HP ProLiant MicroServer

arikv · 11-09-2013 10:01am

Kingkong wrote: »

What RAID setups does the BIOS Support.

Looking at putting on Vsphere and not sure how to go about the RAID setup

If anyone has a spare stick of Ram for it i would be most grateful.

I've a spare 2GB (I've bought 2x4GB yesterday). I'm based in South County Dublin so PM me if interested)

EDIT: I've Already PM-ed the first Boardie to respond.

johnybean · 11-09-2013 10:04am

May as well chance my arm...anyone in the midlands/around Galway City with spare RAM they dont want can drop me a PM if your feeling generous

stimpson · 11-09-2013 10:24am

johnybean wrote: »

If you take the shipping into account (And why wouldn't you) then it works out €8 cheaper then servers+. The £154 server that you linked to is being sold by Bora Computers in Germany so I dont know if that will effect your ability to claim cash back.

You will NOT get cashback buying from a German vendor. It MUST be UK or Ireland stock. They ask for the serial number on the claim form.

Kingkong · 11-09-2013 11:50am

arikv wrote: »

I've a spare 2GB (I've bought 2x4GB yesterday). I'm based in South County Dublin so PM me if interested)

Thanks PM sent

zom · 11-09-2013 3:01pm

I ordered one from Misco yesterday at lunchtime - got it today at lunchtime! Pretty impressive speed. I'm not even prepared to test it today!

Willing to use it as fileserver on Win7 and I wonder if I need any additional RAM or default 2GB will do? Appreciate if anyone shares its spare (as I have to save now to get some more disks for it ;-)

TestTransmission · 11-09-2013 3:05pm

Damn you bargain alerts.

Zardoz · 11-09-2013 4:13pm

Just bought one off Amazon directly for £193,so £93 after cashback.
Wont be in stock for 1-3 months though so if it doesnt ship by the end of the month I will cancel it as I dont really need it anyway.:D

peter_dublin · 12-09-2013 11:37am

peter_dublin wrote: »

Ordered one on Misco.ie which has them in stock for the same price as going via server plus. Damn bargain alerts...

Ordered it on Misco and recieved it the next day in the office, Great service and rebate submitted. Currently using it as a headless TV Tuner Farm / NAS running the following:

1. DVBLink (TvSource / Connect Server) with 3 x DVB-T Tuners and 3 DVB-S2 Tuners (1 USB / 1 Internal Dual Tuner)
2. Plex Media Server
3. OS: Windows Server 2012 Essentials (R2 will only install if onboard NIC is disabled and an additional NIC Installed, RTM also has the same issue).
4. RAID 5 (4 x 1TB drives) 250GB relocated to 5.25" bay (Sata Cable / Molex to Sata Convertor required).
5. Crashplan to backup to the cloud.
6. uTorrent controlled via Web Interface.

Unless I do ASF transcoding the CPU idles about 6 - 10% (mostly due to Crashplan), ASF at 640x480 (512bits) pushes it to 100% but it can still stream tv channels to other clients without interuption as this is only transferring the MPEG Stream. Ram is nearly maxed, running about 70 - 75% so if anyone has a 2gb they want to sell on do let me know.

Overall though I'm unsure I'll keep it, I've a Core2Quad Q8300 this was to replace but the lower transcoding possibilities is a limitation especially when I use DVBLink / Plex Android clients to watch tv / stream media while commuting etc, specifically the live transcoding of the Tv Stream using ASF_Transcoder really pushes it and 720p/1Mbit just isn't possible which is a shame as this was my min requirements for watching tv on a 1080p android phone.

13-09-2013 9:27pm

I also ordered mine from Misco on Wednesday afternoon, and it arrived this morning. I was very pleased with the service, and the server.

