I. will. not. buy. a. 4th. microserver. :confused:

I still got HP54L with Synology and love it

got that covered

Casually eating my lunch and having a browse and BAM! It's a Microserver Hattrick. That's an N40, N45 and now the Gen 8.

Thanks OP, damn you HUKD...

Heat thanks going to order a few

Voted hot thanks

I can't think what I'd need a server for at home, but this is so cool I may buy one just so I can say I do have a server at home :-)
Good price though, heat added.

Cracking price and it comes with 4GB RAM too; have some heat!

I still got HP54L with Synology and love it

Purchase the HP ProLiant MicroServer Gen8 (part code 819185-421) between 16th November 2015 and 31st January 2016, complete the claim form below and HP will refund £55 cash back.

Stupid question alert; what makes this a server and not a pc??

I. will. not. buy. a. 4th. microserver. :confused:

:-) I know, I use an old desktop for that at the moment, and it does the job perfectly well. I might get the server because it looks much more sexy though, people might think I work for MI5, GCHQ or JARIC!

Fantastic and HIGHLY recommended!

quite a few places price matched if that 1st feb to 31st march cashback works.

Doubt it.

first thing i looked for, the deal has expired.

They're more likely to think you work for eBuyer.

Good cover story!
:-)

Your spy cover story is that you're a spotty-faced warehouse worker?

No one expects - The Spanish Inquisition...
:-)

So will this cash back offer work then? Given the date irregularities on the claim form?

EDIT - Ignore me, should read the original post better :smiley:

Great deal, I bought one during the last time they had this offer and it works great!

As usual, loads of useful information here - http://homeservershow.com/forums/index.php?/topic/5639-proliant-microserver-gen8-links/

It's quoted in the deal description; https://www.serversplus.com/pdfs/ms55_feb16mar16.pdf

It seems the promotion has started again but they haven't actually updated the listing to say so. Obviously worth sending them a message just to confirm but the claim form suggests 1st February to 31st March.

Anyone know of an email address to send the claim form to?

I remember emailing it last time?

I have one of these upgraded to 16GB RAM and it is absolutely rock solid. I'm running Hyper-V with a number of virtual machines and the last time I had to power it down was to plug it into a UPS :-)

Guys (and gals), at present I use my i5 PC (GeForce 960 gtx card) to run plex (as well as a PC). It generally transcodes up to three things at a time (to two Amazon Fire sticks on the same network and and my iPad while overseas). Would this be up to the task to do the same or is it more for NAS use?

I'm thinking of replacing my current NAS (basically a seagate external drive that connects to a network) with a proper RAID setup (thinking two 4tb drives in mirror mode). Would this be a smarter move than buying a dedicated NAS box?

I have a similar question to the above posters; would this be decent for a Plex server? Could it handle 4K transcode or multiple 1080p transcode?
And for my final stupid question, it says the maximum is 16TB hard drive space. Therefore I assume it will only take a maximum of 4TB drives? (I wanted to buy a couple of 6TB drives or the new Seagate 8TB)

Damn you all to hell. my N40 is asking for more grunt, and it looks like the 16GB ECC ram will transpose nicely (even if a bit slow)
No, I don't need it, but damn you all... this will happily run a few more virtual machines.

Does the cashback offer apply if bought from ebuyer? I can get quidco from there

I used this code for free next day delivery : MSFREENDUK

:smile:

Thanks!

I've been suckered into buying one now! I would ideally want to use it to host a few vms and as a plex server.

Before I go and get additional components to add to it does anyone have good tips on what to add? ie. hard disks, additional RAM and best value place to buy etc Many thanks

You can add an SSD in the ODD slot fairly easily, just needs a cheap adapter cable. Makes boot up quicker, the OS will feel smoother and it'll leave the other slots free for higher capacity HDDs for storage.

Another 4GB RAM is a cheap and easy upgrade.

For those looking to use this for PleX, it struggles with 1080p transcoding. Apparently you can upgrade to a Xeon processor, here's a guide https://b3n.org/installed-xeon-e3-1230v2-in-gen8-hp-microserver/

​me too . almost went for this fill price on Amazon! glad I waited.

I have a bad drive with 5tb of films etc on and I've been wanting to migrate to plex and this is perfect for that :smiley:

glad I helped :smile:

I just stuck in the extra RAM (and disks obviously) and it works fine on the HP version of ESXi. Acceptable VM performance with linux desktops, probably not so much with windows...not tried.
RAID works fine on the HP version of ESXi and the fans are very quiet (some people say the fans run loud on proxmox...etc....blah...)

Don't forget with Plex that it can do Direct Play too.

So if the file format/container/audio are playable natively on the device via the Plex app no transcoding is required and the limit is your internal network (wired or wireless)

More information - Source

interchangeable front covers, available in a choice of funky colors*

Anyone know of any good prices for a compatible 16GB RAM kit (ECC) for this?

Also... When are the Gen 9's due for release?

