Download the firmware to your desktop.
My cloud mirror gen 2 vs gen 1.
Open the my cloud mirror gen2 dashboard ui.
Mycloud 4 and mycloud 2.
Also don t know if there is a difference between the nic or other hardware used between the two versions that might cause the difference in.
Is there any notable difference between running plex or the wd software running on gen 1 vs gen 2.
The my cloud mirror gen 2 is very similar to the more business oriented my cloud ex2 we reviewed in march of 2014.
Is it a gen1 or gen2.
The new gen 2 has a different processor a white case and the soho my cloud feature set.
My cloud bwvz 2 xx xx bin save this to your desktop.
Wd ships the units by default with the wd red drives in raid 1 mirror.
Article number of my cloud mirror gen 2 is.
My cloud gen 2 vs gen 1.
If the single bay my cloud is running firmware 2 x it is a second generation my cloud unit.
If the single bay my cloud is running firmware 3 x or 4 x it is a first generation my cloud unit.
Unzip the file and you will find the actual firmware in this format.
Thank you very much.
I have a 3tb drive p n wdbctl0030hwt.
Peter jakab december 22 2017 7 20pm 3.
Users can opt for either jbod raid 0 or raid 1 configurations.
Or one can look at the p n number on the bottom of the single bay my cloud unit enclosure or the product box packaging.
Don t know if there is a difference between the type s of hard drive used in the gen 2 my cloud s.
Share access for specific users randomly change and what is the different between firmware version 2 x and version 04 x.
Wdbwvz0040jwt again 4 tb version differences between my cloud mirror 8tb gen 1 and gen 2.
The my cloud mirror gen 2 has a 1 33ghz arm cortex a9 dual core processor and 512mb of ram.
However the gen 2 also is available in a 370 6 tb version 2 x 3 tb and a 410 8 tb version 2 x 4.
The cpu is a 1 3ghz marvel armada 385 dual core the first gen my cloud mirror came with a single core processor there s 512mb of ddr3 memory and our 4tb version shipped with two 2tb wd red.
Our review unit was the 310 4 tb model.
Teishu april 27 2016 3 17pm 2.
The wd my cloud mirror gen 2 can take up to 2 drives.
Go to settings firmware update.
My cloud mirror is a marvel armada 370 soc with 1 2 ghz my cloud mirror gen 2 is marvel armada 385 1 3 ghz dualcore soc.
Gen 1 s typically have a wd red hard drive 5400 rpm class sata 6 gb s 64mb within the unit.
I now know that the gen2 i bought is running busybox not debian which seems to severely limit any modifications such as running additional.
