HP EX475 MediaSmart Home Server (AMD Live/ 64 Bit Sempron Processor, 1 TB Hard Drive)

Manufacturer: Hewlett Packard Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours List Price:$885.00 Our Price:$679.99 Features: Conveniently centralize your files and access them from an internet-connected computer 1 TB of storage space on 2 500GB hard drives, expands via 2 additional hard drive bays. Automatically backup and protect the digital memories on your home PCs running Windows XP and later operating systems Stream photos, music and videos to PCs on your network or to your TV or stereo system Powered by Microsoft Windows Home Server and 1.8 GHz, 64-bit AMD Sempron processor Description: It elevates the feeding and it upgrades them of your domestic net with the assistant of HP EX475 MediaSmart, than she allows you to centralize yours conveniently lime and to approach they they give the PC multiple in your center. On the base of the domestic platform of the assistant of the Microsoft Windows and 1,8 gigahertz, the processor 64-bit of AMD Sempron, the assistant of domestic MediaSmart allows you to support your PC therefore like the part and to enjoy digital music them, videos domestic and the photos from all the calculating or arranges of entertainment on one domestic net. The assistant moreover has the espansibilità to develop itself with the changing needs of your family. Of the HP MediaSmart of the assistant the measures stylish easy in your living decoration of the office or the room. The relative formed small measure in top the piled up scrittorio and even offers the access without threads once connected to router a Wi-Wi-Fi (via the orifice of Ethernet of gigabit). This design I polish and streamlined of the micro-turret it is perfect for use in the Ministry of the Insides or in the living room and the relati to you external steel panels it perforates to you supply the cold and calm operation. The assistant of EX475 MediaSmart characterizes 1 TB of capienza (2x500 GB guides, SATA, 7200 giri/min.), of mb the 512 of RAM installed DDR2, four bays of the hard drive for additional expansion using SATA available immediately I or II hard drives, of an orifice of Ethernet of gigabit for the ultrafast net (and the connection to a router without threads), of four orificii of USB 2,0 (1 on the front part, 3 on the posterior part) for the connection to the additional hard drives and and of orifice of eSATA for the transfer of data to high speed in the external devices you of memorization -- until 6 solutions she puts into effect them of times fastly. It is express and easy to install yours assistant of the HP MediaSmart and to generate until 10 customers of the customer being used the domestic software of the assistant of Microsoft Windows. You can also open a predefined host represented the lima additional who ripartisce the possibilities. The assistant of the HP MediaSmart moreover leaves them to install yours just sure personal address of fotoricettore in order at a distance to allow the access of the lima from the customers. You increase your net easy expand your possibilities of storage with the four bays of the hard drive of the MediaServer. Every PC on your net will have the software of the center of control, giving to customers the ability to pass in review the common devices you of bending on the assistant of the HP MediaSmart, to add the photos to the Webshare photo of the HP and to carry out an immediate support of their calculating. Rules privilege of access for every customer to the level of the bending ripart-device to allow the read/Write ones, only read or no access. Moreover controlled I privilege at a distance of access for every customer. The customers approve of to you then will be able to approach at a distance the lime common and even the applications on their domestic PC through a sure connection from all the Internet-connected PC. Ripartisca your software of Webshare of the photo of the enclosed HP means use easy and saldamente ripartiscono the photos stored on yours assistant of the HP MediaSmart with the narrow friends and the family. A connection express to Snapfish allows the easy press of the photo. It enjoys digital music them, the photos, the video and the lime from all the PC networked. To directly satisfy of the flow to your center of domestic entertainment for means of a digital adapter them of means (DMA). The DMA device approaches the lime of means and coordinates the effluente process between the assistant of the HP MediaSmart and your device of entertainment. Protegga your conservation of sure data yours lime of the PC with support automatic rifle for the PC multiple. You can adapt the frequency for the customer of the supports and how many supports are memorizza you. The lime accidentally cancelled can easy be found on the image of reservoir and being copied to your PC. In case of breakdown of the hard drive, the enclosed disc of restore of the PC of the HP is all that you must give back your PC and all your data to their state originate them. Other characteristics centralize your libraries and playlists of music of the iTunes on the assistant for playback to all iTunes the currents of the note-book or the PC on your domestic net. Supports increase them: After support it begins them, only the changes are supported. Efficient support of the single copy: A single copy of every lima is supported, does not import like many computers that archivia reside over in your domestic net. It adds inner a hard drive or external to the assistant of the HP MediaSmart, it indicates that wished to add disc in the domestic section the commandos of the assistant of Windows and the storage of the assistant of the HP MediaSmart is developed. No necessity of feeding down the unit or controlling letters of drive for the multiple hard drives. Compatibility of access at a distance: The professional of Microsoft Windows XP, means concentrates editions 2004 or more high, or Seen or higher last Windows lima that ripartisce the compatibility: Microsoft Seen Windows, center of Windows.xp or professional of Windows.xp, Windows 2000 professional SP4, mac, OS X, Linux. Compatibility of reservoir: Microsoft Seen Windows, Windows.xp that what is disc in the assistant of the HP MediaSmart of the box it, in the cable of feeding, the cable of Ethernet, the disc of the installation of the software, in restore of the PC, disc of recovery of the assistant, beginning express and guides of support of the HP. Important: The assistant of the HP MediaSmart is not an independent calculating. The connected ones to your system of elaboration networked. Not there is no necessary video because the relative interface of customer is caught up from an other calculating.

