HP MediaSmart Server EX470

usability

67% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

usability, price, design, size

81% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Generous drive expandability. Fast performance on Gigabit networks. A compatible media-oriented companion product line on the way from HP.

Wired Ethernet connectivity only. No print server. Drives are not hot-swappable.

Another thing to consider is that even though the MediaSmart is headless, it's still built as a super-mini-tower. It's not well designed for slipping into an entertainment center, for example. And even if your entertainment center can hold it, you've...

Generous drive expandability. Fast performance on Gigabit networks. A compatible media-oriented companion product line on the way from HP

Wired Ethernet connectivity only. No print server. Drives are not hot-swappable

The HP MediaSmart Server is a well-executed example of what a Microsoft Windows Home Server can be. All of WHS's backup and management features are leveraged, and HP has added media-serving smarts of its own in the form of an iTunes server.

It's early days yet for WHS, and it'll be interesting to see what HP's rivals can come up with. But as a first version the HP MediaSmart Server EX470 is extremely promising. It's a good match for a PC-using household, and delivers handsomely on its...

Comparing refurb to new prices, it costs about $220 to move up from an EX470 to an EX485 and $290 to move up from an EX475 to an EX487. What I aim to describe in this review is how you can add 750 GB of storage, a more powerful CPU, and upgrade the...

It's early days yet for WHS, and it'll be interesting to see what HP's rivals can come up with. But as a first version the HP MediaSmart Server EX470 is extremely promising. It's a good match for a PC-using household, and delivers handsomely on its...

Su impecable construcción en un tamaño muy reducido

El sistema de extracción de las unidades desde el frontal

Understøtter gigabit-netværk; Kan udbygges med flere harddiske; Nem at betjene; Masser af muligheder for at dele filer

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EX470 har plads til fire SATA-harddiske og leveres med en på 500 GB. Den understøtter gigabit-netværk, har fire USB-porte og en enkelt eSata-port, så man også kan tilslutte masser af ekstern lagerplads (vær opmærksom på at den automatisk sletter...