Hey everyone, sorry if I posted this in the wrong section, but I don't really know what else this fits under so anyway,
I don't store my pictures and videos on my computer, and Ive always used an external hard drive. For a really long time, I've used a WD My Passport Ultra (an old model of it) and while it still works good, I think there's a better option.
I've been considering a WD My Cloud 4tb external hard drive that I'd connect to an Ethernet jack in my room to use as a server for all of my pictures/videos so that I can access them anytime I want to, but what I fear with this is even if the computer I'm accessing the drive from is connected to the same network via Ethernet, it will be too slow for my liking, and I'm worried that if I need to access my pictures or videos and I don't have a router handy, I won't be able to use USB to connect it straight to my computer. The other concern I have that is pretty little, is that I don't know if the drive automatically sleeps like the WD My Passport does during inactivity, and I don't really like the idea of the drive running all of the time.
Another option I've been considering is getting a rugged 2.5" drive enclosure with USB 3.0, and then I'd put a high-capacity WD Black Mobile performance hard drive in it to have a fast, though expensive, place to store all of my pictures and videos.
Then maybe, I could also get a 3.5" external drive enclosure with an Ethernet or Ethernet and USB interface, and throw a WD Red NAS drive in it, although something tells me WD is already using their NAS drive in the My Cloud.
I don't really know. I just want a fast, easy, and reliable way to access and store all of my pictures. What do you all think?
I don't store my pictures and videos on my computer, and Ive always used an external hard drive. For a really long time, I've used a WD My Passport Ultra (an old model of it) and while it still works good, I think there's a better option.
I've been considering a WD My Cloud 4tb external hard drive that I'd connect to an Ethernet jack in my room to use as a server for all of my pictures/videos so that I can access them anytime I want to, but what I fear with this is even if the computer I'm accessing the drive from is connected to the same network via Ethernet, it will be too slow for my liking, and I'm worried that if I need to access my pictures or videos and I don't have a router handy, I won't be able to use USB to connect it straight to my computer. The other concern I have that is pretty little, is that I don't know if the drive automatically sleeps like the WD My Passport does during inactivity, and I don't really like the idea of the drive running all of the time.
Another option I've been considering is getting a rugged 2.5" drive enclosure with USB 3.0, and then I'd put a high-capacity WD Black Mobile performance hard drive in it to have a fast, though expensive, place to store all of my pictures and videos.
Then maybe, I could also get a 3.5" external drive enclosure with an Ethernet or Ethernet and USB interface, and throw a WD Red NAS drive in it, although something tells me WD is already using their NAS drive in the My Cloud.
I don't really know. I just want a fast, easy, and reliable way to access and store all of my pictures. What do you all think?
