Windows 7: I'm thinking of purchasing the HP EX490 1TB Mediasmart Home Server (Black) and I wonder if anyone has set it up on a windows 7 ultimate 64 bit machine ?
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I have a much older version, EX470 with install cd version 1.1 and I was able to install it using my windows 7 Ultimate x32 just fine. However, I was not able to do so on my other laptop with Windows 7 Ultimate x64. I think my cd version was too old.
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I purchased a Ml310e last year with the four port LFF hot swap cage. I don't know what controller is on that array, so I'll answer in the context I know. Unless HP has changed it's policy or you purchase media from HP, you will need to purchase drive trays so you can install drives in a slot. The unit does not come with them. At the time I purchased the server, I didn't know this and wound up spending about three times as much for media, HP drives are commercial grade and expensive, as I intended for a lab server. At that time, OEM trays could not be purchased and HP didn't offer them without a drive installed. Recently, I've found a tray that the vendor says fits the 310 LFF slot for about $40 per tray. I have not yet tried one but will in the next few months as I upgrade the server. Interestingly, when I purchased the server, OEM trays were available for the SFF slots but the server with those was not necessary and didn't fit my budget. Because of that issue, I would not have purchased another 310 because of the media cost, but will reconsider if the trays work. It is a well designed piece of hardware, but having to use HP media increase the cost of how I wanted to configure the storage from $300 to $1500 so I had to acquire less capacity for greater cost and didn't get to use a SSD for my system's hypervisor drive. Regards
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I actually found a newer model with the core 2 solo that ships with Windows 7 64-bit installed. Windows 7 is awesome and the system really flys. I still have the stock 2 gigs of ram.
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I am currently running Win7 64bit with no problems and is very easy to setup with drivers provided.
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I use a 4TB drive in mine with Windows 7. It works great. Solid case. I love it.
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I have found that my two drobos work very well for my needs. The one thing I would like to see work better, but I think it is a limitation of Windows not Drobo, is to report the current size of the mass of drives not some specific value like 16TB when you only have 5TB total space. I've installed Plex Server on my Drobo5n and it's been working great even without a mSSD that can improve performance. I don't know or really care about the processor or other specs as long as it works well and performs well.
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Yes it should be able run this quad NIC in windows 7, I have it in my win 7 ultimate 64 bit I use my desktop as a VM server when running my labs. It should do just fine for media streaming since you can link all ports in LAGP but you won't have the desired performance if your switch that your system is connected to does not support link aggregation. This NIC is intended for VM server use and SAN use for VM data storage so media streaming will not be a problem.
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I use Windows 7 Home Premium X64 and it is working fine.It will run off of a USB 2.0 port as well, just slower than USB 3.
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Yes, I had it working on Windows 7 64 bit, then went back to the original Vista build for the media center. Good luck.
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I had 64 bit Windows 7 installed. Since it's a custom build you can tell them what you want.
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My Asus N61JQ-X1 came with Windows 7 Home 64 bit. It's 64-bit, but 32 bit software runs on it just fine.
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I was running one on Win7-64 and upgraded to Windows 8. It works fine. Note that you have to purchase Media Center separately for Windows 8. However, they are offering if for free with Win-8 PRO for a while.
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Yes...quite well I might add. I run Windows 7 Pro 64 bit...never a problem.
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Few servers come with an OS out of the box. Win Server 2011 is fifty bucks here. You'll also be smart to throw in more RAM. If you are not used to tearing apart PC's or working with routers and switches, this machine is on the end of the tech cycle and probably not the best toy for you, unless you want to learn a LOT.
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Not sure about windows server 2008, but I do have it installed on W7 64bit. It has been working with no problems.
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What did you find-out about 64 bit compatability. So far< I have not found any drive compatable with 64 bit Vista.
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Yes, I have it installed in one of my PCs running one Windows 7, 8 and Server 2012 R2 without problems.