HP MediaSmart Server LX195

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The new HP MediaSmart Server LX195 has a $399 suggested retail price, runs Windows Home Server, and packs a 1.6GHz Atom 230 processor. You can find that same CPU in virtually every nettop out there. HP also outfits the LX195 with 1GB of DDR2 RAM, a 640GB 7,200-RPM hard drive, one Gigabit Ethernet port, and four USB ports.

Bad news if you plan to turn this into a fancy storage server, though: while one can substitute the 640GB hard drive for a higher-capacity option, HP says the LX195 provides "room to grow by adding USB external drives." No Serial ATA RAID for you, in other words.

That said, HP didn't intend to build a large, power-guzzling appliance. The MediaSmart LX195 measures only 3.9" x 8.2" x 8" (that's 9.9 x 20.8 x 20.3 cm for non-Yankees), which makes it about the size of a dictionary. HP also quotes sleep power draw of only 3W, and we can probably assume operating power draw isn't all that much higher. The Atom 230 has a tiny 4W TDP, after all, and a drive like WD's 640GB Caviar Black only draws up to 8.3W when seeking.
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Edit: another link: http://www.wegotserved.co.uk/2009/04/30/hands-on-hp-mediasmart-server-lx195-1/
 
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I don't see why this should cost $400 when a netbook with the same specs can be found for $200
 
This is pretty neat, but esata with expander functionality would have been great.
 
noobtech said:
are you serious? :confused:
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yes, EX470 systems could be had for around $300 when they were clearing them out for the EX48x ones
even now, a EX485 is only $100 more to get 4 hot swap drive bays, CPU upgrade, RAM upgrade, and a larger stock drive
 
You guys caught this, right?

The underside of the unit reveals that Microsoft have created a brand new, unannounced OEM SKU for Windows Home Server, called “Windows Home Server Single Disk” which marks a new stage in Redmond’s strategy to compete with Free (Linux). Whilst OEMs can work hard to reduce hardware costs, the software needs to be cost effective too – Microsoft have created a specific, lower priced license for WHS which will be only sold to OEMs for use in single-drive, low cost systems. It’s the netbook strategy revisited.
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