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HP MV2120 500GB Media Vault | 
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| Brand: Hewlett-Packard
Category: CE
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Rating:  26 reviews
Sales Rank: 890
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Hard Drive Size: 500
Shipping Weight (lbs): 12
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 9.6 x 5.4
nv:Memory Type: DDR2
Total Memory: 128 MB
Compatible RAID Levels: 1
Number Of Hard Drives Bays: 2
Hard Drives Included: 1
Hard Drive Interface: SATA
USB Ports: 2
RJ-45 Ports: 1
Interface Type: RJ-45
Data Transfer Rate: 1000 Mbps
Data Transfer Rate: 100 Mbps
Warranty: 1 year limited warranty
MPN: MV2120
Model: MV2120
UPC: 883585549856
EAN: 0883585549856
ASIN: B0015313O8
Release Date: April 1, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | 2 Drive Bays/ Accommodates Any 3.5 Inch SATA HDD | | • | 2 USB 2.0 Ports/ 1 Front/ 1 Rear/ Gigabit Ethernet Port | | • | 500GB/ 7200 RPM SATA Internal Hard Drive Plus One Available Expansion Bay | | • | Marvell ARM Processor/ SoC/ 128MB DDR2 DRAM Memory | | • | Smart Energy Saving Hard Disk Drive Spin Down and Exceptional Power Consumption |
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Product Description
The Media Vault mv2120 gives you remote access to your files when you're away from home, automatic backups, media streaming across your home network, a photo sharing Web site, and expandable storage. This quietly 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 important files Back up the media vault's contents to an external hard disk and store in a separate location 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 Web site on the media vault, you can 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
Amazon.com Product Description
With the HP Media Vault, you'll be able to quickly create a centralized storage and sharing solution for your home or small business that can handle your most important documents, photos, videos, and music--including the ability to integrate your home's iTunes digital audio libraries. The Linux-powered HP Media Vault MV2120 comes with an integrated 500 GB hard drive (7200 RPM) as well as one expansion bay, enabling you to effortlessly add another Serial ATA (SATA) hard drive with a terabyte (1 TB, or 1024 GB) of additional storage or for RAID 1 mirroring. But the HP Media Vault isn't bound by the limitations of your wired or wireless network. With its powerful remote access features, you can create a URL that authorized users can access via a Web browser to download files. And with Photo Webshare, you can create your own online photo albums from images stored on the Media Vault. 
Add another 1 TB of storage to the HP Media Vault thanks to one SATA expansion bay. | 
The Media Vault provides access to all your networked PCs as well 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 grille reveals a slide-out expansion bay on top, which can be fitted with an optional SATA hard drive. The front of the Media Vault also includes blue backlit icon indicators for power, network connectivity, and health of the integrated and optionally installed hard drives, as well as a USB 2.0 port. The back of the device includes an Ethernet jack (10/100/1000 Gigabit), an additional USB 2.0 port, and the power button. You can connect additional USB hard drives to the Media Vault for additional storage and backup options. Note, however, that printers won't work with the Media Vault as it does not include a print server. The MV2120 is powered by the Linux 2.6 kernel operating system and includes 128 MB of internal RAM memory. A Central Hub for All Your Files
Great for the home, home office or small business that requires a central location for files that devices on the network can share, setting up and using your HP Media Vault is simple. A few quick steps get you up and running 24/7, and it's ready to work for you no matter how many desktop or notebook PCs are on your home network. For music lovers, you can centralize your iTunes music library and playlists on the Media Vault for playback on any computer running iTunes on your network. And you can stream media files from the Media Vault to your networked TV and other digital devices for high-quality playback. You can 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're away from home, or to others connecting from far-flung locales. You can 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 can also authorize visitors to access your Media Vault remotely so they can view the file folders you have designated for sharing. And you can grant permission for visitors to add their own files to designated folders on your Media Vault. With HP Photo Webshare, it's easy to set up groups for sharing different photo albums. For instance, set up a photo Webshare so friends can view an album of your latest vacation; or allow 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, accessible and most importantly, more protected. With its 500 GB installed capacity, it stores and protects important media and files on computers throughout your home or small office. And with customizable backup options your files can be automatically protected weekly, daily or continuously. In addition, for ultimate protection, attach a USB hard drive to your Media Vault and backup the most important Media Vault files to take to a separate, secure location. The innovative new design lets you easily increase your storage as your needs evolve. Use the expansion bay on the HP Media Vault to add an extra hard drive for greater storage or the additional protection of a second mirrored copy of your data (RAID 1). For enhanced data security, use the expansion drive for creating a full backup copy of your most important files to store in a separate location.
