Security Home Camera Google Drive Cloud Storage

I purchased this NVR for a simple two camera security system on my home. I bought a separate hard drive, which gave me twice the recording capacity for the same price as one that came pre-installed. Installation was easy, thanks to videos on YouTube. It came with the necessary connectors to install the hard drive. I installed the NVR , along with my cable modern and wifi router, in a pantry and it works fine. It is plugged into a good quality surge protector. It make a bit more noise that I expected, but it is not bothersome. Hopefully it will provide years of service.

Replaced a home camera security system that’s been running continuously since 2014. The hard drive in that system was a western digital purple drive. Unquestionable reliability is the reason another WD Purple drive was purchased for the new system.

This Flash Drive for an Iphone is a great way to store your pictures without the cloud. Once you organize in Albums it is easy to go through pictures and enjoy them without the extra cost of paying for Cloud services, or upgrading phone to a newer version with more storage. You can also view them on a computer too, so excellent storage capabilities!

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I have been using IronKey USB drives for well over 10 years for secure storage of sensitive personal data. Ease of use and compatibility with laptops and desktops with USB ports is a given. Good news is that this drive supports USB 3 and USB 2. The AES 256 encryption ensures data is safe and cannot be accessed even if the physical drive is lost. It is slightly smaller than a disposable cigarette lighter and has a bit of hefty feel to it unlike the others that come in a plastic case and are quite light (comparatively speaking). When plugged into a laptop, the device shows up as two additional drives - a DVD-RW drive with 92Mb of used space and no free space and a second drive that is not accessible. To use the device, the included software on what is listed as the DVD-RW drive is used to set up the storage device. The process lets the use set up a password/passphrase and makes the storage accessible. This process makes the drive really secure but the other side of the coin is that the drive cannot be shared unless others also install the included software on their laptop/desktop. So, not the ideal device for casual sharing of content but for secure transfers and retention of sensitive data, this is perfect. There is no way to accidentally lose the data. The included USBtoCloud capability connects the physical USB storage to cloud storage such as OneDrive, Google drive, Box, etc. This cloud connection is available for 5 years after which a paid subscription is needed. I did not set this up as the USB includes personal financial data which I do not want to store in the cloud. Otherwise, this option is really useful. Your data remains accessible on the cloud even if the physical drive is lost. Overall, a solid drive that ensure safe and secure storage of data with cloud backup option for additional flexibility

I have used Microsoft 365 for several years and find it convenient when updates are made to the system. I like the one drive cloud storage and the ability to share with members of my family.

If you are looking for a network shared large TB storage try this. I am not a fan of the cloud... So this allows you to create a mycloud .com account or not. The drive still shows up as a computer to share a drive to the PUBLIC folder. It does not show up under storage. If you don't create an account on mycloud then their software isn't any help. Remember their software is to sync their cloud service to your pc. However I will repeat not using the cloud or their software stops it from showing up as a computer to connect to and assign it a DRIVE letter on your computer and everyone on the network. Setup is a breeze. Plug in power and ethernet cable and thats it. YOUR security on your computer (IE OS) will determine what you need to set to allow you to see and use another computer on the network. I wanted a non raid solution for simplicity. I have had several raid NAS devices and I am tired of rebuilding the drives when one of the disk drive fails or the NAS box housing the drives quits. I now can keep a quick backup of computer files for the family on another spot. I just need to keep in mind the mycloud drive has a life expectancy. SO if you want to use the cloud to sync your files so they are never lost. Create a log in to mycloud and presto the sync software works. If I want to use a cloud for safety. I personally would subscribe to DROPBOX and sync my my cloud home drive to it. Many software products have built in support for using DROPBOX over the internet. mycloud from WD is free and can go away anytime and is not widely supported as DROPBOX . Keep that in mind if you decide to use mycloud.com.

I bought this specifically to use as a home-based cloud storage & the product is working as advertised. Easy to setup & the App works flawlessly. A+++++++++

A much better system than Google Home.

Fast and easy setup for a home cloud drive. I copied my data off my old device and now my new cloud drive is up and running.

Great storage for security DVR.