HP EX490 1TB Mediasmart Home Server
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 | Title :HP EX490 1TB Mediasmart Home Server (Black) Product Group : Personal Computer Type : Personal Computers Brand : Hewlett-Packard Model : EX490 Price : Too low to display  |
Product Description
The HP EX490 Media Smart Server is the all-in-one solution to manage your media: a home server that can automatically backup and protect your digital memories, centralize your media and content for sharing with family and friends, and enable you to enjoy your digital media while at home or away. Network-based backup of PCs using Windows Home Server as well as Macs using Apple’s Time Machine. Media streaming of photos, music and videos to PCs, the entertainment center and remote devices including the iPhone. What's in the box: HP EX495 (1TB plus 3 unused expansion bays) MediaSmart Server, Power cord, Ethernet cable, Software installation disc , PC restore disc, Server recovery disc and Setup Poster and HP support guides. One year limited warranty and our dedicated software technical support available from date of purchase both online and by phone.Product Details
| Binding | Personal Computers |
| Brand | Hewlett-Packard |
| CPUManufacturer | Intel |
| CPUSpeed | 2.2 |
| DataLinkProtocol | Ethernet |
| Feature | 1.0 TB SATA 7200 RPM hard drive; No tools required to add 3 additional hard drives with the 3 open expansion bays |
| Intel Celeron Processor 2.2 GHZ 64-bit; 2GB of DDR2 DRAM | |
| Connects easily to the home network through a built-in Ethernet port. 10/100/1000 (Gigabit) RJ45 Ethernet | |
| Powered by Microsoft Windows Home Server software | |
| 4 USB 2.0 ports (1 front, 3 back); 1 eSATA port (back) | |
| Supports both wired and wireless PCs via a wireless router | |
| FormFactor | Micro tower |
| HardwarePlatform | PC |
| Label | Hewlett Packard |
| Manufacturer | Hewlett Packard |
| Model | EX490 |
| ModemDescription | None |
| MPN | FL704AA#ABA |
| OperatingSystem | Microsoft Windows Home Server |
| PackageQuantity | 1 |
| ProcessorCount | 1 |
| Publisher | Hewlett Packard |
| RemovableStorage | None |
| Studio | Hewlett Packard |
| Warranty | 1 year warranty |
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Nathan West
Was really excited about this product so I could centralize all my media. Used with a Dual-Core MAC Pro tower and wired ethernet through a router. Supplied user interface was extremely sluggish and locked up 50% of the time. PC interface wasn’t much better. Wasn’t able to stream video files to Apple Tv either. I’m not a tech head but do know enough to work through most problems. This proved beyond my abilities.
Rating: 2 / 5
Anthony C. Toppins
I purchased the EX495 the day it showed up on Amazon. I am an early adopter by habit. I was mainly interested in network Time Machine backups of my numerous Macs and also backups of my windows machines. I also wanted to utilize the Media Collector which is advertised to work with Macs and Windows machines to watch for new photos, videos, music files and copy them to the server. This works for the windows machines but so far is not working for my Macs. They are running Snow Leopard and I have tried all of the settings trying to get it to work. I have an open trouble ticket with HP but so far no solution. Curious if anyone else has experienced this issue?
Rating: 3 / 5
Biff Bechenschnifter
I’ve been running the server for about 6 months now, and have had no problems with the basic functions. Backups run like clockwork, and the server functions are painless.
On the other hand, I’ve found the “media collector” software to be a huge pain in the butt. My network includes a 1-year old HP laptop and a 2-month old HP desktop. With everything relatively current, and everything made my HP, you’d think the whole thing would run with no headaches. Despite several calls to HP, though (HP support, by the way, is top notch and always available), the thing still gives me “media collection issues.” If you check the forums, you’ll see that HP included bad scripts originally, but they’ve pushed several patches, and those don’t seem to help. I tried turning the “media collector” options off, but doing that appears to also turn off the iTunes server (which also has issues).
Anyway, 5 stars for the server and the Windows software, 1 star for the HP media collector features.
Rating: 3 / 5
Otto Brill
This little box rocks!! You got to spend some time looking into this marvel’s specs. Trust me, it is worth the time!!! Close your eyes and buy it!
Rating: 5 / 5
T. Zarick
Upgraded from the EX470 primarily for the faster CPU. Been playing around with it for 2 days now. Their is a noticeable performance increase, I’m happy to say. Would recommend it…
Rating: 5 / 5