The MediaVault is a very accomplished NAS appliance which combines a class-leading feature set with great performance and flexibility. The included software is great – for windows users at least – and the ability to customise the embedded Linux distribution makes this a true one-box-does-all network storage solution.
As for price, I don’t think the extra 200GB that the 500GB version provides, is worth the £100 premium and I’d plum for the 300GB version along with a massive 750GB second drive.
However, it's worth noting that neither version appears to be available in the UK at the time of writing. Customers in the US seem to be well catered for, though, with several shops including HPs online store stocking it.
Edit: This morning I had an email informing me the 300GB version is actually available at PC World.Read full review
Overall
8/10
By Edward Chester
Reviewed 22 February 2007
Updated 05 February 2011