The console interface opens with a bunch of chunky icons for easy access to each feature. This loads a monitoring utility in the System Tray and HP’s Control Center management tool. Installation is just as easy as you connect the appliance up to your DHCP enabled router and run the setup routine from the supplied CD-ROM. Whereas HP’s MediaSmart appliances run Windows Home Server (WHS), the mv5020 uses a custom Linux kernel. You get a Gigabit Ethernet network port and USB 2.0 ports fore and aft for adding extra external storage devices.
It comes equipped with a basic Marvel SoC (system on chip) processor and 128MB of DDR2 memory which can’t be upgraded. Once powered up you can use the management interface to opt for a mirror for redundancy or a stripe for maximum space. This is entirely tool free as the tray has mounting pins in place and the new drive is slotted in place by flexing one side rail back slightly. This is fixed behind the main air grille but you can add a second SATA drive via a removable tray above.
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HP’s Media Vault Pro aims to redress the balance as this compact desktop unit is a simple appliance that’s easy to install, provides a central location for file sharing and PC backup and is friendly on the pocket.Ĭosting just a shade over £200, the mv5020 certainly looks good value as it comes with a single 500GB SATA hard disk. There are more NAS appliances on the market than you can shake a stick at but for the average home user many are either too expensive or overly heavy on the features.
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