Ok, someone told me that I probably couldn’t chain 2 My Cloud drives. So my next question is…Can you setup 2 seperate my clouds drives on a network?
Of course you can setup two or more My Cloud’s on the same local network. You just have to give each My Cloud a unique name.
Not sure what you mean by “chain 2 My Cloud drives”. You cannot use the USB port on the My Cloud to attach to another Computer or My Cloud. The USB controller on the My Cloud is host only meaning you can only attach USB client mode devices like USB hard drives and similar storage devices to the My Cloud USB port.
If you have not already done so you should read the My Cloud User Manual (http://www.wdc.com/wdproducts/library/?id=439&type=25) which explains how to setup, configure, and use the My Cloud.
Thanks for the info. I did read it when I got this drive several years ago and remembered it saying something about chaining or setting up a second HD. I remember trying to setup a usb 3.0 hub to attach more drives but never got it to work. Me being a retard didn’t have the right cable to hookup the hub so I gave up. Now however, I am running out of space and the drive is old so i’m worried about losing all my files. I guess I got to try again. So I’m asking. Again thanks for the info!
You can add USB hard drives to expand storage or to perform a My Cloud backup to the external USB hard drive. See Chapter 12 Connecting a USB Hard Drive in the My Cloud User Manual (http://www.wdc.com/wdproducts/library/?id=439&type=25). If one enabled (sets to On) the “USB Content Availability” option inn the WD My Cloud Dashboard > Settings > General > Cloud Access section, one should see (at least under v4.x firmware versions) the external USB hard drive storage space reflected in the Dashboard Home Capacity section where it is included into the total My Cloud capacity figure.
Others have attached multiple USB drives to their My Cloud, but apparently some have had trouble if they add more than three or four external USB drives.
https://community.wd.com/t/cant-reliably-connect-more-than-3-external-usb-drives-to-my-cloud-at-the-same-time/158195
I’ve attached several external USB hard drives to a USB powered hub and have that hub connected to the My Cloud USB port. I am able to access the USB drives (each drive shows up as a separate Share). Here is how it looks (with “USB Content Availability” enabled) on my 1T v4.x firmware My Cloud. As the screen capture indicates I have a total of 1.4T of free space between the 1T My Cloud and the four external USB hard drives.
