Comments on: HP MediaSmart Server EX475 – Hands On Review

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By: Tom in Canada

Tom in Canada — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 09:30:07 +0000

@Pascal - click on file one; press shift, hold and click on last file (all files should be selected); release shift and drag all files to desired directory on server.

By: Terry Walsh

Terry Walsh — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 13:11:22 +0000

@Simon Bell - Please do not request links to copyrighted software here at WGS. Thanks.

By: Simon Bell

Simon Bell — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 10:04:06 +0000

Not according to the HP help desk. I’ve also spent ages searching online, with no success. Could you possibly post a link to the software?

Thanks

By: kaylix

kaylix — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:03:17 +0000

@Simon Bell - Why do you need the cd's? All the software that comes with the system is downloadable.

By: Simon Bell

Simon Bell — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:33:28 +0000

I have just bought an ex-display EX470 server which came without any of the installation disks. HP have agreed to send me copies of the missing disks, however, it will take approximateley 3 weeks. Do you know how or where I could get copies a bit more quickly than that?

Great discussion page by the way.

Thanks!

PS I live in London NW2 if anyone would care to let me make copies of their disks.

By: Terry Walsh

Terry Walsh — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 07:12:09 +0000

@Scott – No they haven’t. This is a standard security feature. Simply right click on the app’s desktop icon and select Properties, then Unblock. You can then install the software.

Terry

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 04:09:33 +0000

There is one major item that was missed in the review. HP has disabled the administrator rights that permit the user to install software and add-ins. So, it is not possible to install software like play-on to spool Netflix instant play videos or third-party add-ins. It is like buying a PC where you cannot install programs, expect those offered by the hardware vendor. This is VERY limiting. What is worse, there is no notice to the consumer about this important limitation. I spent over a day copying and configuring the server, then found I could not add my other software. I ended up returning the server and now have WHS on an old e-machine running the Microsoft version that provides full administrator rights.

By: Lief

Lief — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 23:20:06 +0000

@mike - I had the same thing. Make sure you have netbios over tcp/ip selected and also put the ip of the HP server in the hosts file ... I know that should not be necessary but it makes it work.

By: Tim Wallis

Tim Wallis — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:14:14 +0000

Just spent a good few hours playing around with my new EX475 setup and home environment, reading reviews like this and downloading drivers and stuff.

There are some very intersting comments in this review concerning the security of the environment and whether or not RAID would have been a useful addition.

I can understand why a RAID system would or could cause problems when you come to add additional drives or if you start to have different drives sizes, etc. At the moment 500Gb drives would be common, but in 12months I suspect more 1Tb drives to be in use and how would you go about migrating from one to the other in a RAID configuration.

The idea of keeping FREE space to ensure that a drive failure can be managed certainly counters any ideas about cost savings as you end up having to buy the extra disk space any way. The option is does give you though is not to have a belt and braces approach for the backup data from your machines.

In some ways, it seems a better idea to distribute your data around your home network and then use the LIBRARY functionality of the apps to pull it all together to get a single view. You may still have some failures, but your eggs won’t all be in one basket and then you can use the WHS backup/restore functions to get the failed machine back online.

What I would like to see though is a way of ensuring the SYSTEM partition is protected. In the earlier comments there is references to this being possible with Power Pack 1, but I haven’t seen anything anywhere about how this is actually done. Is it an option that magically appears if a USB device is added? Does anyone have details?

Last comment concerns the client end software. I have Microsoft OneCare installed in my environment and it would be great if this was also available on the WHS. My concern now is the number of SYSTOOL icons I have to keep an eye on. I now have WHS, OneCare and HP Updates.

P.S.
Thanks for a great initial review and all the subsequent comments.