Great thanks for that! I had a spare 256gb SSD kicking around which I will use plus a bigger hard drive. I'm wondering whether I should stick windows 10 and then VMware fusion or just use the server via esxi

I don't need another one, I don't need another one, I don't...:confused:

​Its called XPEnology, I run the same with 6 drives in the 54L, Works well and has a nice user interface.

esxi will work much better but make sure you download the hp build off the hp website.

i bought my from ebuyer end of December. just had confirmation my cashback is to be paid this week :smiley:

really!! can't imagine synology being happy about this!
might give that a go, my vintage synology box is great but a bit slow

Still got my N40L with 4GB Ram and a pile of hard drives, replaced the odd with a 250gb drive for the os, also has hacked bios, also replaced the built in nic after the bios & Win 8.1 debacle & also now using a xonar sound card.

All the other drives are handled by MS Storage Spaces, I know initially some people had problems but I've not had a single issue with it (touchwood) & now upgraded the array to Win 10 version so all my non system drives just show up as one big 4tb array!

Mine sits in the cabinet under the TV and is hooked up via vga, it runs plex to stream content to kids Xbox360 & Now TV box and also connected to TV & av amp to play content in the living room.

Great servers brilliant for living room use on a modern unit like this you could use usb sound cards instead of pcie

Casually eating my lunch and having a browse and BAM! It's a Microserver Hattrick. That's an N40, N45 and now the Gen 8.

Thanks OP, damn you HUKD...

I've had 4 x Seagate 8TB drives in one of mine (had - one died and not got around to replacing it!) and I have 4 x 4 TB drives in another.

Bought one of these in the last round of HP cashback, stuck an SSD in it, 16GB ECC RAM, 4x 2TB HDD and one of the coveted Xeon 1220L v2 and passively cooled AMD HD6450 gfx with audio over HDMI - runs like a dream with Kodi/Plex/SABnzbd/Sonar/Couchpotato/Headphones/LazyLibrarian/HTPC-Manager. Much faster than my old N40L

Take it you've never seen the ultra-realistic spy drama "Chuck" then :wink:

OK, i have finally bitten. Anyone recommend a HDD deal?

I am struggling to find a reasonable deal on memory. Has anyone found anything?

Condemning myself is the normal status quo, but I felt it would be rather boring down there by myself. So I'm inviting others.

I got a new N54L which I have yet to implement, but this looks so interesting too, lol!

When sending for the cash refund do I wait for the invoice that ServerPlus send with the Server or I can I just print of the Web page showing the order..txs

nothing runs on this oldie

Stupid question. Is the oprical deive included?
Just broke my n54l motherboard and thinkibg it might be cheaper to buy a new microserver than replacing the MB

N40 owner myself an looking to upgrade.
Trying to find a reason why not to get the Dell T20 for £97.94 after cashback instead of the gen8.
http://www.serversplus.com/servers/tower_servers/dell_tower_servers/t20-9186

Would like to know if this will play 4k content ok, as I got an N40 with 4K content on it & the picture lags a lot, thanks.

Would this ram be any good: http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Samsung-16GB-2x8GB-2RX4-DDR3-1333MHz-PC3-10600R-ECC-RDIMM-REG-REG-Server-ram-/181993455248

Have a couple of the N36Ls, one running 4 x 2TB , plus 4x500GB 2.5" drives in a caddy in the 51/4" drive bay (all connected to a HP P410 raid card). This is the only thing stopping me getting the new Gen8, lack of storage space in them for my 2.5" caddy :disappointed:

This will not "play" 4K content, you need a much beefier CPU for that. Plex supports direct play (or whatever it's called), so if the client supports the container/format the 4K file is in, it will just stream it directly as it, and that works perfectly fine.

Can you configure this device as a local torrent and file server?

Would I be right in assuming you could use this as a ftp/storage device (amongst other things) for IP cameras (motion capture etc)?
thanks,

Thanks for replying, you any idea what server would play 4k content using XBMC on a AS rock Beebox nuc?

Thanks

Is this quiet machine ? Will it run plex good and ip cameras

Maximum internal storage: 16TB (4 x 4TB) 3.5" SATA

Is this HPE quoting the 'supported storage' instead of possible storage?

Yes I believe so. I remember reading that others had used bigger drives.

Id says it takes a fair bit more than 16TB..

That is awesome mate.........Buy this one as your back up solution ha!

Yeah it wil be based on their quickspecs i.e. they would only ever "support" their branded hard drives, which of course go up to 4TB

What "4K" content are you using? I was under the impression that almost nothing was "4K" (apart from a tiny fraction of Netflix and Amazon Prime), almost no devices support it, no optical disc is big enough to store a film, etc, etc.

Btw, did you know that 4K TVs aren't actually high enough resolution to even display 4K ?

Anyway, I'll upgrade to 4K eventually but I'm not willing to spend £9000 (that's not a joke, that's how much it would cost to replace my screen with a 4K one) on something I can't really use.

got that covered

you are my hero

Is this better than my ageing ready nas duo?

That is mad lol - but how do you find the time to watch 30TB of TV Shows?

I've still got the old N54L (I think). I've been running various things on it like VMWare and FreeNAS. I'm a bit fed up of the RAID card not being supported under VMWare.

Does anyone know if this one is?

51TB..

Nice one....I feel I should throw more questions but in fear you will have an answer! What drives you got populating the 4 bays in the microserver?

Is there any chance to use this server for cctv cameras? Any suggestions.

I've read this has got remote software from HP called ILO to access it remotely, however, how can i do that, do i need to get a monitor and USB mouse/keyboard to first configure it.
Or do you need to go into the BIOS to enable ILO, so for that you'd need a keyboard and monitor?