Reviews:

A terrible product
I have bought this from amazon in November. That was a great error. I obtain to messages of error from the at least every assistant other day. After two months, there was an important breakdown of the software that it has demanded at least four hours of aid technical support partially to repair. A week more subsequently, they are not still of support to the operation. The access has at a distance not worked never, in spite of aid from the technical support. They are reasonably technology savvy, but this assistant to technology/software is clearly over the head of the medium customers. They are much spiacente I I have bought this and I would recommend others in order to avoid it.


good concept ok product and poor support
wait until hp and microsoft get the bugs worked out. there are numerous bugs that effect hardware and software without solution. tech support is virtually non-existant.In many cases calls are routed to wrong department because they are unaware that they offer the product. The folks in India run you through the mill on each call, asking the same questions.Not all of the remote features of the product work. The hardware has many reported failures.

Hp blames microsoft software and microsoft is unresponsive as usual. Once they get the bugs out the product has great potential for muti-computer network storage, back-up and remote access.


HP Server excceded my expectations!
I have bought the EX475 with hard drives double 500GB. I have not had need of other memory while already it has quadruplicated my requirement of HD, but have expansion of two new rabbets of HD in happening. The hard drives are coming down in the price, so as to 1 TB HDs will be more little expensive during several years if I have it need. I use the assistant in order to support mine once two computers to the week, but I can be made nightly. Moreover the use in order to be shared with other customers on the Internet, which the images, on the videos and music. That one is approximately a quarter of that what this produced small graded narcotic can make. Plan on the added one of the capabilites without threads to my screen great TV so as to the assistant can entertain it when broadcasting TV cannot. And poichè other customers have said, are too much pleasant to hide, less that you are taken care for emergency. Highly I suggest if you have need of the storage of memory support, means assistant, net, expansion of HD, USB and Ethernet ports, to ten that the customer explains, all the word to it of access protected and easy to use. The HP has made an pleasant job for a new product.


Disappointed!! EX470/475 = Pain in my %$@#^...Neck!
Initially, I have thought that this was an idea great - hour, 2 months subsequently, think as I have wasted my moneies and would have to develop my own solution of the assistant!! The greater pain is the constant editions and the messages of warning: one that "the access words do not bind together" (that it is BS total; I have rendered they all same the million periods...), or there is "a critical edition" with the factory-supplied Harddrive (turns out equally to be bogus, - poichè the assistant is right protesting if you upload/download too much (... how much is "too much") immediately. DEEPLY THEY ARE DISAPPOINTED and I never do not make ballot in buying still some products of the HP. My council: it at least puts your moneies in a different solution, until that all the bugs with the running assistants [ first generator ] are not fixed. The tact like a beta allover of the tester still renders me; every single day...


