HP has introduced the MediaSmart Server ex485/ex487, the home media server compatible with both Macs and PCs. The MediaSmart Server is based on the Microsoft Windows Home Server platform.
These home servers offer automatically backing up and accessing digital music, videos, photos and documents from multiple computers on a home network. It can remotely stream photos and music to any Internet-connected PC or Mac.
The server includes HP Media Collector, which conveniently schedules the MediaSmart Server to copy and centralize digital files and libraries from networked PCs. iTunes music libraries can be centralized on the server for playback to any networked computer running iTunes.
The server also includes HP Photo Publisher to upload photos to Facebook, Picasa, and Snapfish. These can also backs up networked PCs using the Windows Home Server backup feature, or Macs running Leopard using Apple Time Machine software.
Each server runs an Intel Celeron 2GHz processor with 2GB of RAM. HP MediaSmart Server ex485 offers 750 GB of hard disk storage while the ex487 offers 1.5 TB of storage. Additional drives can be added for up to 9 terabytes.
HP MediaSmart Server ex485 costs $599 while the HP MediaSmart Server ex487 is $749. These can be pre-ordered beginning January 5 from online stores such as Amazon.com, BestBuy.com, Buy.com. The shipment is expected to start in February.
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