Need Sifus opinion here. Sorry if posted at wrong place.

Saw the Acer easyStore H340 in the Acer catalogue priced at RM1299.
Specification as below:

Intel Atom Processor 230
Genuine Windows Home Server
Intel GC945 Express Chipset + ICH7R
2GB DDR2 / 1TB HDD
256MB flash ROM

Anyone with the experience on how's the performance as media server to stream 1080P video over the home network? Also is it worth the price to pay for?

Thanks in advance!

start selling already ar?

few months ago only US got sell..

where to buy?

Saw it at the Acer roadshow at my place in Sarawak. got 3 expandable HDD slot but saw on the net it's not hotswap slot.

saw in paper before..

I think quite a good buy able to handle 4 HD..

If you wanna stream I think it ok.. but for transcode atom sure can't handle it well..

should be hotswap wor.. based on reviews..

anyway the price is cheap for 4bay NAS function and come with 1TB HDD.. and also WHS ori software..

I do ask the Acer dealer in charge of the Acer Roadshow. He don't have the stock yet but according to him, can order and should arrive in few days. Not sure if start selling in LYP yet.

I also see it mention DLNA compliance if I remember correctly.

if in malaysia already I think will get it..
need 1TB HDD..

Saw it on the link below..
http://www.engadget.com/photos/acer-easyst...eyes-on/1411433

Somehow searched further online review and the link below from Maximun PC mention it's hotswap.
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/reviews/acer_easystore_h340

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Added on January 19, 2010, 2:26 pmI'm also thinking of getting one. Asked the dealer at the roadshow to negotiate with Acer to give special offer of 3 years extended warranty just for the roadshow but the Acer office at Sarawak here can't decide. Today is the last day of the roadshow at my place.

This post has been edited by willkso: Jan 19 2010, 03:09 PM

Looks nice.

Sorry for the noob question, but what the difference between this and a NAS device (e.g. Synology & QNAP)?

well this is acterly a 4 BAY PC with NAS functionality..

whereas the others is just a NAS box..

aahh .... ok. understand. no wonder it's bulkier than a NAS.

but if your NAS is 4bay type, it's also bulkier than single bay NAS and more expensive..

Still thinking over it.. It can't do RAID. Initially thought it can do RAID with additional HDD.

Can build it as a 30TB media server boh?

whs don't have software raid a? can install linux then...

haha...

Only 4 bays available. So it depend on what's the max available capacity of HDD in the market at the moment.

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Added on January 19, 2010, 9:34 pmWHS should be able but need the hardware to support RAID too right? It's using ICH7R and I checked Intel chipset info, it didn't mention RAID function.


This post has been edited by willkso: Jan 19 2010, 09:34 PM

2TB x 5 slot on Port Multiplier x 3 sata port + 1 for OS

on that basis, then yes that's true. but my QNAP TS-409 is smaller than this acer.

if using hardware based, the windows will see the raid array as 1 HD.. but there also software raid which don't need hardware support.

This one is for windows 2003..

http://www.netadmintools.com/art439.html

Use software RAID, your data will kaput if your OS is corrupted.