I bought once of these before in an earlier deal, but don't have a monitor, I've plugged a LAN cable from my router into the ILO socket, and then tried to access it using the servername on the tag at the back (starting with ILO....), but it doesn't connect.

I can ping the server on my network via the ILO name, I just can't connect it it via the name or IP address using http://ILOCOMPUTER
Any ideas how to access it remotely without a monitor?



So that would mean then i first need to connect it to a computer monitor and keyboard?

Can it run Linux distros like FreeNAS? :smile:

2x 6TB WD Green
2x 5TB Toshiba

another month another gen 8 HP deal - does anybody pay full price for these ? I bought one 6 months ago to replace my original HP Home Server that must be 8 or 9 yrs old

love mine win 8.1 8gb ram 2 x 2tb and 2 x 1tb wd red nas drives.

Ebuyer looks ok as the mfr code matchs on the main product page. Only problem I found was the part where the claim form quotes - "Attach proof of purchase (reseller invoice(s)) to the claim form, with qualifying products and HPE part codes circled and make copies for your records."
I have not been able to find on the invoice anywhere which it provides a HPE part code only a QF(quick find) code that links to the product page. Anyone know how this works with ebuyer?

It's not slow if you put an SSD in it. Hot. These are brilliant machines!

Still got my HP 54L running great with 4GB of ram, ssd and low profile graphics with HDMI.
Why am i still tempted ! :confused:

Still using an N54l, have win10 on mine, 8GB ram SSD and a 7750 low profile, great machine for media centre / Steam lego PC for the kids, runs fine... not sure I need a new one but tempted.

Hmm...so looks like this can't run Plex 1080p without upgrading CPU?

Great deal - looking at replacing an ageing desktop as main home media unit. Can I use this for both DLNA on ps4 as well as a fileserver and backups for 2 macs using the built in HP os? Don't fancy spending lots of time installing custom OS and mucking around with settings... So not sure if this is for me. First post advice welcome :smiley:

How simple is it to install XPenology on the N54L.....?
I have both the N54 and N40 but have only used Windows and it has worked out ok but I often read of people using XPenology but I have never tried using that myself. Any limitations you have noted when using it...?

What OS is best to use on this? I want to use it for IPCCTV

For access via iLO - the answer is yes and no... You can simply plug it in and it will get an IP automatically. Then you use the username/password written on the box to access a webpage (of the IP Address). The default DNS name of the iLO is written on the box too.

As for remote control - it will let you do a text interface, or GUI for 30 minutes, but after that it requires an iLO Advanced license. These are pretty spendy!

Your iLO will not be available on the Internet unless you "forward" the port on your router, but I would not recommend doing that as it could leave you open to attacks!

iLO licenses can be bought relatively cheaply from eBay.

So would free nas be easy to set up and use?

I've no experience of FreeNAS, i use Windows Server 2012 R2.

How is this at transcoding h265 on the fly? My n54l doesn't fair too well.

After synology killed my samsung drives,anyone know if theyd work in this?

Thanks looks like I've got a lot more reading up to do!

Cheers, I've tried accessing via the DNS name (and also the IP Address found via pinging the DNS name that on the card attached to the server) that but it's not working.
I'm trying http:\\DNSName, and also http:\\192.168.x.x (the IP address from the ping)

I only want to access it from home, not from outside, so i guess i don't need to do port forwarding for that.

I've just no idea why i can't access it from the DNS Name in a URL, but i can see it's on my network as i can ping the the DNS name and get an IP address (which i pressume is the ILO IP Address).

I love mine :smiley:

Still use my 54L as a fileserver for my media server, they are great for storage, then let the more powerful computers process the videos.

It shouldn't matter as it should work it out, but out of interest have you tried https:// instead of http:// ?

Does the more powerful Pentium CPU version of these HP Gen 8 microservers ever get included with these cashback offers, if so approximately how much more do they work out costing?

Thanks.

I'm looking for a NAS solution to hold the various 3.5" drives ive accumulated. I have an old dell i7 pc, for power, etc, would freeNAS or equivalent on the PC or a microserver give me the best results.

Just looking fof centralised storage and let my new pc do transcoding.

Yes, thanks, tried both, so have tried;

http://DNSNAME
https://DNSNAME
http://192.168.1.64
https://192.168.1.64

Nothing is working, but pinging all the above work fine and resolve.
No idea, going to have to try and find a monitor somewhere, or buy a cheap on off Fleabay or Gumtree.

Just ordered one to replace my annoying Buffalo Terastation. Thanks op

What are these like for power consumption, has anyone put them on a power meter to see what they are like idle with HD's spun down?

Cheers

If you're a business, can you claim back VAT and the cashback?

I've had a search, anyone found an 8GB stick under 42 quid (DDR3 ETC)? Thanks

Probably nothing to do with this but have you checked that your browser is set to connect to https pages not trusted? Try another browser? At least try telnetting to port 80 / 443 - see if you get a connection
No idea, going to have to try and find a monitor somewhere, or buy a cheap on off Fleabay or Gumtree.[/quote]

http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/power-connector-35-to-sata-a18gg

Cheap power connector from Maplins in case anyone wants to add fit another hard drive inside the unit

Anyone had a dispatch notice?

It's dead easy. Put the image on a USB stick, boot from USB, then it's menu based. Let it install, give it an IP address, then connect to the GUI web interface and do the rest of the config from there.

