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Tarfumes.com - HP MV2120 500GB Media Vault
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List Price: $349.99
Our Price: Too low to display
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Manufacturer: Hewlett Packard
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Binding: Electronics
Brand: Hewlett-Packard
EAN: 0883585549856
Feature: 2 Drive Bays/ Accommodates Any 3.5 Inch SATA HDD
Hard Disk Size: 500
Is Autographed: 0
Is Memorabilia: 0
Label: Hewlett Packard
Manufacturer: Hewlett Packard
Model: MV2120
Publisher: Hewlett Packard
Release Date: 2008-04-01
Studio: Hewlett Packard
Warranty: 1 year limited warranty
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Features
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2 Drive Bays/ Accommodates Any 3.5 Inch SATA HDD
2 USB 2.0 Ports/ 1 Front/ 1 Rear/ Gigabit Ethernet Port
500GB/ 7200 RPM SATA Internal Hard Drive Plus One Available Expansion Bay
Marvell ARM Processor/ SoC/ 128MB DDR2 DRAM Memory
Smart Energy Saving Hard Disk Drive Spin Down and Exceptional Power Consumption
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Editorial Reviews:
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The Media Vault mv2120 gives you remote access to your files when you're away from home, automatic backups, media streaming across your home network, a photo sharing Web site, and expandable storage. This quietly operating network-attached storage supports 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet and both wired and wireless networking. Back up and share data and media across your home network, automatically back up important files Back up the media vault's contents to an external hard disk and store in a separate location Remotely access files and applications from any Internet-connected PC Stream media files to your home entertainment center or PCs on your network Share photos and files with friends and colleagues by creating a photo Web site on the media vault, you can also give visitors permission to add their own files Marvell SOC Processor 128MB DDR2 DRAM Memory 10/100/1000 (Gigabit) RJ45 Ethernet Network Support Compatibility - Windows XP or more-recent Microsoft operating system Dimensions - Width 5.47 x Height 5.37 x Depth 9.62
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Summary: Network Storage
Comment: I was very skeptical at first. When I received my media vault, I didn't think it was going to do what it advertised. I've enjoyed the use of my HP Media Storage. I also like the possiblity of future expansion. It works great as a network attached storage device. I also like the non-intrusive softeware. I control everything. I would recomend this storage device to anyone.
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Summary: Awesome Little Box
Comment: I was looking for some way to access my files from home without having to sign up for one of those subscription services like megaupload.com. I first tried the ReadyNAS from Netgear with much dissapointment. It was extremely complicated to setup and required a reasonable amount of networking knowledge that I did not have.
I then tried the HP Media Vault:
First off it has a very sexy casing which looks just awesome!!! It's about the size of a small toaster and is actually very quiet both when the drive is active and when it's in sleep mode. I was suprised at how cool the unit was even after running for several straight days. If you want you can also use the admin tool to dim and or turn off the indicator lights on the front panel. It was also about half the price of the ReadyNAS with the same amount of storage capacity (500GB). Setup was a breeze, I was up and running in about five minutes. The admin software was very user friendly and intuitive and I was able to understand where I needed to go to do what I wanted to do. It found my network with no problem and I was able add and remove files quickly and easily. Then it came time to setup remote access....
Remote access was a little more problematic but to be fair the fault was not with the media vault. The Media Vault is basically a mini web server and like any web server you'll need at least three things 1.) A static IP address, 2.) A domain name that points to the static IP, 3.) The ability to receive requests via port 80 on your cable modem/router. It turned out that my cable provider was using Dynamic DNS which basically emulates a static IP address, so I was good there. The MediaVault took care of the domain name setup for me (something you had to do yourself with the ReadyNAS from Netgear). The domain name registration is free for one year but you'll need to renew it at about $15 every year, which is way worth it to avoid having to use a subscription service to access your files online. The only problem remaining was opening port 80. Most ISPs including mine block port 80 for security purposes, in order for me open up port 80 on my cable modem, I had to contact my cable provider and purchase an additional service at about $10 bucks a month. Once I did that I was able to access my files from work etc, with no problems.
