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| HP EX470 MediaSmart Home Server (AMD Live, Windows Home Server, 500 GB Hard Drive) | 
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| Brand: Hewlett-Packard
Category: Personal Computer
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Avg. Customer Rating:  72 reviews
Sales Rank: 43
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Hard Drive Size: 500
Shipping Weight (lbs): 19
Dimensions (in): 9.7 x 9.2 x 5.5
MPN: GG795AA
Model: EX470
UPC: 883585222636
EAN: 0883585222636
ASIN: B000UY1WSK
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Customer Reviews:
 POS September 6, 2008
0 out of 8 found this review helpful
This is the worst piece of computer hardware I've ever purchased. First of all, it's incredibly slow. Backups, net access, it's all incredibly slow. 20 hours to back up 20 megs, on a gigabyte network? That's just weak.
I thought this would be a good way to share some files with friends, but they have all given up, waiting 10 minutes for a single page to load.
Even at $10 this piece of caca is overpriced.
Don't buy it.
Very good but needs more RAM August 31, 2008
Shipping this product with 512Mb of RAM is just plain silly.
I immediately upgraded the RAM to 2Gb and found a massive improvement in speed!
But in doing so, I ended up stripping 2 screws and the cover doesn't close very well.
But I don't care since I have tucked it away in a corner and it's out of sight.
But HP should sell this with at least 1 Gb if not 2 Gb.
 Works OK, but should be better August 21, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I've had the MediaSmart for about a month. Great looking product, and setup was easy. Initially, my router kept crashing after I'd installed the HP. I've since installed a gigabit switch between the HP and the router. Now the switch crashes but at least the rest of the network stays up. My biggest complaint is that the disk frequently seems to spin for hours & hours on end, even when there is seemingly no activity on the box. When the HP is going through these long periods of read/writes, access to the server can be very slow. I have turned off all of the services that I can, using it only as a passive file server, but it still seems to be working very hard. One of the reasons I turned off the services was that none of them seemed to work perfectly. Automatic backup ran the best; remote access was VERY slow; and I was never able to get auto-synching for iTunes to work at all predictably (it didn't run, then it ran once, then it never ran again).
I am an "intermediate" computer user - I can set up systems, but struggle to troubleshoot problems once they get past the rudimentary fixes. I also just don't have the hours and hours needed to find and fix every computer problem that comes up.
There is a nice interface to the OS, but it seems to be mainly geared towards setup rather than troubleshooting. In general, the HP seems to run OK (ie, it runs), but not quite well enough for me to relax and stop worrying about it. If you're a computer expert and love tinkering, I bet you can get the server humming, but if you're looking for a turnkey solution, I'd recommend waiting a bit.
Nice, but not well integrated with other HP products August 15, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
I've had the EX470 for over six months now, and can't say I would recommend it. After about six hours n the phone with (a very helpful and friendly) tech support, we finally got it working with my two 32 bit systems. I had to wait until a month ago to get it to talk to my two 64 bit computers (again, after a lot of help from tech support). It worked fine for a few weeks, then quit talking to one of my HP 64 bit computers. I can log on to the console, but it will not back up. The remote access function was nice (while it worked), but it seems like everytime MS or HP push a patch, things break, and I'm running out of time and patience fixing them. Since I can get that same remote access functionality with Live Mesh (which has worked great since day one), I don't need the EX470. If HP doesn't start doing a better job of integrating their products (I own a TouchSmart, DV9600 laptop, and older desktop), I'm looking elsewhere for my next addition (a Media Center replacement for my Replay TVs).
Great home file server August 11, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I purchased the EX470 to help contain the file sprawl between the 4 pcs (2 desktops/2 laptops) in my home and it has worked wonderfully. I also like the automated backup feature. Coupled with Windows FolderShare I use the media server as the main repository for files that I also need offline copies of on the laptops. I have reduced my overall disk utilization by being able to get rid of duplicates.
The remote file share over the internet has been great for accessing files while at work, or sharing files with folks outside my home.
I highly recommend this server.
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