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Why is There an HP MediaSmart Server In My House?
If, a few months ago, anyone told me I'd eventually have an HP MediaSmart Server in my house, I would have laughed them right out of the room. "Me? Why would I EVER want something like that? I build...
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Setting Up My MediaSmart EX495 (part 1 of 2)
I was nervous about setting up my EX495. I've built a lot of computers and even deployed some servers without keyboards and monitors, but I've never actually worked with a Windows box designed to...
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Setting Up My MediaSmart EX495 (part 2 of 2)
To recap my experience from Part 1, I had some difficulties getting rid of the NETWORK CRITICAL message once I'd gotten my MediaSmart booted up and on the network. Turned out to be relatively easy to...
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Remote Access to My MediaSmart Server
As I mentioned in my 2nd article (Part 2 of Setting IUp my MediaSmart EX495), one other aspect of getting rid of the "network critical" warning on my Home Server Console dashboard was to enable remote...
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Adding Storage for Capacity and Redundancy
So, today I decided it was time to add a few drives to my EX495, just to see how it easy it was, expand the capacity, and more importantly, ensure that I had some redundancy in the case of a drive...
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Installing the Squeezebox Server on the MediaSmart Server
I recently decided to give the Squeezebox Server on my MediaSmart EX495. If you are not familiar with any of the Squeezebox products, they are worth looking at if you'd like to have a device that can...
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