hp mediasmart server ex470 and windows 7

HP MEDIASMART SERVER EX470 AND WINDOWS 7 INSTALL

4x1.5TB drives = 3TB usable space allowing for replication?).Ģ) Can you access content on the device via windows explorer and view as standard network drives?ģ) Any limit on drive size - thinking of installing 1.5TB drives, and will in teh future want to install larger.Ĥ) Anyway of making this device fire / theft proof (e.g.

Also - I assume if this is the case - you effectively need to halve your storage capacity (e.g. say you have 4x500gb hdds installed, and are using half the available space - do your files get replicated so that if one drive fails - your data is recoverable. I have some (perhaps dumb) questions I hope some of you who have this unit can answer:ġ) Will the devide back up content held on the server itself - e.g.

Posted this in another thread - but got lost in the detail!Ĭurrently looking at purchasing the EX470 which seems to have dropped in price to ~ £315 on some sites these days! Looking for a central network storage solution which is future proof in terms of upgradability, and also secure for backing up my home network content, and also replicating whats on the central server.

Hp mediasmart server ex470 and windows 7