You have seen the announcements from HP saying their MediaSmart Server is going the way of the DoDo. No doubt you share my feelings of sorrow and abandonment once again by a major corporation; my guess would be because of the fiasco with Vail and the Drive Extender issue. In it's place, HP wants you to buy a new Drobo. Oh well, life goes on in the world of computing. No more digressing, time to focus on the subject at hand. Part 2: More Performance and a New Operating System So, you performed the Celeron to the Pentium Dual core upgrade to squeeze a little more life out of your MSS and you want to know what else can be done extend the life of that neat little black box. Maybe you are considering a software upgrade to Windows Home Server 2011 or something else more powerful. Are you asking: Can I squeeze out a little more performance out of my 485 /7 dual core platform? Is it possible to efficiently run a new operating system on my MSS.? Can I expand the memory for said new operating system? All of the above questions can be answered with a yes... More Performance and a New OS, Removing the Smoke and Mirrors Part 2
You have seen the announcements from HP saying their MediaSmart Server is going the way of the DoDo. No doubt you share my feelings of sorrow and abandonment once again by a major corporation; my guess would be because of the fiasco with Vail and the Drive Extender issue. In it's place, HP wants you to buy a new Drobo. Oh well, life goes on in the world of computing. No more digressing, time to focus on the subject at hand. Part 2: More Performance and a New Operating System So, you performed the Celeron to the Pentium Dual core upgrade to squeeze a little more life out of your MSS and you want to know what else can be done extend the life of that neat little black box. Maybe you are considering a software upgrade to Windows Home Server 2011 or something else more powerful. Are you asking: Can I squeeze out a little more performance out of my 485 /7 dual core platform? Is it possible to efficiently run a new operating system on my MSS.? Can I expand the memory for said new operating system? All of the above questions can be answered with a yes...