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HP MV2120 500GB Media Vault specifications:

• 2 Drive Bays/ Accommodates Any 3.5 Inch SATA HDD
• 2 USB 2.0 Ports/ one Front/ one Rear/ Gigabit Ethernet Port
• 500GB/ 7200 RPM SATA interior Hard Drive Plus One Available Expansion Bay
• Marvell ARM Processor/ SoC/ 128MB DDR2 DRAM Memory
• Smart Energy Saving Hard Disk Drive turn Down and Exceptional Power Consumption

HP MV2120 500GB Media Vault review:
The Media Vault mv2120 gives you remote access to your files when you are away from home, auto backups, media streaming across your home network, a photo sharing website, and expandable storage. This silently 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 vital files Back up the media vault’s contents to an external hard disk and store in a separate place 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 website on the media vault, you may 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

With the HP Media Vault, you will be able to swiftly create a centralized storage and sharing solution for your home or business that can handle your most vital papers, photos, videos, and music including the capability to integrate your home’s iTunes audio libraries. The Linux powered HP Media Vault MV2120 comes with an integrated 500 GB hard drive 7200 RPM also as one expansion bay, enabling you to effortlessly add another Serial ATA SATA hard drive with a terabyte 1 TB, or 1024 GB of extra storage or for RAID one mirroring.

But the HP Media Vault is not bound by the restrictions of your wired or wireless network. With its powerful remote access features, you may be able to create a URL that authorized users can access via a Web browser to download files. And with Photo Webshare, you may be able to create your online photo albums from pictures stored on the Media Vault.

Add another one TB of storage to the HP Media Vault thanks to one SATA expansion bay.

The Media Vault gives access to all your networked PCs also as to remote users via the Internet.

Media Vault Design
The redesigned Media Vault now shares the same black chassis design and glowing blue hard drive indicators as its bigger HP MediaSmart Server sibling. Measuring 5.5 x 9.6 x 5.4 inches WxDxH and weighing 7.1 pounds, the MV2120 is smaller than its predecessor the MV2000 series Media Vault, and it switches to a horizontal orientation for storing its hard drives.

Opening the front grill reveals a slide out expansion bay on top, which may be fitted with an optional SATA hard drive. The front of the Media Vault also will include blue backlit icon indicators for power, network connectivity, and health of the integrated and optionally installed hard drives, also as a USB 2.0 port. The back of the device will include an Ethernet jack 10/100/1000 Gigabit, an extra USB 2.0 port, and the power button. You may be able to connect extra USB hard drives to the Media Vault for extra storage and backup alternatives. Note, but, that printers will not work with the Media Vault as it doesn’t include a print server. The MV2120 is powered by the Linux 2.6 kernel operating system and will include 128 MB of interior RAM memory.

A Central Hub for All Your Files
Great for the home, home office or business that requires a central place for files that devices on the network can share, setting up and using your HP Media Vault is simple. Some fast steps get you up and running 24/7, and it is prepared to work for you no matter how many desktop or notebook PCs are on your home network.

For music lovers, you may be able to centralize your iTunes music library and playlists on the Media Vault for playback on any computer running iTunes on your network. And you may be able to stream media files from the Media Vault to your networked TV and other digital devices for high quality playback. You may be able to access your media files from Windows , Mac , and Linux based computers.

The HP Media Vault also enables direct remote access to your files when you are away from home, or to others connecting from far flung locales. You may be able to create an online connection to your Media Vault from any computer with access to the Internet. Use it to access your media files while on vacation, a multimedia presentation from a client site, or to share your media with others. You may also authorize visitors to access your Media Vault remotely so they can view the file folders you have chosen for sharing. And you may be able to grant permission for visitors to add their own files to chosen folders on your Media Vault.

With HP Photo Webshare, it is easy to set up groups for sharing different photo albums. For example, set up a photo Webshare so friends can view an album of your new vacation, or let family from near and far to add photos from your family reunion to create one blockbuster album.

Protect Your Data
The HP Media Vault keeps your digital life organized, available and most importantly, more protected. With its 500 GB installed capacity, it stores and protects vital media and files on computers during your home or small office. And with customizable backup alternatives your files may be automatically protected weekly, daily or continuously. Also, for final protection, attach a USB hard drive to your Media Vault and backup the most vital Media Vault files to take to a separate, secure place.

The groundbreaking new design allows you to easily increase your storage as your needs evolve. Use the expansion bay on the HP Media Vault to add another hard drive for greater storage or the extra protection of a second mirrored copy of your data RAID 1. For improved data security, use the expansion drive for creating a full backup copy of your most vital files to store in a separate place.

The HP Media Vault Control Center gives easy management and configuration.

Easy Set up and Management
The HP Media Vault Control Center software lets you to access shared folders, backup settings, and configuration tools. The Control Center software requires Windows XP or Vista. Shared Folders are the main way of organizing files, music, photos, or videos and sharing them with other people. By default there are the five public preconfigured folders: Backup, papers, Music, Photos, and Videos. These shared folders are available by anybody on the local network, and if password protected, may also be accessed remotely.

User accounts may be produced on the HP Media Vault for improved security and to offer remote file access. Security is increased on shared folders by requiring passwords and setting read/write permissions for each user.

The HP Media Vault may also be utilized as an iTunes Music server, which will aggregate iTunes libraries from the systems on the local network and make one complete library with all music and playlists available to all iTunes clients. When enabled on a PC, the iTunes library on the PC is periodically polled to discover newly added music or videos. When new media is discovered, the files are copied to the iTunes library on the HP Media Vault where they’re added to the aggregated iTunes library. Note that only music files that aren’t DRM protected may be streamed from the Media Vault.

What’s in the Box
HP Media Vault, power cable/AC adapter, Ethernet cable, software installation disc, printed setup poster

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