Now I could tinker with WHS 2011 while still running WHS v1!ĭespite the lack of Drive Extender, WHS 2011 did a good job. A friend of mine was selling an EX487, so I bought that off of him, and like the EX490, upgraded the CPU and memory. Thank you!Īs someone who works in IT and lives on the bleeding edge of technology, I felt the desire to move on to WHS 2011 despite Microsoft’s transgressions. And every now and again, a donation comes in. I too had invested a lot of energy into WHS v1, with my free Home Server SMART add-in, which many of you continue to run today. Many folks vowed to stay with WHS v1, no matter what Microsoft was going to put out. Less than a year later, Microsoft pulled the carpet out from beneath our feet by announcing they were killing off Windows Home Server’s most endearing feature, Drive Extender. So the media kept us entertained too for those middle-of-the-night feedings. My daughter was 2 at the time I got the server and my son was born in April 2010. I helped my trusty EX490 along with a CPU upgrade and more memory, and it helped my family out by not only keeping our data safe, but also by streaming media for the young’ins. I wanted the server for backups, but it turned out to be so much more. Especially about some things I never really gave much thought to, like streaming home media. If I was a geek back then, I’m really a geek now! Thanks to the MediaSmart, I’ve learned a lot. On Christmas 2009, my wife gave me an HP MediaSmart EX490. The following is a guest post written by Matthew Sawyer (forum member msawyer91) of Dojo North Software, developer of the popular and useful Home Server SMART Add-In for WHS and WHS 2011.
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