Hewlett Packard has informed that they have discontinued the MediaSmart Server and will not be releasing any more models either on the current version of Windows Home Server or the upcoming Vail platform. If you’ve recently purchased or will be purchasing one of the remaining units available, the warranty and support will continue for all products through their defined periods.
Allen Buckner, Marketing Manager for the former Home Server Group, gave the news in a phone conference earlier this month, saying only that HP was “shifting additional resources to focus on webOS initiatives”. He told that the team had already been reassigned, and that there were no further software updates planned for the platform.
"With the recent acquisition of Palm, HP’s Personal Systems Group is transferring the MediaSmart Server team to the Palm Global Business Unit to help with future development of the webOS. The MediaSmart hardware is used as a basis for the current HP StorageWorks X300 and X500 Data Vault models and is therefore also affected by this change. HP will continue to support current models with a three-year limited warranty on hardware, a three-year technical support warranty on software for the X500 and a one-year limited warranty for the X300 Data Vault.
HP understands that small business clients rely on HP StorageWorks for solutions that help store, manage and protect data in a simple, cost effective manner. HP StorageWorks will continue to develop products for the HP “Just Right IT” portfolio of offerings designed to make it easy for micro and small businesses to get exactly the IT capabilities they need at the right time, at just the right price."Link: http://www.mediasmartserver.net/2010/11/30/hp-withdraws-from-windows-home-server-discontinues-the-mediasmart-server-and-data-vault/
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