Upgrading from WD My Cloud to Synology or QNAP NAS
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For many users, the first NAS they ever owned was the affordable and sturdy WD My Cloud NAS drive. From students and teachers to console gamers and small business, the WD My Cloud range of NAS devices was one of the earliest attempts by hardware manufacturers to bring the arguably tricky subject of home server ownership in an affordable and easy to use way. Indeed, in previous years I have recommended the WD My Cloud Pro P2100 and PR4100 NAS systems for use in Plex, low-level surveillance and prosumer home network storage. However, in the last few years brands like Synology and QNAP have absolutely dominated the home and small business NAS market with a large portfolio of solutions that effectively surpass the majority of WD NAS' in every possible way.
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I have a WD EX4100. When it dies I'll buy another one. Simple and effective as a NAS... a place to store files on the network without any extra features needed. And those RED drives just work.
I realize some people think of a NAS as a multifunction computer... but not me...
As much as I love the QNAP hardware, the reoccurring QNAP security issues make me nervous ....
I am moving all my stuff from a my cloud Western Digital to a Synology ds720+ while I am watching this. Was looking for all the help I could find. Western Digital is finished.
@@mountainplumbing why do you say Western Digital is finished? I want to go with WD because they make so many products and own g technology and SanDisk. Also WD has a clean interface and UI. My cloud looks good and since it's named my cloud, it doesn't really have any branding to it.
I bought wd pr2100 last month it's cool but there app support is trash I was not able to manually update plex server software at all and plus it could not transcode 4k content all I return it for synology ds220 + played with it for week needed more processing power return it for ds720+ very satisfied with the purchase
I upgraded from WD My Cloud 1 bay unit to QNAP TS-230, and added a recertified Synology DS116, all entry level NASes to my backup mix.
If you want an easy transition from WD, Synology is all the way to go. After very simple setup process, it just works. I don't worry even if I leave it for a few months.
QNAP, on the other hand, has a good potential but definitely needs more effort and attention. I feel frequent security/firmware updates as a chore. In addition, Storage & Snapshots app shows just a blank screen very often, which sometimes requires full device restart for the recovery. I won't recommend QNAP to anyone other than a very tech savvy person.
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Ok, color me interested. However, my first contact with QNAP was not positive. Sent a request to their Sales channel to discuss their product line and support 2+ weeks ago. Other than an automated response, I have yet to hear back. As stale as the WD product line is, they do have human beings at the other end of the support request and when I reached out to them in early 2021 to do the OS 5 upgrade, they at least responded. I've had the the 4100 for 4+ years now and it's still chugging along after I upgraded the drive array from 4 TB to 10 TB drives, so I'm good for now, but in 2 to 3 years, I'm going have to upgrade to something else and I'm not sure if it will be WD or something else, but QNAP is not in the running at this point
What do you recommend to use for drag and drop storage of video and audio. I am running out of space and need to think about NAS..
HI.. Sorry this may be off subject but I have a WD EX4100 and Im thinking about getting a second Synology 920+ to replace the WD EX4100. If I take my drives from the WD and put them into the Synology, will I lose all the data on them? What happens? Im a photographer and that WD is Slow AF on retrieving files (the total drive space is 23TB) (4 8TB drives) (Raid5). Please help before I purchase another 920 and new drives...
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Thanks for this I made my up
I was debating WD I think I’m gonna go with symbology
I'm moving from wdmycloud to synology ds220j....please explain how best to migrate 1,5 terabytes over THANK YOU
Just setup your DS220j normally with your new HDD's, then connect both to the same LAN and easily make a copy. In my case I made a backup from my old WD to external HDD, then setup my DS220+ with SHR and Btrfs with one new Ironwolf and dismantled WD drive from old WD and later copied the files from external HDD. 220j doesn't support Btrfs, which I think its better to go to 220+ for your next 5 years plan of having a good NAS at home
I own all 3 and they all tick different boxes. As a minor recommendation for WD, they are far simpler for those who just want basic media streaming and file storage / sharing. QNAP and Synology require far too much messing around to get streaming up and running for the more technically challenged.
