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Manufacturer Limited Warranty period (parts): 1 year
Manufacturer Limited Warranty period (labor): 1 year
HP takes aim at the top of the home server market and hits it spot on with the MediaSmart series. This compact box is more than a drive controller and some connectors. It is powered by an extremely energy efficient Intel Celeron 2.0GHz 64-bit processor with 2GB of DDR2 memory. Windows Home Server operating system helps you easily store, access, share and protecting your digital files.
The EX487 features 4 hard driver bays for easy expandability. It already includes 2 large 750GB SATA drives (total 1.5TB) for great storage, and you can add additional hard drives without tools. If that isn't enough, there are 4 external USB 2.0 ports for external storage devices, printers and wireless networking. Or, if you want to go wired, there's a Gigabit Ethernet port. An e-SATA port is provided for high-speed external drives. This gives you redundancy or the ability to attach networked devices.
Automatically manage files, back up multiple computers and delivers security protection. You can even set up a personal web address to be used for remote access and by visitors. Enjoy the functionality home server system with HP MediaSmart EX487!
Pros: Very fast Moving files ony uor network. Twonky media server built in and ready to go. Remote Access with tzo.com lets you stream your personal music or picture collection on any pc anywhere in the world from your home to you. lets you remote access any of your computers in your lan. will backup all your pc's iny our lan as scheduled great if you have computers running raid 0 and one drive goes bad, will restore your image ala ghost image. can add more hard drives on the fly with diffrent options for using them, has usb and a esata port for additional hard drives or 2 extra bays internally.
Cons: price too much compared to ex485 your basically paying about 150.00 more for an additional 750 gb.
Other Thoughts: nice little surprise its very very small unit. i bought this basically for the media streaming to my tv's but it has a alot of other optionsas well.
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Excellent Backup Server
Reviewed By: on 3/3/2009
Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
Pros: This is a very slick server and extremely easy to setup. The backup feature alone is worth the price. I'm using this as a backup server for small businesses. This will save all sorts of time when a workstation fails with its barebones recovery.
Cons: I wish it had built in capability to backup to removable storage for offsite backup recovery.
Other Thoughts: HP has put together a real solid unit.
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Pros: Super easy setup, automatic backups are super easy to setup and operate flawlessly with all pc's on my network. Free DNS hosting through my live ID was an added bonus. Remote streaming is a plus if you have a super restrictive firewall at work like myself.
Cons: None yet. The only slight annoyance to me is the limits Microsoft tries to place on you as an administrator logging in through RDC, like I said though, a minor annoyance and easily circumvented/ignored.
Other Thoughts: Adding drives was a snap, I added two more 750 Gig seagate drives and it was a no-brainer. My computers automatically wake up if necessary and back themselves up, then go right back to sleep again. The latest Power Pack from Microsoft adds some great features for MCE, Windows 7 and Netbooks, it's a must get if you're a techy. All in all, I'd recommend this home server to any of my friends.
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NOT REALLY FOR MACs
Reviewed By: nvr_agn on 10/21/2009
Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: less than 1 day
Pros: I wish I knew.
Cons: Although the specs say this is mac compatible, YOU NEED A PC TO SET IT UP. I'm sorry, but this is just plain idiotic. How hard would that be to program the Mac software to set it up? Do I need to have a PC to maintain it? It doesn't discuss this anywhere in the instructions or in the support guide. I didn't even find it online. I guess they are just embarrassed.
Other Thoughts: By the way, the US customer service number in the support guide is not a valid number.
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Love It
Reviewed By: Joe on 10/17/2009
Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: Everything works well and does what I wanted it to do. Set-up is easy. My primary reason for first looking at this was to guarantee regular backups of my main PC -- then I discovered what I could be doing with the media content on my home net and in particular enjoy streaming video to my HD TV thru my PS3! This was part of an overall upgrade of my home network -- I added a DAP 1522 Access Point and a DAP 1522 Bridge to get a high speed connection from my EX487 to my PS3 & Samsung which is also working well.
Cons: I only wish I had gotten this sooner.
Other Thoughts: When I got the EX487 I got an extra 750GB drive -- I had some issues with the 3rd drive -- HP tech support was very helpful in walking me through several ways to test my 3rd drive installation and we were able to verify that the 3rd drive was bad. When I contacted New Egg's support they were extremely helpful and I had a new 3rd drive in about a week's time and it works great.
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Main
Brand
HP
Series
MediaSmart
Model
EX487
Type
Tower
Processor
CPU Type
Intel Celeron 2.0 Ghz
Memory
Installed Memory Size
2GB
Memory Type
DDR2
Storage
Hard Drive (Installed)
1.5 TB (2 x 750GB)
HDD Interface
SATA
Networking
LAN Ports
1x Ports
Features
Features
Powered by Microsoft Windows Home Server software Network-based backup of Macs using Apple’s Time Machine Photo and video sharing with friends and family Remote access to digital media and files on a variety of devices Media streaming to PCs, the entertainment center and remote devices Automatic digital content organization across all PCs
Manufacturer Warranty
Parts
1 year limited
Labor
1 year limited
Introduction
HP takes aim at the top of the home server market and hits it spot on with the MediaSmart series. This compact box is more than a drive controller and some connectors. It is powered by an extremely energy efficient Intel Celeron 2.0GHz 64-bit processor with 2GB of DDR2 memory. Windows Home Server operating system helps you easily store, access, share and protecting your digital files.
The EX487 features 4 hard driver bays for easy expandability. It already includes 2 large 750GB SATA drives (total 1.5TB) for great storage, and you can add additional hard drives without tools. If that isn't enough, there are 4 external USB 2.0 ports for external storage devices, printers and wireless networking. Or, if you want to go wired, there's a Gigabit Ethernet port. An e-SATA port is provided for high-speed external drives. This gives you redundancy or the ability to attach networked devices.
Automatically manage files, back up multiple computers and delivers security protection. You can even set up a personal web address to be used for remote access and by visitors. Enjoy the functionality home server system with HP MediaSmart EX487!
Highlights
High-performance Home Server/NAS Platform The HP MediaSmart EX487 provides a versatile platform for building a home server and Network Attached Storage (NAS) with the combination of a powerful Celeron 2.0GHz 64-bit processor, 2GB of DDR2 memory and wide OS support for Windows Home Server, Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista, Linux and Mac OS X.
SATA Hard Drive Support The HP MediaSmart EX487 features two large 750GB hard drives, and supports installation of up to 4 HDDs for storage expansion.
eSATA and USB 2.0 Connectivity The HP MediaSmart EX487 features an eSATA port and four USB 2.0 ports so you can add external hard drives, USB drives, printers and wireless adapters for storage and functionality expansion.
Gigabit Network Connection The HP MediaSmart EX487 features a Gigabit Ethernet port for up to 10X the speed of most 100M network connections and excellent usability for home networks.
Reviewed By: Cachimba on 3/1/2009
Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
