Tim Higgins
The HP spokesperson said that shipments, which according to media reports were slated to begin next month, were now being further delayed. Product will now be "in the channel in time for the holidays".
The Media Smart Server and Windows Home Server were introduced with much fanfare at the January Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
HP isn't putting all its media serving eggs in the Windows Home Server basket and has turned back to Linux for a refresh of its dual-drive MediaVault line.
There are three new products, all built on the same shortened version of the four-drive MediaSmart server chassis, but powered by a Marvell NAS processor with 128 MB of RAM instead of the AMD CPU used on the MediaSmart server.
Thecus has announced two rackmount Intel Xeon based NASes.
Infortrend has announced two Intel-based 2U business NASes.
