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HP MediaSmart EX485, Intel Celeron 2.0 Ghz 2GB DDR2 750GB HDD, Mac Compatible, Powered by Windows Home Server

for $599.99 - $100.00IR - $100.00 promo code "HPSERVER1091" = $399.99 with $4.99 shipping

item link: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16859105420

This is NOT a NAS! and seems perfect for a home with multiple PC.

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Thanks OP. Wish they had a decent combo deal for another drive. Not sure why a copy of windows is considered a worthy combo deal.


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Great price for a great product. My primary HD bricked about 6 weeks ago and fortunatley the auto backups by the WHS saved my bacon and all my files (including all the pictures of our new twins!) Works great for streaming movies to my Xbox & running Squeezecenter for my Duet & Boom. Four bays for HDs in the front make adding space a breeze. I HIGHLY recommend WHS.


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glad i bit the last deal. $410 including a combo deal of WD 750GB - 2%bing = 400 even + free ship.


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I too got in on the last deal. Great little server. Install seemed to stop at about 34% but just be patient it is updating the OS on the server. Everything went well for me even though I canceled the install a few times when it appeared to lock up. Highly recommend this server.


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Thanks OP. I'm considering this or the acer easystore. With the coupon, the acer is $10 less at the moment. The reviews on the HP make me a little nervous. I'm thinking the acer is the way to go, just need it to go on sale like it did a few weeks back.

Message edited by: fatnorm99 on 2009-10-11 06:28:59 CDT
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It's true that it is not a NAS; however, since you can access it from any of your computers on your intranet and use it for data storage, it functions the same as an NAS.


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I have the Acer and love it. Got it for $350 at Microcenter. Reports are that the next version of home server OS will only be 64 bit so make sure your processor can support it.


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cmrivera said:It's true that it is not a NAS; however, since you can access it from any of your computers on your intranet and use it for data storage, it functions the same as an NAS.

Well, sure, it has functions of a NAS. But it also does MORE than a NAS. I think OP's point was just that; that it is MORE than a NAS.


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What are the best add-ins to install on WHS?

I just got any EasyStore from Frys for $329. Cool little device.


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I have the EX490 (new from eBay for $400 shipped) and I love it. Plug & go for me and it's been backing up my wired & wireless systems nicely. Now, I have to get a redundancy solution to make sure the backed-up data do not get hosed. Backups of backups. Anyone here have a good setup you can share?


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gipson said:
This is NOT a NAS! and seems perfect for a home with multiple PC.

Well, it is actually a NAS since NAS simply means Network Attached Storage and this is what it is. It does a lot more is another things and is pretty full featured, but most NAS do that.

I believe you meant to say it is not RAID-NAS, which is true since this device does not do RAID.


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jhiggins8 said:I have the EX490 (new from eBay for $400 shipped) and I love it. Plug & go for me and it's been backing up my wired & wireless systems nicely. Now, I have to get a redundancy solution to make sure the backed-up data do not get hosed. Backups of backups. Anyone here have a good setup you can share?
These support backing up on Amazon S3, so if you want real redundancy you may want to look into that since that not only saves data to another disk, it also does at another location.


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kazanjig said:cmrivera said:It's true that it is not a NAS; however, since you can access it from any of your computers on your intranet and use it for data storage, it functions the same as an NAS.

Well, sure, it has functions of a NAS. But it also does MORE than a NAS. I think OP's point was just that; that it is MORE than a NAS.

ditto


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jjct1 said:What are the best add-ins to install on WHS?

I just got any EasyStore from Frys for $329. Cool little device.

Lights Out is a must - it does a great job of managing the server uptime based on your needs.


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fatnorm99 said:Thanks OP. I'm considering this or the acer easystore. With the coupon, the acer is $10 less at the moment. The reviews on the HP make me a little nervous. I'm thinking the acer is the way to go, just need it to go on sale like it did a few weeks back.

My opinion is that if you intend to only use it as a plain vanilla media server/backup the atom-based system will suffice.
However if you ever decide to get any advanced functionality going on it(read, on demand transcoding -- Orb, video encoder, Sage TV), the atom will not suffice. Besides from what I read, acer may not be any quieter than HP killing all the advantages of going the atom route.


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YumRaj said:jhiggins8 said:I have the EX490 (new from eBay for $400 shipped) and I love it. Plug & go for me and it's been backing up my wired & wireless systems nicely. Now, I have to get a redundancy solution to make sure the backed-up data do not get hosed. Backups of backups. Anyone here have a good setup you can share?
These support backing up on Amazon S3, so if you want real redundancy you may want to look into that since that not only saves data to another disk, it also does at another location.

With amounts of data EX490 is capable of dealing with S3 will quickly become cost prohibitive. I have mine backup all the important data to Carbonite(all-you-can-eat kind of service). Btw there is a Jungle Disk Plugin to bring S3 to older EX models I believe


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definitely get lights out.
I have the prior generation mediasmart and across gigabit ethernet it sure it fast, and its full duplex too. And it definitely is easy to manage.


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I have a Netgear ReadyNAS NVX that does everything that I really 'need'. A WHS would have some additional benefits for sure, but I am not willing to sacrafice on power consumption.

The ReadyNAS uses

62 Watts with 4 drives, RAID 5, downloading via bittorrent
7 Watts idle with drives powered down
1 Watt, Powered off, Wake-On-Lan ready

Anyone know what the power consumption of WHS is in similiar scenerios?


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