Edit by Moderator- Updated title to reflect price drop to $149.99 with no coupon needed.
Intel Entry Storage System SS4200-E NAS Server w/ Intel Celeron 420 1.6GHz, DDR2 512MB & eSATA support - Retail (limit 10 per customer) $169.99 with coupon code: EMCMLNL66. Without is $219.99 eggLink
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Brand Intel Model SS4200-E CPU Type Intel Celeron Processor 420 running at 1.6 GHz MAX Processors 1 Installed Memory Size 512 MB Memory Type DDR2 HDD Interface SATA II Raid Level RAID 0 , RAID 1 , RAID 10 , RAID 5 Max HDD Capacity 4.0TB Networking LAN Ports One Intel Gigabit LAN port Expansion Other ports USB 2.0 x 4 + eSATA x2 Power Characteristics 250W PSU Features Supports up to four 3.5" SATA (3.0 Gb/s) Hard Disks eSATA support to expand beyond four hard disk drives Disk-on-module socket
One review says it takes 1.5T HDDs.
edit: good reminder radier on CashBack (FW or BCB) BCB does EGG's from the original price, currently 2% ($4.40). After BCB price for tax free folks would be $165.xx
Good deal if you're not in CA, NJ, or TN cause of tax. You can get it after Bing CashBack on eBay for $183shipped--This deal is like $185 for me in CA. I'm waiting for the $150 or less price point.
Edit: I think it take 2TB drives also since there is a seller on eBay selling the SS4200-E w/ 8TB capacity.
I am undecided between this and Recertified: HP MediaSmart EX475, Windows Home Server w/ AMD Sempron 1.8GHz 512MB DDR2 500GB SATA HDD installed (three open bay), 4 USB & 1 eSATA expansion ports from Newegg for $299. HP has copy of WHS included, 2x500GB HDD. Any suggestion on which one better?
Vincentino said: I am undecided between this and Recertified: HP MediaSmart EX475, Windows Home Server w/ AMD Sempron 1.8GHz 512MB DDR2 500GB SATA HDD installed (three open bay), 4 USB & 1 eSATA expansion ports from Newegg for $299. HP has copy of WHS included, 2x500GB HDD. Any suggestion on which one better?
i have the HP and the upgrade to 2gb ram is simple and adds to performance of the box definately. if u add the whs license to the intel it costs more doesnt it? with less room for expansion? i have 1 500gb drive in the HP and 3 1tb drives for data shares and it works well streaming movies music photos to PCs and the XBMC in the living room.
HP has said recently it would provide the next service pack of support to these devices as well as the new ones. They originally intended to not include these models in the newer pack upgrades
jnoff78 said: I would not recommend this unit. It's not very reliable and doesn't have the bells and whistles that other vendors NAS products offer.
Hmmm, what kind of problems have you had. I have only had mine a month, but the build quality is excellent (drive cages are steel, not plastic like on the HP), dead quiet (unlike the HP), and the user forum (actually the Scaleo home server forum, which is the same hardware) shows very few problems. I upgraded the CPU and memory without a hitch, and it runs WHS just fine.
I like it in most ways better than the HP as a piece of hardware. HOWEVER, it does not come with WHS, which will cost you $100, and comes with no hard disks. Once you add that in it loses much of its cost advantage. The HP also comes with a lot of extra stuff that HP added to WHS...and unlike most manufacturer add ins, its good stuff.
If you use the original Linux operating system on the SS4200-E you have to add drives 2 at a time....but WHS will let you use 1 to 4 drives.
groch said: jnoff78 said: I would not recommend this unit. It's not very reliable and doesn't have the bells and whistles that other vendors NAS products offer.
Hmmm, what kind of problems have you had. I have only had mine a month, but the build quality is excellent (drive cages are steel, not plastic like on the HP), dead quiet (unlike the HP), and the user forum (actually the Scaleo home server forum, which is the same hardware) shows very few problems. I upgraded the CPU and memory without a hitch, and it runs WHS just fine.
I like it in most ways better than the HP as a piece of hardware. HOWEVER, it does not come with WHS, which will cost you $100, and comes with no hard disks. Once you add that in it loses much of its cost advantage.
I think it is all relative. I already have the hard drives and a copy of WHS, I just want to get my 6TB WHS install out of a VM and onto some low power hardware.
So yes if you have to purchase hard drives and don't have a copy of WHS (Technet, MSDN,etc) then I agree that the HP would be a better deal value wise.
mistabone
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posted: Nov. 23, 2009 @ 7:55a
This unit is back down to 149.99 if anyone was waiting for a price drop again.
sold out atm. At 149.99 its hard to beat, especially if you dont want to put WHS on the hardware - looking to run opennas for the ZFS software raid anyway.
3rab said: Edit by Moderator- Updated title to reflect price drop to $149.99 with no coupon needed.
Intel Entry Storage System SS4200-E NAS Server w/ Intel Celeron 420 1.6GHz, DDR2 512MB & eSATA support - Retail (limit 10 per customer) $169.99 with coupon code: EMCMLNL66. Without is $219.99 eggLink
eggSpecs:
Brand Intel Model SS4200-E CPU Type Intel Celeron Processor 420 running at 1.6 GHz MAX Processors 1 Installed Memory Size 512 MB Memory Type DDR2 HDD Interface SATA II Raid Level RAID 0 , RAID 1 , RAID 10 , RAID 5 Max HDD Capacity 4.0TB Networking LAN Ports One Intel Gigabit LAN port Expansion Other ports USB 2.0 x 4 + eSATA x2 Power Characteristics 250W PSU Features Supports up to four 3.5" SATA (3.0 Gb/s) Hard Disks eSATA support to expand beyond four hard disk drives Disk-on-module socket
One review says it takes 1.5T HDDs.
edit: good reminder radier on CashBack (FW or BCB) BCB does EGG's from the original price, currently 2% ($4.40). After BCB price for tax free folks would be $165.xx
This is available for $135 shipped on Amazon/eBay.
It has 4 USB ports built in. Using the Scaleo software, I'm running my printers off of it. I needed drivers for my Dell color laser, but it found my other printers and installed the right drivers. I'm not using it as a media hub. I just store vids and music on it and have it as a network drive so all the computers on my network can access them.
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