I obviously want a Nas that runs smoothly. From what I have seen, WD has the best UI and interface. The app is clean for my cloud and the website. I don't know which one to get. Which do you recommend?
I'm frustrated with My Cloud Home and I'm sort of glad it won't let me upgrade because now I have an excuse to get away from WD! I have always found WD to be clunky and I have multiple multiple copies of the same pictures and I wish it would recognize duplicates but it doesn't. I've watched a bunch of these NAS videos now and I'm strongly considering Synology because it sounds like it can manage my photos and videos easier and hands off. Maybe I'm wrong... I wish I knew.
@@CreativeMediaTV For the best UI, Synology, hands down. I would also suggest a 4 bay as it really opens up the Raid possibilities. The Synology Hybrid Raid (SHR) is the way to go. I'm far from a Raid expert but I would call it a Raid 5 but far more flexible when you need to increase storage.
@@gabrielwilliams5315 I consider myself well organized (don't we all ? ) without having the NAS do it because it never does what I want either. My shots are normally for my travels or workshop. For travel, each batch of trip photos goes into its own folder named like : "2022 02 07 Vancouver Trip" and my workshop pics get stored by project in its own folder. Occasionally I will bulk rename files in a folder using the folder's name; Windows then adds a number to the name of each file. So, I always know where everything is and I don't let my computer or NAS mess with them. No duplicates.
@@DavidM2002 unfortunately I have oh 20 years of photos and videos that are not well organized. It's from me, the wife and kids devices. Either way sorting that out is going to be painstaking.
Just migrated from WD My cloud 4TB to Synology DS220+. You can't compare how Synology is doing better than WD. Their support fails as they introduced OS5 and its a real headache for even home users. Strongly suggest to move from WD because their support can't do much for you when you upgrade to OS5 and start facing remote connection and serial number corruption.
I was looking at the Synology I have a my cloud mirror 6TB but I don't like their software and apps. Will I be able to pull those 2 drives and put them in a Synology
@@jasonchampagne8958 Sure you can. This is what I did with my old WD and used its drive in DS220+. Just remember to make a backup outside because the disks will be formatted by Synology software. There are other alternatives to copy from WD to Synology, but it depends to your DS device. In 2 bay device, its not recommended. If its 4 bay, then within same LAN, you can do the copy and config much more easier. But still recommended to take backup outside and then reuse the drives
@@armenianmate Hi, I have a pr4100 with 4 wd reds, I want to move to Synology, so I just swap the drives into the Synology, and the synology will format the drives? I have everything backed up, I don't mind transferring the data, but I wasn't sure the drives in the wd pr4100 can just swap into a synology nas. thanks
@@jdowney1983 Yes you can do it. You won't face any issue, just double check if your WD drives are CMR and not SMR. WD usually use SMR in their products (since they have started to move to SMR drives without informing customers). The drives will be initiated and initialized by Synology.
I don't know what I am doing wrong but my book live 3tb, my cloud 6tb, my cloud ex2 ultra 12 tb. So far both the my cloud 6tb and my cloud ex2 ultra 12tb have "drive failure" warnings almost exactly 6 months after warranty period(3 years) passes, and every time it is after a firmware update. I am done with western digital for good. I am going to buy anything else.
Thanks for this video. I have two 4TB MyCloudEX2's, and I am in he process of moving my data to external drives before attempting to update the OS. From the feedback I've already read from other people about updating from OS3 to OS5, I am really not expecting my own upgrades to be a total success, and have already decided it's time to up my game, and go for either a QNAS or a Synology. You, Sir, have me heading in the right direction as to which one to go for.
The latest IOS Upgrade to 5.0 made my NAS very unstable, and I need to reboot every 2-3 days as it locks down. Disappointing that after many patches it still show the same behavior. This is the last WD I will ever buy, after having their products for at least 8 years (multiple devices). Thanks for doing this analysis - it is very helpful in order to help me to make the right decision.
