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Has anyone tried the HP EX485/487 WHS Servers?

zerogear

zerogear

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What are some of the additional features that are worth the the extra money? I remember reading about some HP Add-ins, what exactly are they?

vs Regular home built WHS (Mainly Windows environment) would I see any difference?
 
HP EX485/487 is for a while, there is current software update that you can read about here.

http://homeservershow.com/hp-m...e-software-update.html

In principle some of the things that the software does you might not need, others can be done in similar ways with Freewares.

So study the features and decide according to your needs.

As far as hardware goes it is the same story like buliding vs. Buying any thing else in computers.

I.e. There is No new technology that can Not be self built in the HP devices (it is Not a latop or a netbook).

There is a rumored New HP WHS that suppose to be out sometime in the near future.

http://www.mediasmartserver.ne...195-mediasmart-server/

Personally I am running few WHS' and I built few for family and friends. I did not find a reason to Buy the HP units.

They look cool but AFAIC looks does not matter since they run Headless and stored out of the way.

Some of my Built are based on Intel ATOM to save Energy, http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813121360

Or when Energy is Not of utmost importance I get second Hand Dell small form computers and upgrade them to work as WHS.

Example, http://www.used-pcs.com/produc...gory=8&idproduct=31961
 
Originally posted by: zerogear
Hmm, Jack does WHS work ok over wifi g network?
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Not sure what's your exact question, but do note that you cannot directly hook WHS to a wireless connection. It needs a wired connection (which could be to a wireless router).

Wireless client PCs should be able to work across a wireless network. You can make backups but you can't do a RESTORE across wireless. Which isn't a big deal.
 
Well, I'm thinking of more WHS over wired to a wifi router and WDS over another wifi router which is connected to another pc.
 
Yeah this is OK, as long as the WHS computer is plugged with a wire to the Router.

The Backup and Restore would probably be troublesome over Wireless.

 
I was in the same dilemma as the OP.

http://forums.anandtech.com/me...=2295481&enterthread=y

I mainly wanted the HP for the great looking and SFF case. From what I read on the HP software add-ons, while somewhat useful, weren't really game breakers. You can get most, if not all, of the functionality via add ons. One cool thing about the HP software coming out tho is iPhone streaming capability, which is actually pretty hot.

The big turn off for me was having to install client software on each PC on the network. In the end I just built my WHS from scratch.

That case is so damn good looking tho.
 
I built mine from scratch using and old NZXT Rogue I had laying around. 780G motherboard, AMD Sparta CPU, 1GB RAM left from a Dell upgrade, OCZ 500W PSU(yeah overkill but $25) and a couple 1.5TB HD's. Set-up is dead simple. once the initial set-up is done you can stick the thing in the closet and never look at it again. The console client software allows you to manage all aspects of it. There is even an add-in that will essentially give you a remote PC connection to it to even have more control over it. I have been very happy with, even my wife is happy with it and that is saying something.
 
Originally posted by: boomhower
I built mine from scratch using and old NZXT Rogue I had laying around. 780G motherboard, AMD Sparta CPU, 1GB RAM left from a Dell upgrade, OCZ 500W PSU(yeah overkill but $25) and a couple 1.5TB HD's. Set-up is dead simple. once the initial set-up is done you can stick the thing in the closet and never look at it again. The console client software allows you to manage all aspects of it. There is even an add-in that will essentially give you a remote PC connection to it to even have more control over it. I have been very happy with, even my wife is happy with it and that is saying something.
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:thumbsup:

I also run UltraVNC as a service on WHS an thus can have full access to it as a computer if needed.
 
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