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Well it's a Server in name, and I was looking for a Server, which isn't an option above really... What with the corruption bug. And it not supporting ICS I use mine mostly at the moment as a dust collector. It runs a backup every night but mostly I wanted a file Server and the ability to run some server class applications.
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Just thought it funny (not ha ha funny; ironic funny).
What is the primary way you use your MediaSmart server?
- To share files, photos, music, video media throughout the home.
- To access files remotely.
- To stream photos, music and videos to PCs, TVs and stereos in my home.
- For automatic backup of my household PCs and laptops.
- Share photos with remote friends and family.
Well, I guess I'd have to answer the fourth one - backups. (God, I hope it's really backing up OK)
I don't want to share anything throughout the home for fear of corrupting my files.
My office (the only place I'd really use remote access) blocks that kind of access.
I don't stream anything either (see #1).
Photo sharing is kinda awkward - the MSS / MS home page and signon process is just a mess.
So, overall, without the bug getting fixed and some fixes for web signon and other things, I have a very expensive backup system.
EX475
May 27, 2008 2:39 PM
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May 27, 2008 4:36 PM
Mine is to run backups and control home automation through mControl software and a Photowebshare album. That's it!
I use my MCE2005 box for all media, including 2 v1 extenders for watching TV in other rooms, etc...
p.s., read up on what the "corruption bug" actually is and does.
June 2, 2008 12:33 AM
My primary use is for stremaing movies to my appletvs and my xbox 360.
Closely behind, I use my MSS as a central place for ALL my documents. I know theres a bug out there, but I modify directly on the MSS with Excel, iTUnes, Word, database programs, etc.
Just to be safe though, I do a backup every week and have up to 20 versions of all my files that are kept for about a year....just in case
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June 2, 2008 7:46 AM
In priority order:
- Backups.
- Remote COMPUTER access. (When traveling I use my wife's laptop to access my own machine at home rather than using web-mail or trying to sync two mail applications.)
- Share and stream files at home, primarily pictures and music. I have limited this use at the moment to avoid the Data Corruption Bug (DCB).
- Share photos with remote friends and family. (This is limited for now due to the current idiosyncracies of the Photo WebShare application.
- Use as a more general server, probably replacing Photo WebShare with WHIIST or the like.
...JohnBick
MSS: HP EX475 + two 1TB WD (3TB total), 2 GB mmry, LE-1640, APC UPS, PP1
PC1: Vista/32 Ultimate SP1 w/150 GB Raptor RAID-2 (C) & 320x4 GB RAID-5 data (D)
PC2: Laptop, Win XP Home SP3
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