However, 2GB is certainly not enough for my needs, and I also already have four large HDDs to put in it, so I don't suppose anyone in Dublin (I'm based in Blackrock) would like to swap the 2GB ECC stick they received with their G7 for the 250GB drive that I received with mine?

bb1234567 · 13-09-2013 9:44pm

peter_dublin wrote: »

Ordered it on Misco and recieved it the next day in the office, Great service and rebate submitted. Currently using it as a headless TV Tuner Farm / NAS running the following:

1. DVBLink (TvSource / Connect Server) with 3 x DVB-T Tuners and 3 DVB-S2 Tuners (1 USB / 1 Internal Dual Tuner)
2. Plex Media Server
3. OS: Windows Server 2012 Essentials (R2 will only install if onboard NIC is disabled and an additional NIC Installed, RTM also has the same issue).
4. RAID 5 (4 x 1TB drives) 250GB relocated to 5.25" bay (Sata Cable / Molex to Sata Convertor required).
5. Crashplan to backup to the cloud.
6. uTorrent controlled via Web Interface.

Unless I do ASF transcoding the CPU idles about 6 - 10% (mostly due to Crashplan), ASF at 640x480 (512bits) pushes it to 100% but it can still stream tv channels to other clients without interuption as this is only transferring the MPEG Stream. Ram is nearly maxed, running about 70 - 75% so if anyone has a 2gb they want to sell on do let me know.

Overall though I'm unsure I'll keep it, I've a Core2Quad Q8300 this was to replace but the lower transcoding possibilities is a limitation especially when I use DVBLink / Plex Android clients to watch tv / stream media while commuting etc, specifically the live transcoding of the Tv Stream using ASF_Transcoder really pushes it and 720p/1Mbit just isn't possible which is a shame as this was my min requirements for watching tv on a 1080p android phone.

wow my brain hurts:)

arikv · 14-09-2013 1:56am

peter_dublin wrote: »

Ordered it on Misco and recieved it the next day in the office, Great service and rebate submitted. Currently using it as a headless TV Tuner Farm / NAS running the following:

1. DVBLink (TvSource / Connect Server) with 3 x DVB-T Tuners and 3 DVB-S2 Tuners (1 USB / 1 Internal Dual Tuner)
2. Plex Media Server
3. OS: Windows Server 2012 Essentials (R2 will only install if onboard NIC is disabled and an additional NIC Installed, RTM also has the same issue).
4. RAID 5 (4 x 1TB drives) 250GB relocated to 5.25" bay (Sata Cable / Molex to Sata Convertor required).
5. Crashplan to backup to the cloud.
6. uTorrent controlled via Web Interface.

Unless I do ASF transcoding the CPU idles about 6 - 10% (mostly due to Crashplan), ASF at 640x480 (512bits) pushes it to 100% but it can still stream tv channels to other clients without interuption as this is only transferring the MPEG Stream. Ram is nearly maxed, running about 70 - 75% so if anyone has a 2gb they want to sell on do let me know.

Overall though I'm unsure I'll keep it, I've a Core2Quad Q8300 this was to replace but the lower transcoding possibilities is a limitation especially when I use DVBLink / Plex Android clients to watch tv / stream media while commuting etc, specifically the live transcoding of the Tv Stream using ASF_Transcoder really pushes it and 720p/1Mbit just isn't possible which is a shame as this was my min requirements for watching tv on a 1080p android phone.

Windows Servert 2012 installs fine as is as long as you add the NIC driver (I've installed the Datacentre edition with the nic enabled): here's an explanation:
http://homeservershow.com/forums/index.php?/topic/5734-anyone-successfully-install-server-2012-r2-essentials-on-a-microserver/

arikv · 16-09-2013 10:54am

Not sure if it was posted before but:
"If you plan to run Windows and utilize the fakeRAID (aka SoftRAID) controller, I'd recommend installing the AMD RAIDXpertarray monitoring/RAID management".
Link to it (you'll need to download and install the last one and possibly the one before to be able to configure and monitor the RAID from within Windows):
support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/windows/Pages/raid_windows.aspx

I use that as I've no iLO card and will otherwise need to hook up a monitor to it when I add/remove disks.
It works on any Winsows 2008R2 /2012 64Bit OS including Core (free but with no GUI).

