There is nothing stopping a user from using the Public SMB Lan space for storage, but the two space shown above are not equivalent and you won’t be able to share Public LAN space with remote users and devices. If you are fine with the many limitations you can go ahead and disable WD Discovery by right click on the WD tray icon and ‘Quit’. However, you have already have successfully filled up 50% of the MCH space using mostly the kddfs supported by WD Discovery, it would make more sense to see if you can find your way back to a working WDD by re-installation or troubleshoot the reason(s) it is malfunctioning. Please follow the link below and create a support case.
- Local Area Network Share (LAN)
Content added to the Local Area Network Shares (Public and TimeMachineBackup) cannot be accessed or seen using the:
- MyCloud.com - Web App
- My Cloud Home - Mobile App for Android or iOS
- WD Discovery - MyCloud.com Login Desktop App
