Connecting 2 Drives

I am looking for both a cloud accespoint for several computers and a redundant backup (in case one drive fails).  Can I simply plug one of the “My Cloud” drives into the other?  Or do I set both of them up and then somehow, have one mirror the other?  Also I read on one of WD forums that WD states that hard drives should never be left on 24/7 but does not this “My Cloud” concept need to be up and running 24/7 in order for one to access the content remotely?

You can leave it on 24/7.  As for setting up two drives, you can have one drive do a Safepoint backup (which will backup the My Cloud onto the other).  The Safepoint backup is feature on the WD nas drives.

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ldillard wrote:

Can I simply plug one of the “My Cloud” drives into the other? 

No.

ldillard wrote:

Or do I set both of them up and then somehow, have one mirror the other?

It’s not a “mirror,” per se.   A “safepoint” from one can be stored on the other.

ldillard wrote:

Also I read on one of WD forums that WD states that hard drives should never be left on 24/7

I’d like to see where you read that.  As far as NASes are concerned, that’s absolute poppycock.  :)

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