MediaSmart Home - HP MediaSmart Server

The HP MediaSmart Server and Apple's Mac OS X

HP — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:33:38 GMT

While the HP MediaSmart Server is largely targeted to households with operating systems running Microsoft Windows, Mac users can still take advantage of many of the important features of the server. Introduction The HP MediaSmart Server is geared towards home users that need to manage, store, share, and protect an ever-increasing amount of digital content. Precious and often irreplaceable photos, music, videos, and other valuable documents are often scattered on various computers around the house or on remote web pages somewhere on the Internet. Plus, a growing number of households are using their computers to manage their finances, and keep valuable “life” documents such as wills, home inventories, and medical records. The desire to easily share your digital entertainment media and protect valuable documents demands a centralized repository that promotes sharing while providing protection from data loss. The HP MediaSmart Server is an excellent solution for the dilemma of managing a home’s digital resources. It seamlessly supports up to ten PCs over the household network, providing file sharing services, supporting web-based photo sharing, automatically backing up the PCs and as a center for digital entertainment (e.g., streaming media). Importantly, it also supports remote access to files and PCs from anywhere...

questions

dukegirl — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:32:40 GMT

so once you have your sever and put all your itunes on it can i delete them off my computer?

Image/Restore Boot Drive

Sunnyvali — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:00:10 GMT

Hi! Just got my EX470 and have been thinking of what if the pre-installed O/S 500GB drive fails? What can I do to ensure I can quickly recover. Is there a recommended way to image the O/S drive by Norton Image, etc. and keep it off-line? Then, if the system drive is currupt/inaccessible, etc. I can just pop a new 500GB drive and restore the image to it? I do have 2 1.5TB and 1 1TB drives that I plan to install on Friday. Thanks!

Using a domain name outside of TZO.com

RussM90210 — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 18:50:45 GMT

I have a custom domain name parked at GoDaddy.com. I want to use this domain name that I already have paid for as a means to remotely access my Mediasmart Server. My current free one year domain name is expiring at TZO.com. I don't want to renew that domain name but it appears that the Mediasmart server only works with TZO supplied domains. How do I get my HP Mediasmart Server to stop pointing to TZO.com and point to my new domain name that is not part of the TZO system?

Cannot get Computer Restore to Work

theronks — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 01:12:07 GMT

I notice several people on this forum have had great luck getting the Computer Restore function to work. I have had no luck. I have downloaded the latest Restore CD, to no avail. The restore wizard takes me through all the steps with no problems, but then when it comes to "finding my server" it is never successful. I have tried both the automatic search function as well as the manual. The manual search gives me a "network error" prompt, which is strange because my server is wired to the router as is my computer. Any ideas? Thanks.

Not a Good Thanksgiving!

Photo Webshare — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 00:09:39 GMT

New connection software was automatically downloaded and installed on the 27th. This was supposedly a Microsoft realease. My WHS has been running flawlessly for quite some time, but since this install my Port forwarding keeps failing and therefore I lose remote access capability. Also I have been looseing Internet connectivity, and have had to reboot my modem and router on several occaisions. I wonder if anyone else has experienced problems since this release. I guess if it continues I will attemt yo correct it by going back to the previous connect software. Marv

New Seagate 1.5TB drives - Problems?

WindyCityCouple — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 13:58:04 GMT

I just bought 4 Seagate 1.5TB drives for my MediaSmart server. I have seen some complaints online stating that their compoters didn't recognize the full 1.5TB (1.3TB). Is anyone using these drives who can confirm they are getting access to the full capacity?

Memory Upgrade Manufacturer

philsie — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 22:08:24 GMT

Since I only want to do this task once, what is the group's preference or reccomendation for the mfg. for a 2G upgrade for MediaSmart EX470? Patriot, Crucial, G.skill, Kingston, etc.