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HP (Hewlett-Packard) MediaSmart Server EX487 1.5TB 4-Bay NAS Drive

MediaSmart Server EX487 1.5TB 4-Bay NAS Drive
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Hewlett-Packard MediaSmart Server ex487

This multi-drive network-attached storage unit streams media smoothly, including the high-definition video.


The Hewlett-Packard MediaSmart Server ex487 stands tall, with four drive bays--two with a 750GB drive in each, and two available for user upgrades. The unit is the only one we looked at that uses Microsoft's feature-packed, but sometimes slow Windows Home Server software, which uses a process called folder duplication instead of RAID to span available disk storage across what you see as a single, redundant volume (in this case, for about 1.3GB of total usable storage).


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