Following a number of recent murmurs online regarding performance of HP MediaSmart Servers running PowerPack 1 and HP’s latest MediaSmart Server update (v1.3), HP have today published an advisory note guiding users on how to best install Windows Home Server Power Pack 1 in conjunction with HP’s Update (notably the PVConnect and McAfee anti-virus add-ins which are supplied with the update).
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HP Respond to Criticism on MediaSmart Server Performance Issues
Over the past few days a number of articles online highlighted a pretty major performance hit on the HP MediaSmart Server following the installation of the PVConnect and McAfee add-ins included in HP’s latest update. We asked HP what was going on – here’s what they told us…
HP MediaSmart Server Update – PVConnect Doesn’t Play Nicely With SlimServer
If you have Logitech’s Squeezebox audio receivers running on your home network, upgrading to the latest HP MediaSmart Server software, with PVConnect will take them out of action. Have no fear, we’ve got the solution.
Budding Photographers – Learn How to Integrate Windows Home Server Into Your Workflow
Following last month’s webinar I did on Windows Home Server add-ins with HP and Microsoft, two more webinars have been scheduled which focus on using Windows Home Server as a resource in the field of Digital Photography.
Add-In: MSS Fan Control
MSS Fan Control allows the user to easily control the speed of the upper and lower exhaust fans of the MediaSmart Server. It also allows the user to configure the speed and temperature thresholds that determine how the fan speed should increase as the CPU temperature rises.
HP MediaSmart Server Add-ins Webinar – Selling Out Fast
Registration for tomorrow’s HP MediaSmart Server webinar is almost full – if you want to be there, sign up now!
Join Me on June 25th For An Add-Ins Webinar With HP and Microsoft
On June 25th at 10am Pacific (6pm GMT) I’ll be the guest of HP and Microsoft at an online webinar all about extending the HP MediaSmart Server through community add-ins. Would love to see you there!
HP Berlin 2008: Catching Up With Carlos Montalvo on the HP MediaSmart Server
Whilst in Berlin at HP’s “Connecting Your World” event, I got the chance to spend time chatting with HP’s Managed Home VP of Marketing, Carlos Montalvo about what HP had learned about the home server market this year, and hear how he feels the HP MediaSmart Server can evolve in the future.
HP Respond to MediaSmart Update Installation Issues
HP respond to installation issues with their latest update for the HP MediaSmart Server.
HP MediaSmart Server Update Arrives, With New Media Streaming, Anti-Virus Capabilities
HP have released their “April” update for the HP MediaSmart Server to the Web, which brings new, DLNA-complaint media streaming and anti-virus capabilities to the home server, along with a suite of bug-fixes for HP’s own add-ins.
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