Well, I have just completed my Hp Media Smart Window Home Server Upgrade. It was quite a fun little project. I learned alot in the process in which I had to go online to find some documentation in regards to upgrading my memory for the server. I have had the server for about 3 years now with the standard 500GB HDD and 512 MB RAM. It was sufficant for what I needed it for but now that I am working for a company (Blend Interactive) and learning new technologies every day, I decided to use the home server as a testing server. With the capabilities that i has, i can harness all the .net technologies as well as sql server and everything else. I also use WHS(Windows Home Server) very religiously for my computer backups. I am handling about 68 GB worth of backups.
WHS normally keeps backups for 3 months but I have it setup to handle all my backups from day ONE. So with that being said, windows home server has a fun Add-In called WHIIST for configuring your home server to run as a fully functional web server.
So, What i did, was throw a new module of Ram into the WHS to upgrade it to 2GB since i found out after installing it couldn't handle the 4GB Stick and added another 500GB HDD to the system. Now with this, I can mirror my other drive add set the certain share folders to mirror. This saves me alot of time from coping files from the WHS to the External NAS device.
I also added a New Linksys Wireless N with Gigaports to the network for maximum connection speeds. Since my WHS comes with a gigabit port, i am harnessing the speed of this as well. So that concludes my upgrade. Below are th following photos that shows some of the upgrades done to my Windows Home Server.