I don't have that problem with my Update. Maybe you should reformat it and copy everything back on after you did the back up first
Wow. This is some great inside info. I have a wd myhome that is going end of life. It worked great but was a bit finicky connecting. Good to know on the next step and that the old myhome will be a good backup.
I hate WD my cloud. Never ending problems which pop up every now and then.
Hello,
How can I stream videos from My Cloud Home to Android TV ❓
How do you transfer files from WD cycloud to Synology?
Thank you for the awesome video. I too have the WD My Cloud PR4100 with a raid 5 configuration. One morning, it just decided not to fully bootup. I get a flashing blue power light and the fan blasting. It has been over a day now and still going. I can't access the dashboard or anything as it seems like it is in system recovery mode. I'm so nervous that I will lose all my data and I'm pretty confident there's nothing wrong with the drive, and it might be the NAS unit itself. Is there anyway I could upgrade or migrate to another NAS (maybe the same unit or a Synology, since I hear a lot of great things about it) by hot swapping the drives from my old NAS to the new? Thanks in advance.
Thank you for your great work in spreading knowledge. can I ask you to make a video about installing Wordpress on QNAP NAS and linking it to an external domain
I keep meaning to do this video, but it's quite a time consuming video and the to do list from users is now comically long. I will speak with Eddie the webguy and he will try to get this video up soon. Sorry I couldn't help you on this occasion dude
Question, with a QNAP TS-453D-4G using 4 10Tb WD reds in RAID 5 so 30Tb usable, when it is full how can I add more space?, is there an external HDD cabinet or something that can plug into and add on unit to the NAS? or do I have to set up an entirely new second NAS and drives?
I'm an unsatisfied WD MyClodEX4 user, and now that the NAS ad died, I'm planning to move to a different brand....
I've 4 WD Red disks filled with some 25 TB of stuffs (not in RAID), and although everything is backed up, it would be a pain to tranfer that all....is there any chance to plug the drives in a new NAS, and go...?!
thanks for your hard work!
All of the things that customers care about are not supported by WD. The WD nas is junk. One critera for quality is that it has to be repairable. Also there needs to be a long term commitment to suppot the NAS. And if you do your homework, you'll find out that they dropped the EX2 series for updating to the OS5. In the process of dropping OS3 support you lose the capability to access the nas remotely. WD does not support repair of the NAS even if its as simple as a fan. Don't waste your time, money , and especially your data on WD products.
It’s funny how the market changes. When I stepped up from a WD a couple of years ago, I hadn’t seen this video. From what I could ascertain, the NAS to go for - as I did - was the Asustor Nimbus 4. At that time, it was a relative newcomer and had the name Asus(tor). They looked as though they were going to be a big player and they had plenty of grunt for the money so I could run Plex (or so 8 thought). Two years down the track, the Asustor has been great but if I were in the same position again, I’d buy Qnap. I don’t really have any regrets but Asustor simply don’t have the market presence in Australia that I expected they would eventually attain. In fact, they have declined. But the Asustor isn’t suddenly a bad NAS but the software hasn’t been as highly developed as Qnap, much less Synology. At the time, there were not that many Qnaps on the Australian market and Synology were more expensive so Asustor seemed to tick at least most of the boxes that mattered.
But I look at Qnap today and think that’s where I’ll probably look in a few years time.
Cloud + home NAS IMO is pretty dumb! I can't think of a more readily made ransom attack on your data.
After what WD have done to their customers with OS5 mess, there’s no doubt many will flee to Synology.
What happened?
That's what happened to me. WD, I have always had issues. They are now not supporting my, My Cloud Dou, so I decided to dump them and go with Synology DS220+
Which one would you recommend if I wanted to stream my massive media collection well over 20 tb, and I wanted for it to run extremely smooth. Synology or Qnap
Great video. What is a good NAS to use mainly for users (clients) to log-in from remotely and upload/download files. I am looking for something where the interface is professional business looking.
Would you still buy today a WD NAS?
I've had 2 WD storage devices and they both sucked to use! They were confusing with not user friendly software. Very slow as well because everything went through the cloud.