The HP Media Vault Control Center provides easy management and configuration. | Easy Set-up and Management
The HP Media Vault Control Center software allows you to access shared folders, backup settings, and configuration tools. (The Control Center software requires Windows XP or Vista.) Shared Folders are the primary way of organizing files, music, photos, or videos and sharing them with other people. By default there are the five public preconfigured folders: Backup, Documents, Music, Photos, and Videos. These shared folders are accessible by anyone on the local network, and if password protected, can also be accessed remotely. User accounts can be created on the HP Media Vault for enhanced security and to provide remote file access. Security is increased on shared folders by requiring passwords and setting read/write permissions for each user. The HP Media Vault can 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 are added to the aggregated iTunes library. (Note that only music files that are not DRM-protected can 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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| Customer Reviews: Read 21 more reviews...
 Great for streaming to Xbox 360 (long) August 26, 2008
Roberto Perez (Augusta, GA USA)
First off, I just want to say that I am not a gadget freak, or an expert when it comes to gadgets. Nor do i have time or money to spend money on gadgets to explore dfferences between different products. With that said, I did alot of research when it came to buying the Hp MediaVault 2120.
I also want to state that my main reason for wanting to purchase the MV2120 was of course for space. I have a fairly old computer with only a 80 GB HDD, and I love movies, so naturally 80 Gb is definitely not enough space. The second reason, and probably just as important as space, for wanting to get a NAS storage device was so that I could connect it to my network and stream movies, music and photos to my different devices on my network, mainly my XBOX 360's (yes, I have two).
If i had to sum this product up in one word, it would be WOWTASTIC!!!! I honestly purchased this unit a little confused as to the streaming capabilities were concerned. I looked on many different websites, but none of them were very clear when it came to streaming. But regardless of the lack of information on the webstes, and several calls to HP Customer Care, I went ahead and purchased the unit.
Setup was a breeze. You simply install the software on your computers, which at this time is incompatible with Mac computers, and you are good to go. The NAS Interface is a little clunky and slow, and when the hard drive goes into sleep mode, it does take more than normal times to speed up the drive, but it works like a charm. My biggest concern was actually streaming to my Xbox's. Just so you know how it went, I simply plugged up my NAS to my network, set up the software on the computer, and went into the settings and set up the Media Vault just like I wanted. Then i turned on my 360's, and the Media Vault automatically came up on the selection screen. It was litterally as simple as connecting the cable and turning on the Xbox. From there, I was able to stream all music, photos, and videos that I have in my collection. Of course, remember that the files have to be a certain format for the 360 to be able to read it, but if they are, then it will work without flaws.
I was curious as to how i could stream video, and I decided to put the MV2120 to the test. The tet was simple. To find out how many multiple streams it could do. So what I did was I turned on both of my Xbox 360's and played two seperate movies from the MV2120, and fast-forwarded them, jsut to test out the capabilities, and believe me when i tell you, there was absolutely no difference when i ran the two movies on the seperate 360's. I do want to let you know, I tried it with three devices (2 Xbox 360's, and one laptop) and it didnt work so well. So if you just so happen that you have 3 Xbox's, be warned that it may not work as well.
To be honest, I havent tried the remote desktop feature, or the photoshare, which to me are added features, that I was not that interested with in the first place, so I am unable to comment on those features. And for that, I do apologize.
To conclude, my main reason for purchasing the Media Vault was to add more storage to my current configuration, and have a central location for streaming my media files over to my HDTV's via my Xbox 360's. All I can say is that it blew away my expectations, and If you are looking to do the same thing that I have attempted for a much lower price than the "Microsoft branded Servers" then you will definitely be pleased with this unit. Thank you HP.
Neat concept and good product August 22, 2008
N. T. Cowan (Houston, TX USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've gotten heavily into photography and started to run into the problem many other photogs and other multimedia folks run into - running out of space. So I started searching and decided to try this unit out. I mainly just wanted a NAS storage, but the multimedia and remote options were gravy. Set up went fairly well. Initially it had a hard time finding the NAS but finally did. That was about the only difficulty on setup.
As a storage unit, it seems to work great. Created and ran a few backup jobs and considering teh amount of data being moved, it did a decent job, speed wise.
