Found the site through Google like so many others. Saw the great help in the troubleshooting section and took a chance at a post. Great site.

I actually found this site from a post on the Apple discussion forums:

http://discussions.apple.com/message.js ... 42#6845642

The original poster was asking if it was possible to stream from the HP MediaSmart Server to AppleTV. One of the replies pointed to a very helpful thread on this forum:

viewtopic.php?t=715

Anyway, this site was instrumental for my decision to get a new EX485. I've successfully installed iTunes on it and it streams to my AppleTV!

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MSS EX485 • MacBook 2.0 • Mac Mini 2.26 • MacBook Air 1.86 • Home-built WinXP P4 2.4 DVR • AppleTV

I was looking at purchasing the MediaSmart Server and found this while researching things. Thanks for all the great work and all the valuable information.

Chuck

Googled
(for remote access problems which is yet to be solved )

I've been planning to buy a NAS or a home server for quite a while but it became urgent in the past few weeks after I got my new Nikon D700 and started shooting thousands of photos in RAW !
After due research, I went for 487X 3TB HPMSS.

Welcome aboard iQi, from a fellow Nikon (D200) shooter with one or two .NEF files to manage as well...I chose the EX 485, populated the center two bays with WD 1TB Green drives, and added a Seagate 1.5 TB in the top bay, which serves as a server backup...for now...then again, my wife and I will be heading up to the Kancamagus Highway in New Hampshire in May to chase a waterfall or two, so my backup drive may well be added to the pool...

But it's a great method for managing your photos, as well as centralizing all those Photoshop resources from Graphic Authority and others, so you can edit from anywhere on your LAN!

Summertime....backyard patio....ice cold adult beverage ( ) beside you, Photoshop / Lightroom on the laptop, and all the stored files and resources just whizzing through the air (maybe the files might even knock down a mosquito or two on the way?...nahhh, too many beverages if that happens!!! )

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"Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans" - John Lennon

Anita and Bob's Website - http://anitabob.com

Not sure where I first found this site, if it was Google or a link from one of the other WHS-oriented sites. I started looking around for info on the WHS after getting one of my regular weekly spam e-mails from HP, one that just happened to feature the MediaSmart Server. Having been using an old P4 2.4ghz running XP2 as a "server" to centrally store my iTunes library, and worrying about my lack of a safe and consistent backup plan for my mountains of family photos, videos, etc., I thought "WHS looks like the answer." So I added a SATA card and a couple TB of new disk to the old Dell, installed WHS, and I've been off to the races.

This site has been absolutely invaluable as I've been researching how to get this thing up and running, what works, what doesn't, which add-ins to use, etc. I've found the media streaming subjects especially helpful, as that's now my next big project - DVD backup/streaming.

Thanks for all the great info.

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MGannon
DIY WHS "NorthStar" - viewtopic.php?f=22&t=6517
Intel E5200 Pentium Dual Core
2 GB RAM
19.25 TB Storage

Hello All,
I came across this site from Google as well.
I had been reading the posts for a couple months while researching the EX485.
I purchased the 485 a couple weeks ago and figured I would register now to start participating in the community.

-Tom

Welcome, Tom, to the World of WHS/MSS! It's good to have you aboard!

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....JBick

EX475, 2 GB, LE-1640
PC1: Vista-->W7 Ultimate/32, (D-Drive RAID-5 Array)
PC2: Lenovo Laptop, Win XP Home SP3
2xLinksys WRT54G v1.1 and 2xNetGear GS105 Gbit switch

I came across the site through Google.
I have good experience in servers such as SUN soliers,HP UNIX and AS 400 , I worked in one of biggest Data Center
in middle east (Aramco company) .

I hope be able to share with every body my experience and take yours.

Thanks .

Raed ..

Like so many others, I found this site using Google while researching mediasmart server.

I have a couple of PC's at home and an iMac so having the MediaSmart server especially with the support for time machine was the final straw in convincing me to get it.

There's a lot of information shared by so many users and will try to contribute what ever I know to the forum. Thanks!

Cris

Hello Raed,
I welcomed you in another post but I wanted to add my welcome here. We are happy you are here and I am sure we will be able to benefit from your general server knowledge in the future. Please do let us know how your new MediaSmart Server (replacement) from HP works out for you. I hope it works well and you enjoy it as well as visiting us on this forum. Glad you are here!

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It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
Aristotle - Greek critic, philosopher, physicist, & zoologist (384 BC - 322 BC)

Thanks to all for sharing. I came upon this site looking at NAS devices on Google. I have not yet taken the plunge but plan on doing so very soon.

George .. thanks for welcoming me again ..this give me motivation ..to write my experience with servers ..
such as controlling temperature,best way to back up and some skills .. etc .. Actually I was preparing a small project that help every body to reduce CPU temperature but I am waiting My machine to apply it and test it then take same photos to post it here ..with all details .

but for now I can't do any thing bez my MMS not with me still with HP support .

I am working now in small project on WD MYBOOK 2TB also in reducing temperature ...
and thank god after all .. It's works very good I reach WD Tem. from 54 to 31 C ...

Also , I hope language differents do not stop me any time when I wan write some deep things.
You now it's not my language (mother tongue)
but I will do my best .. for these forums ...bez I take a lot knowledge from them ...

Thanks ...

Raed ..

Found this site through Google, I've been browsing the internet looking through reviews, ideas, tips to make the best out of my EX485 server. I'm enjoying it to the max!!! I'm mostly enjoying the photo publisher and backups and my hubby streaming music from our laptops, work or PS3. It's perfect

Mimi