HP has an up to 50% off right now on Notebook accessories. Somehow this MediaVault NAS with 1TB (500GB Raid Mirror) and it’s brother at 1.5TB is considered a laptop accessory.
I was looking at this when it was about $400…So just picked it up at $300 retail less an additional $150 by mail.
This is what I got to retire some smaller network and usb drives in the house:
http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF06c/A10-51210-424091-424093-424091-3704624-3704625-3704627.html
Link to Rebate Form:
Oh, shit, good find
Seriously :tup:
We looked at buying one of those for my office earlier this year.
So it is a mail in rebate? That means I have to throw down some cash and wait like 2 months :\
Did you buy direct from HP? It is showing a $350 price, where did you get it for $300?
And this is actually 500GB mirrored right (2x500GB drives)? Not 1TB?
wowzers!
Holy cra. Thats amazing for a deal.
PS: Locutus, I love your avatar.
And yes, its 2 x 500GB drives in Raid 1
you have an option you can go 1TB no raid, or 500GB with Raid 1. I’m sticking with the raid…and it is really 460GB usable.
There is a larger unit with 2x 750GB drives
Anyway:
Remote Web Access
Media Streaming
iTunes Aggregation
Automated Full HD backups of laptops on the network…
yes all in all i think its a great deal.
Plus there is tons of material on the web about hacking this unit…overclocking and such.
I didn’t buy from HP direct. You dohave to buy from an authorized HP dealer though. I got mine from Erie Computer on line for $299. Mailing in the rebate form today.
I bought it here, looks like they jacked up the price $5:
http://www.costcentral.com/proddetail/HP_MV5140_1TB_MEDIA_VAULT_PRO/GX667AAABA/R82477/
why wouldn’t u post the link to erie computer then?
The link for HP was for specs. Erie has been posted above. Or just google for the best price. It’s not rocket science.
Not a epic deal… But very nice after the rebate comes in.
I could use some NAS mirrored storage… Hrm, wonder if this thing can do any decent speeds?
I think I would rather just spend the money on a 1TB drive and setup Samba on my Linux VM.
Shit, I just bought a 1TB Buffalo Tech one for $200.
EDIT - this one:
http://buffalotech.pricegrabber.com/search_getprod.php?vcode=PGBFT&partnum=LSCH10TL
Ordered one about 15 min ago. It was exactly what I was looking for - thanks!
Yeah it’s a decent unit. I like it. Speed seems much better than my last NAS. No brainer Mirror and the NTI backup software are a plus.
Some small quirks, but overall a good device. Check the wiki online for more info and hacks.
How long did it take you to get yours from Erie Computer? That’s where i ordered mine. Where did it ship out of? PA? I’m hoping it’ll get here for the weekend!
This will be my first NAS. I was going to get a regular external USB/Firewire/e-SATA drive to back up data, but this deal popped up. Hopefully with this I can provide web access to my files. When 1 TB (or 1.5TB if supported) drives get cheaper i’ll pop a pair of those in this and still have a decent amount of space.
i ordered on a sunday…it said backordered until friday…but they must have received them early and i got it on that Friday.
And yes, you can setup remote access to your files.
Mine is scheduled to arrive tomorrow (Friday). it’s only shipping from PA so it only took 2 days to get here.
Right now i’m using an older refurb 250GB SATA drive to backup data.
I know…not smart :fail:
Got my unit all set up except for internet sharing. I have my personal web address set up, have port forwarding set up in my router (D-Link Di-624), the NAS is getting an IP from DHCP but noone can connect to the NAS from a web browser over the internet. I have Verizon DSL, and my IP seems to change frequently. Would that cause things to go screwy? Does the NAS need a static IP?