So close to purchasing one... I have one already with XPenology and it runs perfectly... I'm only using 2.5TB with 8.39TB available... I'd just be purchasing for the sake of it! I would however recommend this unit with Plex... I try and get mp4 format for most things so the clients use DirectPlay... transcoding stuff it's OK but I do that at 720p which to be honest, is good enough for me..

I am torn between this or the dell T20 server which seems to have a beefier processor 3.0ghz versus the 2ghz. Perhaps the dell would also allow more hard drives to be installed?

As most people (myself included) run these 24/7, one of your main considerations in choosing a home server is power consumption. I currently have the N40L and it costs around £50 per year to run 24/7. A beefier processor will consume more power and will be more costly to run. Worth checking and comparing.

​yes, 3 is the magic number.

This machine will do that easily but then so will your older PC.

The advantages of this will be the size, ease of swapping drives, power draw and I'm assuming aesthetics.

The PC is likely to be more powerful, offer greater flexibility (assuming your PC can accept more than 4-5 drives) and cheaper as you obviously already have it.

Ultimately it will depend on your needs but I would use this instead of the older PC to serve files. If you wanted transcoding or other things then use the PC.

Something to look at with both options is Unraid. It's a great OS if you have a mishmash of different drives you would like to use.

A recommendation / link to 16GB of RAM that works with the Gen8 Microserver would be really useful if someone can oblige.

Cheers

My server turned up this lunch time. Ordered yesterday :smile:

Unfortunately I dont have time to mess about with it! yet Boooo

Can anyone comment what the iLO is like? I've seen somewhere you have to buy an expensive license to be able to manage it remotely?

I'm teetering on pulling the trigger on this. The dell T20 doesn't seem to offer anywhere near as many options.

Is a ram upgrade expensive? I have the N36L microserver that's always just chugged along and may demote that to new microserver backups

Also where are you all buying from?

I have a Dell755 with 6gb ram and a q9550 running Xpenology with 3tb data is it worth purchasing this server as a replacement?
Also whats the power consumption on these like?

Thanks for this, something to think of. Old PC has 4 SATA slots, but only 2 bays and is the size of a mini tower too. I do have an nVidia shield and use Plex on that, but was going to get the new PC to transcode as I believe this CPU would struggle with more than a 720p resolution

Regarding the question about CCTV, I run blue iris on one of these with zero issues.

After reading all the comments I note everyone is genius in their own field. Therefore I have a question? For a small business office sever is the best option for storing data or office365 subscription? I will appreciate all the answers.

Purchased - thanks.

Question:
I have 2x WD Red drives I'm removing from a Readynas Duo. I would like to run XPEnology under ESXI with RAID 1 (mirroring). This seems best to me as I read installing XPEnology on bare metal does not allow for reading HDD temperature. But my question - Do I need a 3rd OS disk for ESXI and the XPEnology VM, or could I do this using a USB drive? If so, what size USB drive would be needed?

Thanks - that's what I thought. I suppose can probably boot ESXi from a USB drive, but not use it as the datastore like you say. That's a bit of an oversight on my part as I hadn't budgeted for a 3rd disk when I purchased this to replace my Readynas Duo NAS, but I'm sure it will be useful in the future for running other VMs on the Microserver.

Is it possible to get cashback if bought via Amazon. http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B013UBCHVU
Thanks for replies.

Is it possible to get cashback if bought via Amazon. http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B013UBCHVU
Thanks for replies.

Any deals on RAM and hard drives at the moment? I've heard Wd red is rather popular in these but they seem pretty costly to me at ~£130 per 4TB!

Damn.... I just went and ordered one!!!!

now I need to find some 3TB drives and some more ram.

wheres best to look for these?

Also what OS do people run on this?

really really pondering about this........

I have an N40 microserver and im going to sort out the same thing for my parents.
Im trying to keep the power usage to a minimum, ive measured the power draw from my N40L, and its about 35w.

However i have about 12 old PCs in the garage (mostly P4s), but i bet their power draw is probably much higher (90-100w?)

I just dont know whether to reuse an old PC or buy one of these.
Its £110 extra money but will probably use less power. Anyone advise?

Hi Apologies if this was already asked - is this Gen8 server does not allow to use Windows 7 OS?

I doubt if Amazon purchase will qualify for cashback but I might be wrong. Can anyone please help with the clarification? Thanks!

How much ventilation does this need? Could it run in a cupboard where it has ample space around it but the cupboard itself isn't ventilated?

​just received answer
Hi

 

Thank you for your mail.

 

This would not be eligible for the cashback as it is purchased through MiniPrice Express who are not a HPE Business partner and are not based in the UK.




 

Kind Regards

What Windows server software would be best for file sharing and backups from Mac and plex use?

Anyone use this RAM?

http://www.ebuyer.com/394569-kingston-16gb-1600mhz-ddr3-ecc-reg-cl11-dimm-dr-x4-w-ts-kvr16r11d4-16

Just wanting to check compatibility before I order

I bought get an 8gb stick from Amazon

Just go to Amazon and search HP microserver gen8 ram

I paid £42 I think for an 8gb stick of Kingston ram and it was ECC

Maybe its just me, but since its only a few quid more, I think I'd opt for Crucials http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B008EMA5VU

£82.21 here (if you dare?) SaverStore?

