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- HP MediaSmart EX495 Server
- Editors' note: The HP MediaSmart Server EX495 has a very similar feature set to that of the already reviewed LX 195. For this reason, you might have a slight feeling of deja vu while reading the feature section of this review.Priced at around $700, the HP MediaSmart Server EX495 is...
- Tags: Servers, server, HP MediaSmart, hard drive, HP MediaSmart Server, Hewlett-Packard Co.
- Product reviews 2009-10-02
- MediaSmart Server LX195
- Ranging between $375 and $399, the 640GB HP MediaSmart Server LX195 is the best sub-$400 NAS server you can find in terms of value, performance, and features. It comes with a great set of features and a remote connection that's easy to set up and use. The server can automatically...
- Tags: Network-attached storage (NAS), Storage, power button, MediaSmart Server LX195, NAS, NAS server, HP MediaSmart, HP MediaSmart Server, server
- Product reviews 2009-05-27
- HP MediaSmart Server ex475
- We've been tracking HP's MediaSmart Server and the Microsoft Windows Home Server software that powers it ever since they were both announced back in January. We got to play with an early version of the software this summer. Now we get to take a look at the complete product, by...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Servers, HP MediaSmart, HP MediaSmart Server, server, Microsoft Windows Home Server, Windows Home, software, Microsoft Windows, Hewlett-Packard Co.
- Product reviews 2007-11-05
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- Intel seeks new 'microserver' standard
- Why bother with a new standard?What Intel needs to do is use the pre-existing motherboard form factors like Micro-ATX and Mini-ITX. Why can't they just design a board in the Mini-ITX form factor for a single-socket Xeon 3400-series processor with ECC RAM and dual-GBe ports with the standard fare...
- Tags: Servers, MicroServer, server, Mini-ITX, Intel Corp., HP MediaSmart
- Discussion threads 2009-10-30
- HP MediaSmart EX495--photos
- HP's new Windows Home Server-based network storage devices, the MediaSmart EX495 and MediaSmart EX490 servers, offer large storage capacity, faster processing speed, and better support for both PCs and Mac. by CNET News.com
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Network Storage, Photograph, Storage, Hardware, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2009-09-14
- Better than RAID: the new DroboPro
- Better than RAID: the new DroboProOf course you aren't on Drobo's payrollIf you were you would have provided a link to where we could learn more -.-Thankfully, there is google. http://www.drobo.com/Four bay Drobo costs $749 with two 1TB drives included, $999 for four.The DroboPro is 8 bay and starts...
- Tags: Storage, DroboPro, RAID, new DroboPro, Drobo
- Discussion threads 2009-04-09
- Datto launches Box 2 Box P2P NAS device
- Datto is hoping its new twist on network attached storage NAS can stand out amid an increasingly crowded field of competitors. The Box 2 Box device, due in March, is designed to create a peer-to-peer network with other Box 2 Box drives, letting you sync files between the two, even...
- Tags: Network, P2P, Datto, Box 2 Box, Peer To Peer (P2P), Network-Attached Storage (NAS), Networking, Internet, Storage, Hardware, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2009-01-24
- Iomega launches new low-price Home Media Network Hard Drives
- While HP is taking the high price road in the NAS market with its new MediaSmart Servers, Iomega is going the other direction with its new Home Media Network Hard Drive line. Considering how cheap hard drive prices are getting, it's a reasonable tactic. How reasonable? Iomega is selling the...
- Tags: NAS, Iomega Corp., Network, Media, Network-Attached Storage (NAS), Storage, Hardware, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2009-01-05
- HP introduces new ex485 and ex487 MediaSmart Servers with Time Machine support
- Instead of waiting for the information to inevitably leak, HP has jumped the gun on CES and announced two new additions to its MediaSmart Server line of network attached storage NAS devices. The ex485 and ex487 will both be available in February, and one of their major enhancements is Mac...
- Tags: NAS, Hewlett-Packard Co., Network, Media, Server, Network-Attached Storage (NAS), Backups, Storage, Hardware, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2008-12-29
- My favorite Windows Vista gadgets
- When I first began using Windows Vista, I dismissed the Sidebar as a gimmick. It didn’t help that the default gadgets Microsoft offered were of limited utility and that some early gadgets caused performance problems. Over time, though, I’ve become a Sidebar convert. I haven’t encountered a...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Gadget, Sidebar, ShareMaster Gadget, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2008-11-06
- Netflix news: Starz catalog added to online service, streaming to PS3, Xbox 360 through PlayOn beta software
- The Netflix ecosystem is expanding as the popular DVD rental company tries to bulk up its online video streaming business in anticipation of the day when fewer and fewer people want to watch movies after waiting to get a disc in the mail. Last week, the company announced a deal...
