HP Media Vault Pro mv5140 - Network drive - 1 TB - HD 500 GB x 2 - RAID 1 - Gigabit Ethernet
From Hewlett Packard
As you accumulate increasing amounts of digital content, keeping everything protected becomes a daunting task. The HP Media Vault Pro takes the worry out of data protection for PCs by setting up automatic backup for your important media and files.Multiple computers in your office often means files, documents, photos, music and videos are scattered all over the place and difficult to locate. The HP Media Vault Pro provides a central copy of all your media and files for easy access from other computers in your network. Your HP Media Vault Pro also provides remote access to your most important files from any Internet-connected computer.Sharing files, photos or documents via the web or email can be a time-intensive and cumbersome endeavor. Your HP Media Vault Pro allows secure file access to specified people outside your office. Using HP Photo Webshare, you can create a photo website on your HP Media Vault Pro.
- Brand: Hewlett-Packard
- Model: Pro mv5140
- Dimensions: .0" h x .0" w x .0" l, 11.00 pounds
- Hard Disk: 500GB
Great network storage
We purchased this the HP Media Vault Pr mv5140 for a small business and put it on the network to relieve some pressure from one of the older servers. We set it up in RAID 1 configuration. It was extremely easy and simple to set up. Plug it in, configure the unit as RAID 1, and start copying files. HP has done an excellent job in producing a product that is great for small business or home users.
Actually, I like it so much, I will buy another myself for home use. And another for a client to use as a web enabled file server for people scattered around the US.
Great Budget Server
The server was recognized with no problems. Loaded the HP software, customized a few settings, and then slowly started adding my media to the server. Twonky's built in media server works wonderfully with the PS3 and streaming to other computers works just as well.
Helpful note: Do not add too much media at once. It will crash the Twonky media service. I usually limited my file transfers to about 2GB. Restart the media server and you should be in good shape.
Excellent hardware, some software problems
Pro
The product is very nicely designed. Installation on Windows Vista did not take long and was smooth.
Con
* The included backup software fails to handle Unicode filenames. So if you have folders or filenames with accents or non-English characters, it won't backup them up.
* The unit requires using HP specific software. There is no standard SFTP server.
