What is “all too common”?
Generally when one gets a red LED it means either the drive has failed, or there has been some corruption of the folder/firmware that is preventing the My Cloud firmware from booting.
Could it be firmware related? Possibly but if it was “all too common” then there would be numerous posts immediately after the firmware was released. That hasn’t been the case based on posts here.
The OP hasn’t responded yet (apparently) if they have SSH access. Or if they do have they tried to access the My Cloud to see the folder structure and or manually trigger a firmware update. One method of manually updating the firmware via SSH is explained in the following post:
https://community.wd.com/t/wd-my-cloud-v4-x-and-v2-x-firmware-versions-download-links/148533/7
While most won’t have a problem with the automatic firmware updating, some may.