Hope it helps someone.

shanec1928 · 17-09-2013 10:57pm

Anyone else have issues with the tray sliding out? One of them works perfect for me but the other one seems to catch on something and moves maybe 5mm at most. That's when the two screws have been loosened btw..

17-09-2013 10:59pm

shanec1928 wrote: »

Anyone else have issues with the tray sliding out? One of them works perfect for me but the other one seems to catch on something and moves maybe 5mm at most. That's when the two screws have been loosened btw..

Do you have any PCIe cards installed?

shanec1928 · 17-09-2013 11:25pm

Foster Large Orangutan wrote: »

Do you have any PCIe cards installed?

No both were straight out if the box through it was the blanking slot for the PCIe cards that was catching so removed them and still the same. Reckon one of them could be making a return trip.

arikv · 18-09-2013 10:27am

shanec1928 wrote: »

No both were straight out if the box through it was the blanking slot for the PCIe cards that was catching so removed them and still the same. Reckon one of them could be making a return trip.

My N54L trays are okay, I've already populated all Bays and also since had replaced two with higher capacity disks.

stimpson · 18-09-2013 10:31am

shanec1928 wrote: »

Anyone else have issues with the tray sliding out? One of them works perfect for me but the other one seems to catch on something and moves maybe 5mm at most. That's when the two screws have been loosened btw..

What do you mean by the tray - is it the motherboard?

Have you made sure all the cables are unplugged and aren't snagging anything on the board? I remember having some minor snagging issues - a bit of care and brute force in equal measure was enough to free it.

shanec1928 · 18-09-2013 1:31pm

got it sorted. rather embarrassed what it was. had left the vga connected:o

Elara: Kin · 24-09-2013 10:22am

Just got these back in stock guys, just so you know.

unkel · 24-09-2013 11:01am

Here's the link to the server on your site, Kin

€116 shipped after cash back, not a bad price at all

24-09-2013 11:03am

unkel wrote: »

Here's the link to the server on your site, Kin

€116 shipped after cash back, not a bad price at all

Is the cash back deal still good? The form I filled out seemed to imply you had to take delivery before the end of September, which is looming now.

Elara: Kin · 24-09-2013 11:06am

Yes the cashback is still good. The product has to ship before the end of the month so orders made by this week should be ok.

stimpson · 24-09-2013 11:10am

It says it has to be delivered by the 30th, but I've no idea how they would know this.

Damn you Kin. I don't need another one, but I love a bargain...

Elara: Kin · 24-09-2013 11:12am

stimpson wrote: »

It says it has to be delivered by the 30th, but I've no idea how they would know this.

They would use the invoice date.

unkel · 24-09-2013 11:32am

I absolutely don't need this, but I'm very tempted. Stick in a low profile €25 PCI-E graphics card with HDMI output and you have yourself a combo HTPC / NAS machine for very little money...

arikv · 24-09-2013 11:34am

unkel wrote: »

I absolutely don't need this, but I'm very tempted. Stick in a low profile €25 PCI-E graphics card with HDMI output and you have yourself a combo HTPC / NAS machine for very little money...

How about sound? will the graphics card look after it as well?

stimpson · 24-09-2013 11:36am

arikv wrote: »

How about sound? will the graphics card look after it as well?

A HDMI card will do sound.

I have a low profile fanless card that I bought, but I'm using it as a server so it will go up on adverts if anyone is interested.

fl4pj4ck · 24-09-2013 11:37am

it does have HDMI by the looks of it:

anyone using one of those as htpc? is it suitable for HD playback?

stimpson · 24-09-2013 11:39am

Doesn't have HDMI - you're probably looking at the eSATA port.

MrSparkle · 24-09-2013 12:25pm

fl4pj4ck wrote: »

it does have HDMI by the looks of it: anyone using one of those as htpc? is it suitable for HD playback?

I can't remember how well it handles HD playback without a graphics card as it's been so long, I think it did 720 playback ok. I picked up a Sapphire Radeon HD 5450 for $30 on Amazon.com and it can play full HD with no issues.

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