HP EX475 MediaSmart Home Server (AMD Live 64 Bit Sempron Processor 1 TB Hard Drive)
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- Brand: Hewlett-Packard
- Part Number: GG796AA#ABA
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58 Reviews
| From: Amazon Posted: Aug 30, 2008 Type: User Review |
Home Server is great addition to multiple PC home
We have 2 laptops, 2 desktops, 2 networked printers, and several other devices on the network. The hassle of my recent hard drive crash brought to light the need for a large data store and automated backup scheme. The HP EX475 I bought from...
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 5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Aug 28, 2008 Type: User Review |
As promised
I'm impressed with this box. It's really two products that should be reviewed: Windows Home Server and the HP Hardware.
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 4.00/5 |
| From: CNET Reviewed by: Petrokelus Posted: Jul 29, 2008 Type: User Review |
"No network printer support"
The strongest feature of this "server" is backups. It can completely backup your entire hard drive. In other words, you don't need your factory recovery CD (Windows only). I haven't seen anything on the market that can do that as easily. The second s
PROS: Easy to use for multimedia and backups
CONS: Only supports USB printers
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 3.50/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Jul 12, 2008 Type: User Review |
Serving up on a platter
I bought this unit the first day it came out. It's small, quiet, easy to set up, easy to update. You need a CatE5 cable to effectively back up data through a gigabit card. If one hopes to do it over a wireless router it will take a long time.
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4.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Jul 11, 2008 Type: User Review |
Backup function is still not reliable Jul 08
I just finished setting this great new little server up for my home network and things were going great. Installation was a snap and easy and as you install software on each new machine on the network it adds them to the automatic backup routine....
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4.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Jul 05, 2008 Type: User Review |
Excellent, exactly what I was looking for!
I was using external hard drives to backup my media files, but juggling 3 or 4 different hard drives at a time became a real hassle. With the media server, I had it connected and working within minutes.
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5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Jul 03, 2008 Type: User Review |
Does everything I want it to do
I was looking for a way to reliably back up several home computers. I don't really need (or want) remote access. I have on my "to do" list consolidating iTunes libraries into one location, but that isn't a priority, so I haven't gotten that done...
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5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Jul 01, 2008 Type: User Review |
Achieves Most of My Objectives
This product achieves most of my objectives for a home server. My priority was to back up all my data from several computers and external drives and to be able to access that data remotely via the internet. The internet server feature was key...
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4.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Jun 27, 2008 Type: User Review |
Time to wait.
HP MediaSmart Server EX475
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 2.00/5 |
| From: CNET Reviewed by: call911matty Posted: Jun 05, 2008 Type: User Review |
"Great Device"
Great server, especially for famili8es with many computers (Windows). Auto backups are flawless and an amazing feature with it. I use it mostly for streaming media (movies) to my xbox360 and my laptop. I have 9 terabytes on it currently and about 3/4
PROS: Great design, smooth operation, total automation
CONS: Should have maybe a few more esata ports and they should integrate a print server in it, because I had to manually make it a print server for my printer.
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5.00/5 |
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