Actually, the MSS was designed so it would fit on a rack, up to 3 wide. Welcome to the forums!

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Alex Kuretz
Remote Notification: Monitoring and alerting for your Home Server via email, Twitter, text message, RSS, push notifications, and on your Mac desktop
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I found the site through a google search when looking for help doing a server backup.

Now that I've frequented the board several times, I'm wanting to be able to stream media from my MSS to my TV, and have found loads of info on my options for this.

Originally purchased the MSS as a one stop backup solution for multiple PC's, but now I"d like to expand out a little more on it's capabilities and this forum is a great place for that it seems.

Welcome to the world of MSS/WHS, Phil! 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 found the site on Google when looking for hints about using Network Magic from Cisco.

Interesting way to get here, Daniel! But you ARE here, so welcome to the world of MSS/WHS! 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 found this site through Google searches while searching on WHS, MSS and for add-ins in general. In many of my searches this site popped to the top of the search results. After visiting and finding lots of goodies...knowledgeable people, awesome forums, excellent add-ins, I decided that this site was a keeper.

Thank you for taking the time to maintain this site Alex and Co. You've done a great job!

Danke,
Matt

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Matt Sawyer
Owner, Dojo North Software, LLC

HP EX490, 4GB, E5300, 15TB - Server 2012 - Sharing and Streaming
HP EX487, 4GB, E5300, 13TB - Server 2012 Essentials - Backups

Glad to have you on board

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Cheers,
Damian

DIY WHS - 12.5TB and growing, too many gadgets to list

Did you read the MediaSmartServer blog today?
Blog - http://www.adigitalhomeblog.com
"Like a midget at a urinal, stay on your toes!" - Lieutenant Frank Drebin

I'm a network tech by trade... ran into my 485 in a best buy for $400 figured it would be a fun toy to play with. Mainly I think I tried something others haven't yet and I want to share.

Welcome, jared thomson, to the world of MSS/WHS Good to have you aboard and we look forward to seeing what you are up to!

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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

Hi! Found the site like most folks, searching for specific information on the HP MediaSmart via Google.

I had no plans to even purchase the server until I saw refurbished units on NewEgg the other day for $289.99! Now I have 2 HP MV NAS devices and my EX485.

Happy to see this site is so active and everyone seems so friendly! First thread I looked at was the "Show off your MediaSmart Server" thread. Love it. Wow! I thought I was a geek.

Welcome t o the forum Don't hesitate to ask questions or provide any insight you may have. I have talked the guys before about being too friendly, I will discuss with them again!!!

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Cheers,
Damian

DIY WHS - 12.5TB and growing, too many gadgets to list

Did you read the MediaSmartServer blog today?
Blog - http://www.adigitalhomeblog.com
"Like a midget at a urinal, stay on your toes!" - Lieutenant Frank Drebin

Hi,

I am an MS-MVP for Media Center and I'm looking into putting in a Home Server both for centralization, convenience, and just general tinkering around.

I found the site searching for some general info on HP MediaSmart servers while I decide on buying a prebuilt or build one.

James

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James Wolf

Hi James,

Welcome aboard. I hope you take the opportunity to share any experiences or insight you have with Media Center. Definitely check out the DIY section of the forum to see what some members are building, as well as the Media Streaming section.

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Cheers,
Damian

DIY WHS - 12.5TB and growing, too many gadgets to list

Did you read the MediaSmartServer blog today?
Blog - http://www.adigitalhomeblog.com
"Like a midget at a urinal, stay on your toes!" - Lieutenant Frank Drebin

Welcome, James, nice to have other MVP's visiting! Perhaps we'll run into each other at the Summit next week if you're attending.

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Alex Kuretz
Remote Notification: Monitoring and alerting for your Home Server via email, Twitter, text message, RSS, push notifications, and on your Mac desktop
Have you tried our Add-Ins? If so, be sure to Rate them at WeGotServed.

Hi Guys,

I found the forum by googling 'ex 490 recovery' Which led me here: http://www.mediasmartserver.net/wiki/in ... _and_EX495

Found the forum most helpful thus far and contributing where I can.

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All the best,
Dave

EX490 4TB, PCH A-200, Windows 7 Pro Desktop, Windows XP Pro Laptop, Windows XP Pro Netbook,