Finally, a NAS that supports Intel Ryzen CPUs.
Amen, Brother Robbie! I've had a MyCloudEX2ultra for four years and thanks to your RUclips channel updated to a Synology 720+ in January. It was like trading in a Sopwith Camel for an alien spacecraft.
It is not just performance that is different. Almost anything that you would want to do with a WD NAS either voids the warranty or is explained only in the depths of their on-line knowledge base. WD has no documentation.
*smashes thumbs up button at the mention of a Sopwith Camel*
Did you have problem upgrading the os? Did you use data due to change from a wd environment to a synology environment
WD Cloud has been festered by (also) many security-issues, in the more recent past even;
Most notably the vulnerability to bypass user-authentication, denial-of-service attacks, backdoors, PHP vulnerabilities and quite a few more.
(CVE-2020-25765, CVE-2020-27158, CVE-2020-27159, CVE-2020-27160, CVE-2020-27744 are the more recent ones)
But I believe the success (or rather: the lack of) of My Cloud is also due to the focus from WD and the fact you rely on WD's services in the USA for the MY Cloud products.
I guess the good thing is when you lose your data, you can ask the NSA for your backup ;-)
There are many against-WD My Cloud, such as you can not replace the HD's, you need their proprietary software, no Linux support, no SMB/AFP, and it is by means even close to a NAS.
I avoid WD My Cloud at all costs, even when they are low in price.
This great video. Anyone had experience in adding PCIE graphic card in QNAP to boost transcoding performance? which graphics cards compatible ?
Hi late to the party here, is it no use getting a mycloud ex2 ultra at this time??? Basically july 2022
If you need simple, cheaap NAS. It still do a job.
I’m done with QNAP over these endless security issues.
went from a WD MYCloud 4tb to a Synology DS720+ 10tb SHR, and the new unit is superior in every way. the software suite is excellent. however streaming media is subpar. i am currently messing with settings, and buying RAM in hopes of bringing the Synology up to par.
Did you swap hard drives from the wd mycloud to the synology? Is it as simple as just moving the drives to the synology, or did you need to reformat them first or anything?
@@jdowney1983 no i didn't swap the drives over. from the WD's i bought new drives. however i only bought WD Red. While rated at 5400 i know they run closer to 7200 RPM. however the WD MyCloud drives were faster (all other things being similar). however if i had known that going in then i would have bought WD Pro 7200RPM drives for the Synology. The NIC's are not very speedy either.
Your videos are too long and ramble
Wonderfull. I just bought 4 pr4100 today. I was looking to manage the 4 together, like cms in Synology:-)
how are the WD nas holding up? do you like them? I bought one directly from their website and it came with one drive damaged. I bought the same unit as you, the pr4100
@@CreativeMediaTV until now everything is perfectly working.
@@ggr.7901 I made the decision that I'm going to buy the Synology instead of the Western Digital. Synology offers more and probably will stay in this business far longer than Western Digital. WD has been silenced for quite some time now
@@CreativeMediaTV seems to be a good choice. I choose wd because I had 40% discount
I own a Synology NAS DS220+ and I’m thinking to buy one of these WD as a present to my sister. Is it technically possible to to communicate both devices over the internet to use the WD as cross-back up for some data on my synology?
If you don't have a huge amount of data, what I did, in order not to open router ports, was to use a relay. I created a new Google Drive account and I sync one NAS TO a folder there and set up a similar sync on the target NAS to sync FROM that Google Drive folder. Works brilliantly. I don't know if WD has any built in backup or sync apps that would allow that. QNAP and Synology do though. You could do the same thing with OneDrive or other cloud services I suspect.
@@DavidM2002 thank you, good hint!
A year later, WD STILL has done nothing to improve their NAS lineup. In fact it’s gotten worse with the new OS. My CPU is constantly maxed out only using Plex. Plex has really taken a turn for the worse too. I don’t know what to do. I probably have $3000 in my NAS and well over $50,000 in movies.