NAS devices are ideal for consumers and businesses who want have data and files under physical control. If we add them to the cloud capabilities, we find an extremely interesting product to cover the storage section.

One of the best of its kind is the Western Digital My Cloud Home, a device designed for the home environment that can be used by every member of the family thanks to the ability to create profiles. So everyone can have their own space within a personal, secure and private cloudto store content (video, audio, photos, files of all kinds…) that we can easily distribute and share with other devices in our network.

The installation process is very simple and practically identical on Windows or Mac or even on a mobile device, in fact it can be configured and used without the need for a PC). After connecting to the mains, just plug the ethernet cable into the router and access the provided address through the browser. After a few minutes, the device will be installed and will act as another storage drive.

From a technical point of view, we are dealing with storage solutions based on quality hard drives, designed to be always connected. To control everything, a 1.4 GHz quad-core processor signed by Realtek is integrated together with 1 GB of RAM, which is enough to move the proprietary operating system and work smoothly with large file transfers.

One of the most interesting aspects of this design is how easy it is to integrate with other services we already use today. It supports Dropbox, Google Drive, Google Chromecast, Box.com, Windows Backup, Time Machine and more. In addition, it supports customization thanks to the IFTTT service.

total, an ideal opportunity to centralize the repository of our digital life in one place, quickly, easily and with access from any location and device with an Internet connection, such as a smartphone or tablet. It is especially recommended for home users who are interested in storing their documents, photos, videos and any type of files safely and without the need to use paid services in the cloud, which is why we chose it as the best home cloud device on TPNET. Award 2022.

Finally, mention that WD sells this solution in a second version “Duo”, which, as the name suggests, equips two exactly the same hard drives configured in duplication mode (RAID 1), so that in case of hardware failure, we can keep our information safe.