Good overall, but some rough edges
The assistant of MediaSmart is a product much pleasant one for all the domestic multiple calculating. He ago offers to an amount luxurious of space of storage for all enormous yours lime of means and the compartecipazione and the support for all the computers on the simple net downright. A LOT is modernized easy - you do not have need of some tools to add a new hard drive, I crack just it in the tray, fairies to slide the tray within and takes only one brace of the releases in order to add the drive. The four trays will offer the modernization years. You notice yourself that, in spite of the high points of the product, there are some points of principle. In the first place, it is meaningfully abruptly of the memory. The domestic assistant of Windows, the operating system of the MediaSmart, is the much tidy down version of the assistant of Windows to the measure in 512mb... but the HP has added a sure number of characteristics, rigonfiamento it support approximately to 700mb. Consequently, the assistant, in the relative configuration of defect, will stretch to indicate the virtual memory repeatedly, slowing down MEANINGFULLY the assistant. It is better to modernize the assistant from 512mb to 2gb a much more comfortable... but famous one, this demands the dismantling practically it, emptying the guarantee. The other edition is not of the assistant in if of MediaSmart, but of the operating system of the domestic assistant of Windows. To leave from the period of this review, it has a extremely critical bug that cause the corruption of the lima. There are specific circumstances that recall this, but is one be relatively common - publishing a lima that it is in a common index, on an assistant of MediaSmart with the multiple hard drives (than the EX475 it comes with for defect). The bug is previewed for being repaired, but until that Microsoft not free the zone in order to correct it, will limit great part of the program of usefullness of the assistant. Until freeing the zone, the bug can around be worked copying the lima to a local calculating in order to publish it, then copying it behind, but, unfortunately, it means that it is not possible to make to work BitTorrent on the assistant in if until that the bug is not fixed. In a generalized manner, she is pleasant a small assistant if you have need of a sure additional space to share the lime between the computers and would appreciate something that you could tuck newly within a closet and never not preoccuparsi approximately or visualizing pleasantly on a bookshelf. Above all I would suggest it those who is not frightened to crack it due open the memory edition, however - the memory lack is a block inciampante enormous to the use of the device if it is unupgraded. The WHS edition will be corrected, eventually soon and has bought the assistant in spite of already knowing of the edition since has known that I could around work it until that it was not fixed.


Everyone with more than 1 Computer Should Have One
Not sure that what to make with this thing? Support all the computers in your every house night without to raise one barretta. To be a freak of reservoir, that one is reason number one to obtain to this HP the domestic assistant. I cannot dirvi how many times that I have had to contribute to popular recover the lost data or gives them defective news to they that the years of the photos has been lost because they have not never supported to them in on. The supports only work if them fairies. And this thing ve automatically makes them for. Every calculating on the net (means centers) even obtains supported every night sure. Like an other pointed out critic, one or the other purchase the EX475 that comes with 2 drives or the EX470 - and it adds a drive - to make sure the assistant of the HP can uniform distribute the data through the multiple drives. It is not an INCURSION configuration, but a regrouping system of the window that ago the same thing in order protect the data therefore even if 1 drive comes to lack, the data is duplicate through the remaining drives. In the course of the years, the computers in our house have collected the insiemi different of the photos from blot some photographic different in a sense that I will not be able riconciliare. With the assistant of the HP, it will not import more since every calculating is supported every night - and the lime changed and only added are supported after the first one, voluminoso support. That other? You at a distance approach qualche.cosa on the assistant (your photos supported, on the videos, documents - all) or on your personal computers from all the web browser in the world. It is cold to transfer a video from the system centers them towards the satellites integral and hour-along of the family directly to a family that calculating of the member in an other declares with nient' other that a browser. The photos of upload to the assistant so as to the family and the friends they can approach they give your domestic Web site of the assistant. That is much more better of transmitting the email voluminosi to the friends or having to ristringere the photos down so as to they are not resumed. They can see all and to transfer the versions from the system centers them towards the full-resolution satellites if they wish. The sight of the thumbnail must be improved, but it is a minor defective. If wished, the assistant will even transmit the email to the family and to the friends of your choice when upload the new photos. I even have friends of the photographer that they use theirs domestic assistant for upload their photos from the road in order to assess do not obtain them lost or cancels to you before that they obtain domestic servants. You approach the table of all the calculating in your house from a web browser. Sure, with a calculating of Windows with the table at a distance installed, you can make this equally (if you have shaped yours router the sense that it demands). That is better. Without to install some software, you can approach all the table in your center through the assistant. Compartecipazione Di Mezzi. Ripartisca your photos, videos and music to any other calculating in the house. Using the software it adds them free, you can effluire it to the multimediali readers couples you until your TV also. Free yours calculating-they limit the photos to the room of the TV in which more people it can enjoy. And you listen to your MP3s on one stereotipia real. Moreover - if worked low on the space of the assistant, just decrease in an other drive. It is express and easy to make. You do not have to open the case in order to make it! That is practically silent, useful adding attractive, to your center that you would have honestly to consider. It is still more small than it observes in the images, so as to if the format is one worry, control towards the outside the dimensions or other images of it on the fotoricettore. I love this thing!