The only thing I wasn't thrilled about was how access privileges are managed. If you make a folder (or share as is referred to) "Public" it can only be seen on your home network. You can map a drive letter to the directory and access the files easily but the files in those folders can not be accessed online. In order to access those files online you have to make the folder "Private" and then issue access rights to each individual user. The downside to this is that when you go back to view the files on your home network you have to put in a password to access them. It's definitely not a deal killer but it was a bit annoying.
Two things to be weary of. If you access the files from your home network and then use your personal domain to test online access while still in your home network, you may not be able to access your folders. Apparently the system caches the connection which prevents multiple users from logging on with the same credentials. I had to use a DOS prompt to kill all the active connections, it didn't damage anything, but I lost all my drive mappings. The other thing to watch out for is while I was setting up remote access the admin tool has a function to test remote connectivity which was giving me a false positive. Again remote access will not work if port 80 is not open on your cable modem/router.
Beyond the few little hiccups I had setting up remote access the HP Media Vault makes an awesome addition to my home network. I highly recommend it.
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Summary: folder-level security is a problem
Comment: I like the device very much, but it's lacking in a couple areas.
First, the administrator cannot access folders using a separate folder-specific login. If you are the administrator, you cannot access folders to which security has been applied unless you remove the security. I wanted to create a folder for each member of my household, including myself, and use folder-level security to make each folder accessible to just that household member. Folder-level security works on computers other than the administrator's, but the administrator login overrides all other logins, so if you are administrator, you cannot use a separate login to access one or more folders on this device. When I attempt to log in to a folder to which security has been applied, I get an error message. There's another problem related to this problem but involving the backup software, which also uses a login.
Second, the service has not been stellar. I only learned about the problem above by communicating with other users. When I called for phone support, I got shuffled around from group to group (it's not really a server, but it's not just a hard drive) and never really got an answer.
I eventually gave up and accepted it for what it is, which is still pretty good.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Satisfied Media Vault Customer
Comment: I've been using the media vault for a month or so now and I'm very satisfied with it. So far it's been up and available 7/24 without hitch. I did have a worrisome moment or two when I first hooked it up on my network and it did not appear, but that's not an unusual initial situation for a network product. As I was reading the trouble shooting guide the vault finally appeared on the network. When I moved to a second workstation the vault appeared as soon as I installed the client software. When I moved on to my laptop, the vault appeared without my even having to install the software.
That said, the bundled software could use some improvement, which is why I gave it 4 stars instead of 5. The vault comes with the Firefly media server installed on it. On setup you can use the bundled client software to download your music files and any playlists to the Media Vault. You can also set how often your computer is checked for new songs and playlists. This seemed to work fairly well for my laptop, which doesn't have many mp3s on it. But my main PC, which houses my entire mp3 collection, the copy seemed to stop in mid stride and no matter how I configured the update option, I was not able to get the software to finish copying my music, or to update my playlists. At the very least the software migh have a button that allows the user to select update now. This was not a major issue for me as I was able to download some open source software and modify it to perform this function for me. Still, it was a bit of an irritant.
On the whole I'm very satisfied. It performes the primary funtion I bought it for, to allow me to share files and back them up flawlessly. It also performs as an always available music server both for itunes and windows media player. So, 4.5 stars.
Customer Rating:
Summary: so so
Comment: It took me about 2 days before I can use remote access control with my linksys wireless router. Automatic setting did not work well for my router. I have to set it manually.
My Web shared is so so. It worked well on IE, but not firefox. With IE, you can upload and downloaded easily.With firefox, you have to upload one picture at the time.
For remote access control, it was disappointed for me. it worked but quite slow. You can upload or download only one file at the time -_-" so wasting my time.
Overall, it might good for only home user, who normally do not want to access files remotely.
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