That's a single 16GB module, you need 2 x 8GB.

Pulled the trigger and ordered today, hopefully will be able to make a fist of it running a NAS solution. Thanks OP for the post

ps anyone else getting each post on this thread locked for moderation?

Windows 10 Pro, few of them require Python but easy enough to setup

Could someone please point me in the direction of the cable needed to enable me to add an SSD into the top of the server? Would this one do the job:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00N98VZHC?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=ox_sc_act_title_1&smid=A2KWSZB804VQD5

Thanks

​ yep, if you want even cheaper Maplin

Excellent, thank you.

Is it worth the upgrade from an N54?

Got mine delivered this morning cheers OP. I'm new to micro servers so I'm just trying to decide which os to go with. I've had a net gear NAS duov2 for a while does the job but I needed something to transcode plex and this seems to fit the bill.

Did you sit and procrastinate for a day or two, but in the back of your mind already knew you were going to buy it? I know I did.

Mine has arrived but sadly no playing until
Next week as I'm working away this weekend!!

Got an additional 8gb ram and 3tb drive coming as well.

I've decided I'm Going to put Windows 10 on it and use storage spaces. I'll use my old N36L microserver running WHS2011 as a backup of the gen 8

Assuming it all works.. Still got to look into that!!

I thought about it for about an hour :smiley:

if I'm wanting to host a website, use as a storage option, maybe use to store and play films - which OS would be best?
Also are there any thoughts on the best options for hard drives?

anyone found the processor upgrades in stock anywhere? they are rarer than ducks teeth

are there any "normal" processors like i3 or i5 etc that work with no aggro and are available in the uk?

Just installed Ubuntu server using the iLO virtual media manager - it loads the ISO over the internet using just the URL to the iso file. No cd-rom drive or usb stick required. Perfect if you have neither and a decent internet connection (I used the full server ISO, but you could also use the cmaller network installer version). Done so heedlessly using the Remote Console. I'm very impressed.

How does configuring RAID work? I'd like RAID 1 backups in the future but for the time being I'm only planning on buying one hard drive. Is this possible or do you have to stick with what's setup once a RAID configuration has been set?

​​​Blimey, least I only have one to deal with! ;-) Worked really well for me. Never had to plug in anything other than the network cables. Though I had actually dusted off a usb cdrom drive just in case, the poor thing once again found itself back on the shelve to replenish said dust.

Mine arrived the other day and I've just started to configure it. I'm a bit concerned that when I look at the ILO log I see the following:-

"ID","Severity","Last Update","Initial Update","Count","Description",
"447"," Informational","02/03/2016 06:36","02/03/2016 06:36","1","Server power removed.",
"446"," Informational","02/02/2016 18:26","02/02/2016 18:26","1","XML logout: System Administrator - 127.0.0.1(localhost).",
"445"," Informational","02/02/2016 18:26","02/02/2016 18:26","1","XML login: System Administrator - 127.0.0.1(localhost).",
"444"," Caution","02/02/2016 18:25","02/02/2016 18:25","1","iLO network link down.",
"443"," Caution","02/02/2016 18:25","02/02/2016 18:25","1","Power restored to iLO.",
"442"," Informational","02/02/2016 18:24","02/02/2016 18:24","1","XML logout: System Administrator - 127.0.0.1(localhost).",
"441"," Informational","02/02/2016 18:24","02/02/2016 18:24","1","XML login: System Administrator - 127.0.0.1(localhost).",
"440"," Informational","02/02/2016 18:22","02/02/2016 18:22","1","Server Name changed by: System Administrator.",
"439"," Informational","02/02/2016 18:22","02/02/2016 18:22","3","XML logout: System Administrator - 127.0.0.1(localhost).",
"438"," Informational","02/02/2016 18:22","02/02/2016 18:22","1","Event log cleared by: System Administrator.",
"437"," Informational","02/02/2016 18:22","02/02/2016 18:22","3","XML login: System Administrator - 127.0.0.1(localhost).",

These entries are from a couple of weeks ago and are nothing to do with me. Can anyone confirm if they see something similar on theirs?

I'm guessing it's just configuration to set the ilo server name, but it does seem surprisingly recent.

Thanks for checking.

what i can do with server ?

Yep, get a bit sabnzbd into your life

And then get a couchpotato

anyone using openmediavault?

A good thing or a bad thing?

Not sure yet. It's been A long time since I played with Linux

So now I'm undecided - my Micro Server is sat here on my desk - 2 3Tb Red red hard drives in place and I don't know whether to install:
Windows Server
Xpenology
FreeNas
OpenMediaVault.

There seems to be too much choice!

I did this a while back (along with sickbeard), but eventually gave up due to seemingly having to pay for usenet... is this still the case or is there a way to do it for free?

AWESOME setup you have there to be fair :smiley:

Hi, Do you know of any well authored setup guides for newbies for sabnzbd and couchpotato please?
Thank you.

There's so many versions of it around...and it seems to cost £500 !

I'd like an answer to the OPs question myself, just so I can start setting up the small, but deceptively heavy cube of loveliness

Can I use Hyper-V with the standard CPU?

great - more choice :-)
I have a licence key for Server 2012 R2 and it's ready to go on a USB - still undecided though :-(

Wow just checked out unRAID, looks absolutely awesome!