Great Product and OS
I canceled my Amazon order and got the EX475 directly from HP. Ground shipping was free, however, I had it in two days! I've been involved with computers both at home and at work for more years that I care to think about and have to say that the installation was without a doubt one of the easiest things I've ever done. The most difficult part was plugging it in. I will say that before I received it, I read the book "Windows Home Server for Dummies" which was great and provided a lot of information that was useful during setup and use. I was pleasantly surprised when the remote access worked the first time, particularly since I have an older router that I had to configure manually. Overall, I'm very satisfied with both the EX475 product and the Windows Home Server operating system. It has certainly lived up to all of my expectations.


Works Like Advertised
I often buy new products and do so with some fear and trepidation as there are generally lots of hitches. This device installed with almost no problems. I had to manually configure the Belkin N1 router for the ports necessary for outside access. I had no problem adding the other computers in the house. It found my iTunes files and copied them to the server without a hitch. The server showed up in all installed copies of iTunes and songs can be played from the server. I added two 320 drives that I got for 60 bucks each in the empty bays and the server added them flawlessly. It appears to me that HP and Microsoft have hit a homerun with this device.



Chancy--no HP product support
Could be a good product, but I've had a file copy problem with one of the PCs on our network, where that PC can't copy to the server, though the PC has full access privileges. I'm sure it's a simple issue, but there is no HP support of the product. No email support, no live chat. The phone help is a joke: the first call resulted in 30 minutes of trying to find someone whou would recognize that this was an HP product, then the support person who finally got stuck with the call had absolutely no suggestions, then dropped the connection on me after an hour on the phone. The next call had me on hold for 30 minutes, with no pickup.

This is very unusual for HP. I don't know if HP wants Microsoft to carry the freight on product support or what, but I've been left high and dry.

Would not buy until the product has matured.


Windows Home Server Exceeds Expectations
Have you ever
- Lost a hard drive with all your personal pictures/documents.
- Spent hundreds of dollars on backup hardware to have it fail
due to a tape failure.
- Have your personal pictures/files storied across several computers.
- Needed a file when you were hundreds of miles from your computer.
- Looking for a way to share your photos and videos with friends and
family.

All of these issues were a common problem for me and Microsoft and HP has come up with a perfect solution.

The most common issue that I have noted that I have seen as I reviewed the product was based on the cost. If you add up the cost of hardware and software that can and will back up your data this system is a great value. As a bonus it will continue to grow, not only in storage space but also in applications.

I don't normally give reviews, but I feel very strongly about what a great product EX475 with WHS is.

For you small business owner... take a good look at this product. It will save you time and money.



Just TOO cool!
Pre-ordered after to have calcolatlo outside I could not join two times like pleasant of one scato it for the price. Good Call! That is really close to one skillful perfect of the product from the slide. The difficulties that I have worked mainly in the regarded one in some complicated configurations of the PC I have. If been with your operating system then probably you will not have too much difficulty moderately well. I would not let out it nel.giro.di.il debuttante, however. Braces of fast tips... 1. They do not make to work more than 1 package than anti-virus/spyware/security on your PC. That has caused some difficult complications to me for. 2. Before that you install the assistant allows that refractory wall of your PC sends all the traffic of the IP from your local net. That will allow that the installatore finds the assistant and makes the relative thing without at all to obstruct. 3. Controls your services and that one makes sure that copy and COM of the shadow of the volume is allowed and regulated to the automobile. 4. Your PC with the same names of the customer and strong words of access seems more well to install all. The MediaSmart does not organize the things for name but rather it identifies every PC individually. That REALLY facilitates the things! Using a connection desktop at a distance you can approach the operating system of WHS bottom. I have installed mines with a static IP and have changed the workgroup in order to bind together the rest of mine lan. Moreover, I have controlled the performances and all it is cold even during a support with a connection at a distance. Moreover I have inserted my LaserJet 1300 and have used WHS in order to add the printer in order to be shared. That has not gone well until that you did not go to the device responsible and modernized the driver of the printer from here. Then it was like butter and the press speed is excellent express. I have studied the possibility to dawn to 1GB of the ram, but it really seems useless. If you appreciate... Kingston # KVR667D2N5/1G has worked for an other - it is PC2 5300, FYI. To disorder around in WHS is to yours just risk, naturally! But my net of gigabit is fast and the discovery of the assistant is fast bullet. I use a switch of Netgear GS108 ProSafe and the compartecipazione of the iTunes of the Cat6 cables is impressive, also. I have connected from job through a great corporative net and has worked like a fascination, FYI. I have loaded until to a total of 2.5TB but that one can be overkill. Two PC metallic of the double-loading of the system and a connection without threads contains my domestic net. The router it is a Buffalo firmware of WHR-G54S that have exposed to flash with dd-WRT the assistant automobile- have shaped the unit flawlessly. The space between the PC is narcotic like the operation of reservoir conserve multiple. MS of job de Nizza, HP and Amazon!!!


