Home Server & The Mediasmart EX495 Part 3

Okay, now, let’s get to the stuff that I have been promising since I began this series – the specifics of how I use my Mediasmart WHS to do the digital media and file storage tasks in my house.  Before we begin, please note that to do all that I am going to cover here, [...]

Home Server & The Mediasmart EX495 Part 2

As I alluded to in part one of this series, I really consider the HP Mediasmart line of Windows Home Servers to be a somewhat separate animal from the stock Windows Home Server product.  The base Home Server is over 3 years old, is based upon a seven year old OS (Windows Server 2003), and [...]

HP Mediasmart EX495 and Windows Home Server Part 1 – Introduction

I have been a Microsoft Windows Home Server User for a little more than 2 years.  In that time, the vast majority of my experience has been centered on the Mediasmart line of servers from HP.  I started with EX470 – the lowest end system that HP ever offered, equipped with an AMD Sempron 1.8 [...]