My only complaint really is the software is a little clunky. It comes with a control manager that's easy to understand, but I've found certain operations sometimes didn't work (such as mapping the drive in windows explorer via the software). I think this may have been related to not being able to find the NAS, so i just manually did it in windows explorer. I also notice on startup that it'll ask if I want to start some backup jobs, then it prompts me for my username and password. I supply it but it always fails. I just cancel out and it seems to continue fine.
There is also a web-based control panel for the NAS. I like this, although its a little slow but its functional and not too bad. I want to try out the PhotoShare functionality but haven't gotten to that point yet. That looks pretty interesting. I'm wondering though if it'll allow other users to create albums from photos ON the NAS via the PhotoShare interface if the user has permission to view those folders. Again, I haven't played with this piece of functionality yet.
Now, the remote access is a neat concept. You can use your web browser if you are on teh go to access your photoshare OR your NAS itself. I like the idea, but not a fan of the delivery of it. The interface here is clunky and slow. I can imagine that it'd be a real pain to access files or browse them unless you really need them. In other words, casually browsing the NAS remotely wasn't a pleasant experience. It'd be great in an emergency type situation where you need some file, but other than that, I don't see myself casually looking unless i need something mainly b/c the interface is slow and clunky. It'd be awesome if you could remote mount the NAS in explorer. But again, this is gravy for my purposes, i wasn't really buying this unit for that functionality and it'd be great in a "must need" type situation.
One thing I didn't like about setting up the remote access is that it forced you to create a URL via a third party to locate your drive. Its not a huge deal, more of a pet peeve. I use DYNDNS and have been for years and have the URL I want so I can access my computers on the road even though i have dynamic DNS. I wish it let you account for people who might already have this. It doesn't interfere with the functionality though, its more of an added step, but it would have been nice if I could skip it. As I said, i didn't need another URL, I already had one. Of course, I can still use my DYNDNS url, its just a pet peeve that i had to create another URL via another 3rd party service.
For my purposes, so far so good. Setting up backup jobs was easy, we'll see how it works long term. I'm curious how well the photoshare will end up working and how easy managing users and visitors is.
Does what it says August 18, 2008
M. Moreland (Dallas, TX USA)
I bought this product to store HD videos from my Sony HDD camera. It was SO EASY to setup and begin using. I have had no issues at all with the device. It is very quiet and transferring files (via wireless notebooks) is pretty snappy. I haven't had to use it yet, but one of the reasons I purchased HP was my experience with the responsiveness of their support team on my HP all-in-one 4250.
Plug N Play and go... August 8, 2008
D. Baker (South Bay, CA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I had been looking at other "NAS" devices, and had been waiting for the Ximeta NetDisk Home whenever they finally came out. I finally got tired of waiting, and found this little thing. My main requirements were NAS (not direct attached) and RAID 1. This has it all.
Plugged it in turned it on. Went to my PC to load the software, and forgot my CD drive was busted. Decided to browse the network anyway and see what I could see, and there it was, ready and waiting for me to copy files to it. I had been worried about my PC hard drive failing, and losing all my pictures, but got them backed up right away. (Oh, by the way, the Media Vault does have Gig Ethernet, so just upgraded my switch to Gig, and now planning to upgrade my PC.)
Once I fixed my CD, I loaded the software, and was able to setup automatic backups of my PC to the Media Vault. You can setup various situations: everytime I change a file on my PC, or only once a week for example. You can keep multiple previous versions which I don't need.
The Media Vault only comes with one drive, so to setup RAID 1 I had bought a second drive. Now came the time to add the second drive (keeping my fingers crossed). Worked like a champ: turn off the MV, open the case, drop the second drive in, push in (no need to worry about cables), turn it back on. Go to the software control center, click the button for RAID 1, and it's done.
I have both Vista and XP clients that connect to it. There were a few unusual issues from Vista when trying to manage the settings on the MV, but no problems with file copies/transfers/backups.
Haven't yet setup iTunes on it (it somehow integrates into your iTunes), nor used it for Windows Media Center, so will have further testing to do.
But for now I'm suitably impressed with this box.
HP MV2120 Media Vault July 31, 2008
M. Plaag (New Egypt, NJ)
Easy to hookup out of the box. Setup to the network went well. I have not used it yet for media so I don't know about the speed. I have also bought an additional hard drive to take advantage of the raid ability. It can be put in any room, noise is not an issue.
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