Which license would we need for the microserver?

Single unRAID® Server Basic Registration key … $59 (unRAID 6 only)
Single unRAID® Server Plus Registration key … $89
Single unRAID® Server Pro Registration key … $129

Edit: After some research I've answered my own question.

It really is!

I've been using Basic on 6.0. Does the job perfect for my uses with the Gen8, would probably recommend some more RAM though.

Anyone managed to get Windows Server 2012 R2 to boot without a BSOD? It works the first couple of reboots but then doesn't work any longer.

I just got a Toshiba 5TB drive. Would I have any issues running this size hard drive?

Best place to buy Windows Server 2012?

I got it working by disabling the RAID setup I was using and switching SATA to AHCI mode instead. Was planning on using my SSD in the ODD bay in a single RAID 0 array as recommended on various sites but it didn't seem to work for me.

I got Windows 10 installed after initially struggling to get it to recognise the hard drives.

Anyway turns out you download drivers for Windows server 2012R2 as its built on the same framework and boom!! All working lovely!

Questions: Can iLO be used on your own internal LAN (at home) without the need for purchasing a licence?

Yes but not all features work.

I went on eBay and bought an advanced license for about £16

Had it emailed through easy peasy

Has anyone actually applied for the cashback yet?



I don't see any form :/

Ah thank you!

I just contacted live support and this is the correct form apparently. Not sure why they put that url in the T&C's, it just confused me thinking I needed another form :stuck_out_tongue:

A couple of internal foscam HD cameras currently, hoping to get an external waterproof one at some point. Have ambitions to build a raspberry Pi WiFi video door bell so that would be another to add to the mix, but I've been thinking about that for over a year now :smiley:

Free nntp is unreliable with slow speeds and short retention, beauty of sabnzbd etc is just leave it and sorts itself out without intervention, it's only a few quid per month

​Sorry for the silly question but whys it so good? I've never heard of it... heard of all the others being discussed.

I'm running xpenology and windows server 2016 preview 4 in virtualbox on mine. Upgraded to 16GB RAM. 3 x 6TB WD reds and 128gb SSD for cache. xpenology isn't without its issues though... running a few versions behind too.

Folks, looking at getting a server to use as a Plex server. Will this do the job or will it struggle transcoding?

I would very much doubt that this would struggle. I have a Gen7 and that runs Plex on WHS2011 and has no issues with any film I watch.
I am am currently debating as to whether to buy one of these, in fact i have already 'bought' it twice, but closed it on the payment screen....

I believe I speak for all of us when I say

DO IT

I could not hold out any longer and i have ordered one to replace my 54L i have also ordered 16GB ram and a 250GB SSD, i have 4x2TB drives already set as a raid so willplug them in.

PS thanks for posting.

Cheers.

I've also been debating which os to use got it down to freenas or unraid 6 not to sure which way to go yet

Think I might buy it then. No HDD included, so I need to buy one. There was a 5tb 7200rpm drive posted on HUKD a few days ago, that should do nicely...right?

What plugins do you and how do they run on it please fella

Only run crash plan - works great with a little tweaking, for media consumption I have an old i7 Lappy which goes all the grunt work - leaving this to file storage. Has Windows and Apple shares on same directory and all plays nicely - including time machine backups

Does this one do sounds? I have the 40L Proliant and set it up for my daughter to use as a PC and ... nowhere to plug in speakers!

Apologies if I've missed it in the thread somewhere but can you apply for the cashback as soon as you have the serial number or do you have to wait a certain amount of days?

can anyone provide a link to a compatible single 4GB stick or RAM to match the existing one?

I'm sure there will be lots on the bay soon, I for one will be getting rid of mine (my server arrived today)

I've got a spare 4Gb stick if anyone wants to PM me

Regarding which drives to put in here
Can I buy 4 of these Seagate Expansion 5TB USB 3.0 Desktop 3.5 inch External Hard Drive

I wish to replace my aging ReadyNas with a couple of 2TB 's hanging off he USB.

Thanks

That's the major problem with sabnzbd/couchpotato/sickbeard - you have to pay for pirated content. Makes the whole idea a joke, doesn't it?

Anyway, I'd rather spend 1 minute a day on eztv rather than paying money to criminals.

I wanted to upgrade my Buffalo Terastation with 4x3tb to this one but after a bit of playing around, it doesn't seem like it is going to be easy. Do I need to buy a separate screen just for using this or is there a front end software I can access?

I'm on >32TB internal without issue: 4 x 8TB + 500GB SSD. The only limit seems to be space inside the unit.

Appreciate your help here. I've managed to get a iLO 4 Advanced License and have access to the front end via .Net or Java (Wouldn't work with Chrome or Firefox but got into it through IE) I've got a 480GB SSD, so easy enough to get it going. Just wondering if there is going to be enough space for 4 drives and this SSD ... hmmm. Then I've got to get this freenas on there, maybe install it on the SSD via my laptop and then put it in the server ... I'll be getting another stick of memory soon, £25 isn't too bad but some of the prices of 8GB are shocking lol. Thanks again for your help, I'm quite tech minded but this one had me a little stumped

How did you get 4 drives and the SSD in there? Thanks

Put the SSD in the optical drive bay, use floppy molex. Done same with mine

Like this one? Link

You're paying for usenet access, from companies like Astraweb etc. How you choose to use the service is up to you, you pay for broadband too I guess.

