HP MediaSmart Server EX485 Now Available to Pre-Order

By on January 11, 2009 in Uncategorized

If you read our review of the HP MediaSmart Server and are thinking about buying one, make sure you get yours first!

The don’t ship until February in the USA, but you can place your pre-order today over at Amazon.com – the 750Gb EX485 is now available to pre-order at the link below for $569.99.

Pre-order: HP EX485 MediaSmart Home Server HP MediaSmart Server EX485 Now Available to Pre Order


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  • Leod

    any news on UK availability??

  • Terry Walsh

    Nada.

  • Leod

    Typical…… :O)

  • Chris

    I’m another UK resident coveting the EX485…does anyone know what issues I’d face if due to my impatience I imported a US version?

  • http://www.homeserver.cz Jedla

    When will HP brings these homeservers to Czech republic?

  • Lee

    @Chris – Probably just the wrong plug and no support if any issues :O) Am assuming the power supply would auto switch between US and UK voltages.

  • http://www.wegotserved.co.uk Terry Walsh

    @Lee – That’s right. The one I have here switches no problem.

    Terry

  • http://www.wegotserved.co.uk Terry Walsh

    @Jedla – The last version did not ship to the Czech Republic. I have word that the EX485 & 487 will definitely come to some European countries – not sure which or what timings.

    The last model shipped to the UK, Spain and Germany, officially.

  • Leod

    Can you get it at a reasonable price if you have imported, considering the £ is worthless at the moment??

  • Leod

    and which US supplier would be a good one to purchase from?

  • Jasok2

    I wish they would sell it in Australia :(

  • romelc

    @Jasok2 -

    NOT e-Sata Multiplier port aware

  • romelc

    Not eSata multiplier port aware

  • Jasok2

    @romelc

    oh thats not to much of a worry. I currently have 4 1TB drives and im running at 62% free.

    by the time i fill it im sure there will be 2tb drives available.

    I live in a unit so always trying to keep noise and footprint to a minimum. so i wouldn’t use an expansion chassy anyway.

  • simon

    @Leod -

    Email reply from HP uk was
    Unfortunately, at this time there are no plans to launch the EX485 and 487 in the UK.

    Think we all need to tell HP we want this unit in the UK.

  • simon

    @Chris -

    From the pictures ive seen the PSU is autosensing 100-240v 50-60 hz, so no issues there.
    Only problems would be if you need warrenty support, and the weak pound, import tax and shipping costs.

    A rough estimate your looking at £550-£599 imported.
    for that price have you checked out the tranquil squash server (SQA-5H)

  • Leod

    Typical coporate response, i.e. it means they don’t have a clue as no one in huge organisations talk to each other. You’d be better contacting HP US to find out UK availability.

  • Ima DingBat

    Last week we got our first HP ex485 WHS unit. We had it on back order for a few months and were very pleased to get one of the first units that our distributor received in stock. Over those same waiting months, we also accumulated four (4) Seagate 7200.11, 1.5 TB hard drives (the ones with the corrected firmware), and wanted to see what that new unit would do with a gross of 6.0 TB of drive storage. We were pleased to see that the OEM hard drive in the new ex485 was, in fact, a Seagate 7200.11 drive (750 GB), so we figured the 1.5 TB drives would work. We were correct in that assumption.

    Initially we replaced only the original OEM drive with a 1.5 TB drive and restored the entire WHS system with the restore CD-ROM that was provided with the ex485 unit. The restore went flawlessly and completely installed all the HP WHS software, just as it had come from the factory. Once we initialized the ex485 and got it functioning correctly (which was a very easy task), we sequentially added each additional hard drive to the array, until all four drive bays were humming along with 1.5 TB of storage in each slot.

    That was a week ago, and the ex485 hasn’t skipped a beat since then. The HP tweaks to the original WHS software suite are also quite nice and very useful. I must honestly say that it will be hard to beat this new ex485 with a home built WHS unit (and I’ve built many of those during the past year). I’m damn impressed with this little shiny black box, and its awesome storage capacity of 6.0 TB. Try one, you’ll love it!

    Best regards to everyone. Ima DingBat