Electronic House: Is your Media Server Secure?

I ran across an article in Electronic House that that asks its readers, “Is your media safe?”  It’s a nice read about the HP Media Smart Server.  More after the click.

HP MediaSmart Server RAM Upgrade Hi Resolution Photos

I was performing a RAM upgrade on a customers EX470 and thought I would share a few photos of the process.  This is not necessarily a tutorial.  It’s more of a detailed look inside the server and it’s parts.  Take a look, download, and zoom in on some of them.  Each file averages about 4 [...]

The Home Server Show Video Podcast 1 – Upgrading the RAM in your HP Media Smart Server Part 2

Here is the second video showing you the final steps to upgrade the ram in your Media Smart Server.
Part 3 will show you how to put it all back together.
Instructions that were followed in this video can be found at HomeServerHacks.com
After completing the upgrade you will need to adjust the page file on the server [...]

The Home Server Show Video Podcast 1 – Upgrading the RAM in your HP Media Smart Server

This is part one of upgrading the RAM in your HP MediaSmart Server. The second video player is a Windows Media Player Streamer. It’s smaller but does look much better than YouTube though.
More after the click…

HP Update Slowing down MediaSmart Windows Home Servers?

In Podcast 11 I reported a slowdown of my HP Media Smart Server after installing PVConnect.  I attributed this to PVConnect creating a database of the many Photos, Videos, and Music files I have stored on my MSS.  I viewed it as a normal process.  Indexing takes CPU cycles and hits the hard drives hard.
Engadget [...]