Wealth of info here: http://homeservershow.com/forums/index.php?/topic/5639-proliant-microserver-gen8-links/

​Works fine transcoding running xpenology and plex. it just about can do 2 transcoded 720p streams but it's a struggle. even works transcoding 4k to 720p. I think it struggles a little transcoding to 1080p but depends on bitrate.

cheers fella thanks for the info

Thanks, some great information there but didn't really find an answer to the cable. I did a google and came to the same site and an exact answer. So, got to order some RAM and a cable. Installation halted but I did get into the remote management section and feel a bit more confident on getting this running. Thanks again

Ah, many thanks for this. Lucky I didn't buy. I wonder if anyone can recommend a solution for me then? I need to transcode to 1080p.

Can anyone point me to a floppy to sata connector? I've done a few searches and only found female ones on amazon etc. I know Maplin is doing one for 69p but I don't live near one. Thanks

Amazon sell them.

Search microserver floppy to sata or something like that.

Any machine with an i5 (or some i3) processors

Then I think your out of luck mate. I spent the money, to me it's only £7 well worth it for a cable that works

floppy to sata connectors available on eBay for 2 or 3 pounds only, delivered.

Which one of these will do

http://m.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_nkw=Floppy+to+sata+&isNewKw=1&isRefine=true&mfs=GOCLK&acimp=0&_trksid=p2056088.m2428.l1313.TR0.TRC0.Xfloppy+to+sata&sqp=floppy+to+sata

Sorry I was too quick to comment without proper testing... I've just tested this more with various 1080p mkv movies (one that is 15Mbps and DTS sound) and it CAN transcode to 1080p 8Mbps fine on my S6 (plex app). For some reason it stutters occasionally when playing in a browser on my PC. Bit odd... but it still definitely watchable. Most of the time when playing at rate on my S6 the transcode rate was around 1.5 which is good, on my PC sometimes dipped under 1 so stuttered, but not all the time of anything. Saying that this is it's limit though because CPU in my Gen8 is 96-98% constantly. Remember there is lots of other factors and if you wanted remote transcode then it all depends on your internet upload speed and routing and destination internet connection latency etc anyway.

Either way the Gen8 is an amazing server and even better that it's so cheap, plus you could upgrade to a faster CPU for around £100 and it would still be great value for money and STILL cheaper than an official Synology NAS plus you can run whatever you want on it, if I get fed up of Xpenology I'll put ESXi or Windows Server on it. That's just my opinion though... interested to hear other people's experiences with transcoding to 1080p.

Excellent information - thank you for taking the time to test that and report back. Really really helpful. Sod it - I'm making the purchase!

Pleased to hear it! Hope it works for you. What drives you got to put in it and what you playing to run on it?

Let me know how you get on

Just to clarify. I have the Gen8 out of the box and got a 5TB HDD. In order to run ESXi I would still need another drive to run that right? i.e. Get an SSD drive and attach it in place of the ODD? I have a USB stick with the HP Esxi image on it. Presumably I just boot off the USB stick and build on to the SSD drive?

Also... have a read of these...

http://homeservershow.com/forums/index.php?/topic/5639-proliant-microserver-gen8-links/page-8 about half way down

https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/201774043-What-kind-of-CPU-do-I-need-for-my-Server-computer-

I do have a class10 micro SD card. I'm just trying to get my head round how I would go about getting the esxi build onto it? Do I just do a straight onto the card or do I have to build it from another media (like building Windows 7 or Server 20xx)

Thanks

You got all the hardware; HDD installed and a spare class 10 SD card.

You just need esxi 6 from vmware (it's free, full features for 60 days) as an ISO. Use Rufus to turn that ISO into a bootable image onto the sd card (or USB stick). You'll need to perform that step on your pc/laptop. Pop the sd card into your gen8 mobo and boot from it. During the install, select that you want to install esxi onto your sd card. Once you've done the initial config for esxi you can disconnect your kvm from it and just interface with the gen8 running esxi via the vsphere client running on in your pc/laptop. You'll then format and configure the HDD you have with vmfs and use that as your datastore for your vm's. Esxi 'OS' as it were stays and runs from the sd card. HTH!

Thinking of getting this to start with.. http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B013J7NSMC/ref=pe_385721_37986871_TE_item

Not sure about OS yet. Maybe Linux? I'm an OS X man really. Everything in our house is Apple, for my sins.

Thanks for those links, just read through them both. Exciting stuff!

So if I use Rufus and make the bootable image on the micro SD. I boot from it on the server and install it on the same micro SD card?

I made a bootable image on one of my USB sticks but I could not get the server to boot from it (I pressed F11 to go into boot options) Have a missed somethign to get it to boot from a USB media?

Thanks for your help

FYI I got this drive from amazon: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B013J7QNT2?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00

It says £146 but at the bottom right where is lists other sellers it is going for £115 but it is out of stock at the mo

That's a 2.5" drive and you need 3.5" NAS drives ideally... like WD red. Eg... I've got:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Desktop-drive-Network-Attached-Storage/dp/B00LO3KR96/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1456271775&sr=8-1&keywords=6tb+wd+red

Try http://xpenology.me/ it's a way of running Synology DSM on anything ... almost

Oops, didn't notice it was a 2.5". Just cancelled that order and gone for this:
http://www.rakuten.co.uk/shop/box/product/1852503/
Code: feb10 gives 10% off too.

