Website engadget has their 2008 Engadget Awards" open for your participation. Under the "Storage Device or Technology of the Year" category (near the bottom of the page) we will be voting for the HP MediaSmart Server ex487 which we absolutely love. So cast your vote and lets get the ex487 winning this category, but hurry […]
If you own one of the new ex485 or ex 487 MediaSmart Servers then HP has just published a PDF version of the user guide which covers both models. The 245 page guide covers the basics from getting started and getting to know your server as well as taking you through the various features of […]
Have you ever wondered why Windows Home Server does not have built in support for hosting your own email on it? Then you need wonder no longer. Microsoft’s Brendan Grant explains the 2 primary reasons in a recent blog post on his site "Brendan on Windows Home Server", which you can read here.
IT Manager Jim Collison of the website "PC Stuff for the Average Guy! (or Gal!)" has just posted a review of Avast! 4.8 for Windows Home Server. Jim looks at the various purchase options for this antivirus solution for the Windows Home Server, and takes us through the installation and the features of the software […]
JusTech’n.com has just awarded the HP EX487 MediaSmart Server a Editor’s Choice award. The resource for PC hardware reviews and news has a full featured review which looks at the features, design as well as the performance of the unit from HP. Read it here.
Tom’s Hardware has a comprehensive look at hacking the HP EX470 and EX475 MediaSmart Servers. As well as comparing the EX47* and EX48* generations, the 12 page guide details replacing the memory to a 2GB module, adding Arctic Silver thermal compound to improve heat transfer from the Northbridge and also installing a replacement CPU in […]
There is another blog in hyperspace dedicated to Windows Home Server and this one is from the Dominican Republic. So if you speak Spanish, then WHS.rd is where you can find the latest WHS news.
Samsung has launched the EcoGreen F2EG hard disks which deliver upto a massive 1.5TB of capacity on 3 x 500GB platters. The blurb states: “Lower platter count means less power to start the motor, less power to continuously spin the motor and a lighter head-stack which takes less power to seek,” said Andy Higginbotham, director […]
Epson Japan has a new Windows Home Server. The SV120h comes with either a 2GHz Celeron 575 or a 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo P8600 with a 160GB to 1TB (2x500GB) hard drive. Powered by the Intel GM45 Express chipset, the SV120h has 1GB of RAM (expandable up to 4GB) and comes with multi DVD. […]
Website PCStats takes a look at the ICYDock MB674SPF-B, which is a serial ATA hard drive backplane module fitting four hard drives into a case with at least three open 5.25" drive bays. The 3 page review can be found here.
