Okay, so maybe that little file corruption problem has been giving the Windows Home Server folks a pretty bad beating, but this $539 deal for an HP EX470 Media Smart server over at newegg.com is pretty hard to resist if any of you are still in the WHS market. And if that sale price ($20 off their regular price and $40 off retail) isn't enough to grab your attention, they are also throwing in free 3-day shipping (except to HI, AL, and PR), and a wireless router as part of the deal.
This is the base WHS offering from HP so it only ships with a single 500GB drive. At first glance, this small amount of storage capacity may seem like it's a bit on the puny side to many users, but what it really offers is enough space to at least get started implementing your backup and file sharing strategies, and still remain immune to the file corruption bug (that can only occur on WHS machines using multiple disks and the WHS Drive Extender technology). Since Microsoft is working on this problem and plans to release a fix sometime in June, this presents a great opportunity to go ahead and get started with WHS on a single disk configuration, and then add more disk capacity after you get the patch. The HP will hold 3 more internal drives, and you can also start daisy-chaining external USB drives if that's still not enough room for your precious media collections.
I don't have any details on the wireless router, but what the heck, it's free right? This really is a great deal folks. If you are at all interested in joining the Windows Home Server club, this would be an excellent time to do so. Don't dally though, the sale price on this combo deal is only good through April 30th.
