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1 RECOMMENDED by 27 people for WINDOWS
Hewlett Packard MediaSmart Server EX470 (GG795AA)
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$643.00 Est. at Amazon
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  1. from www.bestbuy.com
    4.0 Stars what's great about it:?great for the non-computer family what's not so great:?n/a "home sever is great it will back up any windows xp or vista based pc or laptop, and work as a central repository
  2. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars ok, so i've been working with windows home server during the beta program, so i was already well sold on what a great product.
  3. from www.amazon.com
    4.0 Stars the hp windows home server is a great product that simplifies home computer backups, access and anti-virus protection.
  4. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars i will say that before i received it, i read the book "windows home server for dummies" which was great and provided a lot of information that was useful during setup and use.
  5. from www.amazon.com
    4.0 Stars it's really two products that should be reviewed: windows home server and the hp hardware.
Positives: Easy To Set Up, Nice Quality, Reliable, Controller Type: Serial ATA x 1
2 RECOMMENDED by 23 people for WINDOWS
Hewlett Packard MediaSmart EX475 Home Server
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$715.00 Est. at Amazon
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  1. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars ok, so i've been working with windows home server during the beta program, so i was already well sold on what a great product.
  2. from www.amazon.com
    4.0 Stars the hp windows home server is a great product that simplifies home computer backups, access and anti-virus protection.
  3. from www.amazon.com
    4.0 Stars it's really two products that should be reviewed: windows home server and the hp hardware.
  4. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars since i build my own computers, i used microsoft's beta version of windows home server as it moved slowly through various beta versions.
  5. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars i will say that before i received it, i read the book "windows home server for dummies" which was great and provided a lot of information that was useful during setup and use.
Positives: Easy To Set Up, Nice Quality, Reliable, Controller Type: Serial ATA x 2
3 RECOMMENDED by 2 people for WINDOWS
Tyan 1U RM MB 4XSATA CD 350W PSU (B2925G20V4H) Server
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$602.00 Est. at Amazon
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  1. from www.newegg.com
    4.0 Stars using 4x750gb drives the windows install could only see and use 49gb.
  2. from www.newegg.com
    5.0 Stars the mounting hardware and cables to install a slim fdd are included but if your going to be using the windows os don't forget to pick up the floppy.
  3. from www.newegg.com
    5.0 Stars i even use hot swap on the 4 slot for backup drives cons: none other thoughts: if you think you need a floppy drive to load a flavor of windows you should look into a program called nlite.
  4. from www.newegg.com
    3.0 Stars no windows driver support.
Positives: Good Quality, Has Many Features, Reliable
4 RECOMMENDED by 6 people for WINDOWS
Hewlett Packard MediaSmart EX487 (FL701AA) Server
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$574.00 Est. at Amazon
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  1. from www.bestbuy.com
    4.0 Stars desktop client--to remotely log in and control any computer on your network which has the required remote desktop software (typically windows xp professional or windows vista business/ultimate).
  2. from www.amazon.com
    4.0 Stars since the old server didn't support 64 bit windows computers, i decided it wasn't worth the money to get it fixed since i own 64 bit laptops.
  3. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars so as a consumer and with some experience of mac, and windows, i realize this is an awesome server to own.
  4. from www.amazon.com
    4.0 Stars you can get around this second issue by mapping a network drive to your music folder like a shared folder and browsing to it in windows.
  5. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars set up was easy and it worked almost effortlessly with our windows machines.
Positives: Reliable, Good Quality, Has Many Features, Processor Type: Celeron
5 RECOMMENDED by 3 people for WINDOWS
Hewlett Packard Compaq ProLiant ML530 G2 (226609-001) Server
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$985.00 Est. at Amazon
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  1. from Ride_HD from New England, www.circuitcity.com
    5.0 Stars we have 10 employees, and dont have the need for an it person, so the home server is an affordable alternitive to expensive and complicated windows servers.
  2. from sm from Minneapolis, MN, www.circuitcity.com
    5.0 Stars i ran the evaluation version of windows home server on an older hp desktop computer before deciding to purchase the ex470.
  3. from Neil from Dallas, TX, www.circuitcity.com
    5.0 Stars buy a copy of windows home server unleashed and find out how to install sharepoint and other interesting applications for home use.
  4. from Steve K. from Richm, www.circuitcity.com
    4.0 Stars easy storeage upgrade.cons: remote access from the windows home server does not work with the home versions of vista operating system (microsoft marketing blunder).
  5. from Gord from Hawaii, www.circuitcity.com
    5.0 Stars me with the remote setup.after i dumped my benkin router and purchased a dlink dir-655 router everything worked like a charm.con: windows home server software needs to have more user options.
Positives: Great Quality, Easy To Set Up, Excellent Performance, Processor Type: Xeon
 
Iomega Home Network Hard Drive NAS server
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  1. from www.amazon.com
    4.0 Stars i have a windows desktop and a couple of laptops with linux on them.
  2. from sugakushuto, www.newegg.com
    5.0 Stars worked great with ubuntu and windows machines on the network and had full ip4 configuration options.
  3. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars i did upgrade the back-up software to emc retrospect 7.5 professional for windows upgrade, so i could run unattended back-ups on all computers in the home office.
  4. from bvrev.compusa.com
    2.0 Stars be aware, this drive does not copy files correctly from windows xp over the ethernet connection.
  5. from lt.dell.com
    5.0 Stars consi wish i could use the windows map drive tool to discover the drive.
Positives: Easy To Set Up, Excellent Quality
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