product. Manufacturers do not update the product model numbers when new revisions are released. As a result, we are unable to discern revisions within individual shipment palettes from the manufacturers. I apologize for the inconvenience.