Hewlett-Packard today unveiled its latest Windows Home Server device, the MediaSmart LX195. This tapered model is slimmer and more graceful-looking than its cousins, the MediaSmart Server EX487 and EX485. But that’s not the only reason to sit up and pay attention.
The 4-inch-wide, 8-inch-tall LX195 features four USB ports on the back and an ethernet port. Unlike its MediaSmart cousins, the LX195 does not support RAID-like backup, and does not have tool-less access to the single drive bay; at least, the drives and RAM are both user-accessible and user-replaceable.
The LX195 conveniently also publishes photos directly from the server to Web sites using the HP Photo Publisher software. Supported sites include Facebook, Flickr, Picasa, and Snapfish.