- Tags: Software, NetFlix Inc., Starz, Sony PlayStation 3, Movie, Microsoft Xbox 360, Microsoft Xbox, MediaMall Technologies, Game Players, Corporate Communications, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2008-10-02
- Is Microsoft adding a Time Machine-like interface to next version of Windows Home Server?
- Gadget blogs like Engadget and Gizmodo were buzzing today about an interesting position that Microsoft apparently posted on a techie job board. The software giant appears to be hiring for the next version of its Windows Home Server product, and it looks once again like Microsoft is playing catch-up to...
- Tags: Job, NAS, Microsoft Windows Home Server, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Network-Attached Storage (NAS), Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Storage, Hardware, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2008-09-08
- Microsoft internal memo details Windows 7-Windows Live ties
- Microsoft internal memo details Windows 7-Windows Live tiesI take it ...."We have an opportunity to make it much easier for customers to ‘get started' with Windows Live. Our goal should be to have customers log in, type their Live ID, and then they are automatically 'set up' with Live. For...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, details Windows 7-Windows Live ty, details Windows 7-Windows Live, internal memo, Microsoft Windows Live
- Discussion threads 2008-04-28
- Apple Time Capsule (1TB)
- Apple's new Time Capsule is one of only two devices we know of that incorporates both a wireless router and a hard drive into the same product. The other, a year-and-a-half-old router from Asus, offers neither the same high-speed wireless bandwidth nor as much storage capacity as the Time Capsule,...
- Tags: Routers & switches, Network technology, NETWORKING, Wi-Fi, backside, Apple Inc., Time Capsule, router, hard drive
- Product reviews 2008-03-04
- Velocity Micro's Windows Home Server for power users
- I was noodling through Velocity Micro’s Web site the other day, and I noticed that its version of the Windows Home Server, the NetMagix HQ HomeServer, is more robustly configured than the HP MediaSmart Server. Velocity Micro, which sells high-performance PCs that are popular with go-getter gamers, offers the NetMagix...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Velocity, Microsoft Windows Home Server, Microsoft Windows, Storage, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Rik Fairlie
- Blog posts 2008-02-20
- Build your own Windows Home Server for only $380
- Build your own Windows Home Server for only $380Sure you can. ;)Easilly sets up the drives, backups, every lat little thing.Then just load the included Ubuntu client tool disk onto your Ubuntu desktop and let the automation begins!Oh, wait, So you [i]can't[/i] do that?Then why did you just say you...
- Tags: Operating systems, Backups, OPEN SOURCE, WHS Team, server, WHS, Microsoft Windows Home Server, Windows Home, Ubuntu, Microsoft Windows, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-02-14
- Build your own Windows Home Server for only $380
- I’m a huge fan of Microsoft's Windows Home Server OS, the very capable and easy-to-use consumer server software. But the only Windows Home Server-based hardware I’ve had a chance to play around with is the HP MediaSmart Server EX470, which contains just one 500GB hard drive and costs a whopping...
- Tags: Operating System, Microsoft Windows Home Server, Gist, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware, Rik Fairlie
- Blog posts 2008-02-14
- Apple's Time Capsule delivers seamless backups for Macs
- If you’re a Mac user who wants to maximize Apple’s Time Machine software, good news from Macworld. Apple has unveiled a new router/backup device called Time Capsule that works seamlessly and wirelessly to deliver hands-off backups. The device, essentially an Airport Extreme Base Station fused with your choice of 500GB...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Backups, Rik Fairlie
- Blog posts 2008-01-16
- What a good idea - Apple Time Capsule
- What a good idea - Apple Time CapsuleI agree ...... it's a niche product.hmmmso no body has a AP and External HDD or NAS now?? you need to buy a new hardware from Apple to do the functionality that already exists??? If timemachine supported wireless backup, this device wouldnt exist,...
- Tags: Backups, Storage, Apple Inc., Apple Time Capsule, wireless, backup
- Discussion threads 2008-01-15
- HP enhances its MediaSmart Server (but it's still pricey)
- HP enhances its MediaSmart Server (but it's still pricey)Synology products have all these featuresThe Synology range of products have had all of these features for a couple of years now. What makes the HP products better?SynologyIt's the OS that I think makes the MediaSmart a winner. It's very simple to...
- Tags: MediaSmart Server, Hewlett-Packard Co.
- Discussion threads 2008-01-07
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