Personal cloud storage "WD Cloud" focused on using from a smartphone

While many products are provided with simple UI and smartphone apps for individuals, for smartphones, it is taken into account and reducing management, and it is firmly considered for everyday usability.Lu.

Western Digital Japan's "WD Cloud" is a "personal cloud storage" with such a high perfection.

As a product, it is a single -live NAS, but it is not a hardware alone but a solution.

In addition to the base NAS hardware, the cloud service provided as "WDCloud.jp" provides initial settings and access environments for storage, and client applications for Android and iOS as well as Windows and Macs.It is provided, and functions such as files reference, media distribution, synchronization, etc. can be used from the application without being aware of the mechanism.

Of course, similar initiatives have been realized in other products, but the good thing about this product is that users do not need to consider these backing mechanisms and settings too much.

For example, a typical account is managed.

If it is a general NAS, in order to enable access from the go in addition to local access, use the main unit setting screen to add a local account and set up cooperation with cloud services., It is necessary to understand the overall mechanism, and it is necessary to set up two stages on the main unit, or the main unit and cloud.

Of course, even with WD Cloud, it is also possible to set a local account on the main unit for those who are used to the NAS manners, and to enable cloud access with the account.

However, on the other hand, it is possible to set the local setting screen that is hardly accessed.Rather, the setting that does not touch the local setting screen is standard.

At the time of the initial setting, after installing the main unit, you can access "http://wdcloud.jp/setup" and set it up, but you can create a cloud service account here and create a local account at the same time.

Not only the first account, but also the additional work of other users such as family members is the same.It is also possible to add more users from "http://wdcloud.jp", and at this time, the cloud and local users can be created at the same time.

In other words, if you only use the basic usage, you do not need to access the extreme story, local settings screen.

As mentioned above, the company has positioned this product as a "personal cloud storage", but the basic settings and access to files are completed in the cloud, so not only the name but also the usability.You will be "cloud".This is the impression that it is really well built.