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Slick piece of hardware
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
Pros: The interface is wonderful. It's gigabit. Power consumption is pretty low. Out of the box, my UPS only reports a 15 watt load with this device fully active. It's probably not a precise measurement, but I'd guess it's accurate to within 5 watts or so. It doesn't support a full standby mode with Wake on Lan, but the hard drive(s) can be set to turn off after set amounts of idle tim...
[HP MV2120 500GB Media Vault review by Nod can be read at Newegg.com]
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05/13/2008
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HP got it really right with this product
This is a surprisingly good product. The device itself seems to me to be a great value. The software is easy to install (i.e., no install failures) and at least for me, easy and intuitive to use (i.e., no need to read the manual). The cool features, like the built-in iTunes server works without any configuration, and with a small amount of configuration, the ability to make it into a secure, on-the-internet server for photo and file sharing was equally impressive. I opted to buy an additional WD...
[HP MV2120 500GB Media Vault review can be read at Amazon.com]
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05/08/2008
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100%
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An Excellent Network Storage and Backup Solution!
The Media Vault has made it very easy (finally) for me to put all my files in one place that everyone on my home network can access. Here's what's great about it:
1. It's very easy to install. Just plug in the power supply, plug the included ethernet cable into your router, turn it on, and it's ready to go. The Media Vault is one of the more attractive techno doo-dads out there, so you're not forced to hide it when entertaining guests. If you do want to get it out of the way, its sma...
[HP MV2120 500GB Media Vault review can be read at Amazon.com]
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04/01/2008
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98%
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Not Ready For Prime Time
UPDATE: They now seem to know why this out of disk space error occurs. The file system is optimized for large files; ie MP3's, JPEG's, MPEG's, etc. The MediaVault 2120 is a Linux File EXT3 system and is formatted for a maximum of 473,000 files/folders on a 500 GB disk. That may sound like a lot - but I have data that includes many small files. Only a SMALL portion of the data on my Fujitsu Tablet (with only a 60 GB disk) will copy to the 500 GB MediaVault disk before the MediaVault reads as ...
[HP MV2120 500GB Media Vault review can be read at Amazon.com]
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07/22/2008
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95%
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This Little Linux Box Packs a LOT
I haven't had much experience with the Windows Home Server version of HP's MediaSmart servers, but the HP MediaVault seems to offer a good deal of its functionality at HALF the cost.
True, you can't stuff as many hard drives in this unit as a MediaSmart server but the typical home, the environment that this product was designed for, 1 extra HD bay for upgrades is plenty. The greatest feature of the upgradeable HD bay is the easy, pull out tray.
The Linux system on the Medi...
[HP MV2120 500GB Media Vault review can be read at Amazon.com]
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94%
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Awesome Little Box
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?) 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 ...
[HP MV2120 500GB Media Vault review can be read at Amazon.com]
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11/03/2008
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Great concept, but poor execution
Let me preface by saying that perhaps I got a defective unit. I purchased this unit from Amazon and couldn't wait to set it up. Unfortunately, I've had several problems with it from the get go. I set it up and all was fine. Then I started copying my music and videos over from my PC. I happened to copy some files that were flagged as read only and those attributes carried over. Unfortunately, with those read only attributes on the files... I was then unable to delete those files with an err...
[HP MV2120 500GB Media Vault review can be read at Amazon.com]
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06/18/2008
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84%
(22 of 26) Users Found This Review Helpful
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Don't buy it (yet....)
Got the unit yesterday at Fry's.
I set it as a mirror disk (2x500GB.)
Seems to work fine, so we started loaded files into the unit.... until we reached 64GB and then the system stop with the error that we have no more disk space. When you look at the system control panel, it says that we have ~400GB available disk space....
Call HP support, spent about 2 hrs over the phone with two guys and eventually they told me that this system is one month old, clearly they are clueless rega...
[HP MV2120 500GB Media Vault review can be read at Amazon.com]
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78%
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Easy to setup, but can't make it work as I want
I found this extremely easy to set up. As close to plug and play as you get. However, I am unhappy with it and plan to get rid of it. I simply wnated a networked storage device to clear my hard drive of photos and music. The iTunes aggregator grabbed all of the music (although it took a long time), but rather than store it in one folder, it create 7 or 8 different folders in a very complicated file tree. If I try to organize it, it re-aggregates and i get duplicates. Trying to turn off agg...
[HP MV2120 500GB Media Vault review can be read at Amazon.com]
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07/29/2008
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70%
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Do not trust the raid.
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
Pros: Setup was easy. I setup the NAS, added a second drive and configured the RAID. I had a little trouble initially with the NAS setup but a call to technical support was very helpful and I got everything working.
Cons: IT DOES NOT PROTECT YOUR DATA. You would think with a Mirrored raid configuration, I would be safe. However, my device stopped working for some reason after a cou...
[HP MV2120 500GB Media Vault review by Nate can be read at Newegg.com]
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Nate
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11/26/2008
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69%
(18 of 26) Users Found This Review Helpful
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