A must-have for multi-PC families
"You need a what? Why do we NEED a home server?" is what my wife asked incredulously when I told her I had to have the EX470 MediaSmart Home Server. If you're like our family, you have more than 2 PCs (we have 6 PCs, 1 media center, 2 XBOXs, and 2 MP3 players) and your music, photos, and multi-media are spread throughout the network. You also have never done a single backup of any of the PCs in your house and you're one hard-drive failure from losing those precious moments.

The HP MediaSmart Home Server, based on Microsoft's Home Server Edition is not your plain-vanilla backup drive. Instead it has some killer features:

- Speedy, intuitive setup in a great looking machine (took me literally 10 minutes to setup)
- Automatic backup with optional folder duplication
- Hot-pluggable storage allows you to expand storage up to 16 terabytes on the fly (we have 1 terabyte)
- Login remotely and upload/download files from anywhere
- Access other computers on your network remotely (like Go-to-My-PC)
- File/media serving and print serving (centralize your media and access it from any device)
- Setup a domain in a few clicks so you can share your folders with friends and family over the web
- Monitor all your PCs for security...you will get alerts if antivirus or the firewall aren't working
- Extensible "Add-ins" allow developers to build and offer (usually freeware) some cool features like remote management, mobile access, and dozens of other custom applications
- You can also sign-up for internet storage and backup your Home Server automatically (for additional safety) to offsite providers for as little as $5/month for unlimited storage

Overall, I consider the Home Server to be a breakthrough in home technology. There's no other backup drive or NAS on the market that offers the breadth of features or extensibility, in a centralized and automated fashion (for those lazy home administrators). I am really happy with this purchase and particularly happy that all of our family pictures are finally safe from hard-drive failure. I heartily recommend the MediaSmart Home Server.



Good but still needs some work
MODERNIZATION: 28 FEBRUARY 2008. IF BEEN BUYING THIS PRODUCT IT IS SURE TO READ the RELATIONSHIPS Of a REASONABLY SERIOUS BUG Of CORRUPTION Of DATA THAT CAN CAUSE the LOSS Of DATA. THIS BUG HAS BEEN MARKED a BRACE the MONTHS AGO And IT IS STILL NOT REPAIRED. Hour I am using this product several months, therefore rewriting my review. THE GOOD ONES: The access at a distance to the lime works very well. I have been able upload and to transfer the job from the system centers them towards the satellites of the lime to/from and while travel. The software is much easy one to install and to use. The section commandos leaves them to control the greater part of all. The photo that ripartiscono the software works large and leaves them to share the galleries of the photo with your family and the friends without must exaust are of of yours 10 assigned identifications of customer. The added one of the more storage is a breeze, you does not have need of a screwdriver. The assistant container seems large, is much small and is much calm one, with much fan noise that the computers to which it is connected. THE EVIL: The support is nonexistent. The E-maihi is not answers to and, after an hour on the telephone, they are said to me to that the support of the telephone had still to be established for this product because is too much new. The software of reservoir is fussy. It only works for the NTFS drives and it will not work if the drives contain any errors. Every little days, "a DRIVE of the alarming system IS COMING TO LACK" the message appears. From the several tribunes, it seems that this is a communal and false land, error. THE INFERIOR LINE: That is one good box it but task still the needs of WHS a little job.


Terrific value
In the riesaminazione of the spec. on this assistant, seems as a price/value large for a domestic system of memorization they centers - fact much good.


Saved my photos
I have been using a beta version of the HP MediaSmart for quite a few months. Two weeks ago I discovered that over a month ago during some quick "I need disk space delete non-essential stuff" exercise, I had accidentally erased a large directory of travel photos from my laptop. And I discovered that I had not first copied them to my usual "Photos" directory on my home server first. I was totally bummed for a few hours until i realized that my laptop has been automatically backed up on the home server for months. I went back to the old backups (they are set to save there for a long time), and was thrilled to find the photos right where they were before i deleted them. What a relief. That alone paid for the product times 10.



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