Yes, that's correct, it installs itself to the same as card where you booted from.

Could be lots of reasons why - it didn't actually make it bootable, your using the usb 3 port, your using an inferior/non recognised USB stick, USB stick is USB 3 etc, USB stick capacity is too high etc

I stick with the thumb drives that have worked before for me, 8 / 16gb and USB2.

Oops, didn't notice it was a 2.5". Just cancelled that order and gone for this:
http://www.rakuten.co.uk/shop/box/product/1852503/
Code: feb10 gives 10% off too.[/quote]
3.5% quidco too. However I would have got a 3TB Western Digital Red over that all day long.

3.5% quidco too. However I would have got a 3TB Western Digital Red over that all day long.[/quote]Really?, it's £91.66 net for the 3tb compared with £69.43 for the 2tb.Plus the 2tb is hybrid.

Bought the 3tb WD Red. Used 9166 superpoints so paid nothing. :smiley:

​superpoints? what's that

I used flubit to get them at 79 quid a few days back.

Is it possible to make a bootable USB stick to install and run Freenas on the Proliant without all the VM malarkey? Am I correct in thinking that Freenas runs from the Proliant's RAM so there's little danger of the USB stick burning out? I'm hoping it may be possible to install the OS from one USB stick to a second one using the Proliant then ditch the first USB stick, leaving behind the second one which will run the OS. Thanks.

Will ask again, if anyone is upgrading to 16g RAM, i will buy your 4gb

I'm seriously thinking of putting OS X on this, when I receive it. Our house is totally Apple, so I guess it makes sense. Not sure how viable it is, at this point, however. Google doesn't return much. I'll let you know.

As far as storage goes, I've ordered a 3TB Western Digital Red. I plan to use that just for storage though. Boot disk will be a 64gb microSD. Just about to order one from Rakuten, making use of my soon-to-expire superpoints. Am I on the right lines?

Folks, regarding RAM upgrades.. this ships with 1x4gb stick, according to the specs. I *think* this is a matching stick..
http://uk.crucial.com/gbr/en/proliant-microserver-gen8/CT5193793

Right? Can I just buy that for £27, throw it in, and have 8gb total? Or will it not play nicely with the existing 4gb stick?

OK, I ordered one of these a few days ago, it arrived and does look lovely, but I feel I might have made a mistake ordering it.

I bought it in the hope that I could take a few different sized, random 3.5" drives (from 500GB-2TB) hanging about, stick 'em in the unit and use as a NAS for home use and thought initially of using FreeNAS.

However I'm having a few doubts.

I don't need RAID of any sort, just drive access. Before buying I must have been reading about a prev version of FreeNAS as now it contains something called ZFS?

I'm worried that the drives will be wiped when I put them in the unit and instead of a total amount of storage, it'll do some sort of RAID on the drives and I'll end up with rather less disk space than I was expecting. I'm also worried that with ZFS, I can't remove an individual disk and slot that back into a PC as it'll have a new format on it.

Can anyone help before it joins the sandwich toaster at the back of the cupboard ?

Thanks in advance.

Thanks - if I flashed the Freenas image to a microSD card then installed the OS to the USB stick, I presume the server would run OK from the USB stick with the microSD card removed?

Yeah that should be fine,

Apologies to ask the same question, however I have bitten the bullet and bought one.
So which 5TB HDD would you suggest?

I was thinking of getting two of one of the below, taking out the HDD and putting in place, as they are the cheapest I can find (I understand taking them apart **** the warranty).

I'll be running the synology software and Raid 0, as my current NAS is very Heath Robinson, with externals attached via USB.
Eventually putting in another 2 5TB's once the purse strings are loosened..

Thanks

Toshiba X300 5TB 128MB 7200RPM 3.5-Inch SATA Internal Hard Drive £114.99 delivered @ AMAZON
Seagate Expansion 5TB USB 3.0 Desktop 3.5 inch External Hard Drive for PC & Xbox One £110.97 delivered at Amazon

Good find, bought one. I also bought a 120gb SSD for my boot drive (decided against 128gb microSD for this purpose).

Oh well bought it now....

and 8GB from Amazon... and maybe a SSD too...

To the Unraid guys - If I bought this and placed my Unraid USB and current array into this machine. Will it just boot as normal and recognise the disks in the array? Wondering if it's worth my upgrading my N40L, especially at this price.

Thanks

Thanks for the quick reply. There is no 500GB drive in the unit, mine came without disks. Not too sure about using Windows Server 2012, as the cost of the software is more than the hardware and the point of this machine is to become a cheap NAS, with Server 2012, I could have bought a ready to play 4 bay NAS (maybe I should have???)

Is Win Server 2012R2 available anywhere for cheaper?

Right so do you have data on the drives that you worry about losing? If not Unraid is a good solution but you will lose the largest drive to be used as a parity disk. Meaning if one of the disk fails you can rebuild the array with the data stored on the parity disk. It's a great though as you have a ton of things to use it for especially if you use Sickbeard, Sabnzbd, Plex, Couch potato and a whole list of other apps which can be installed as dockers. Ready to play NAS suck in my opinion, GUI's are slow, no options to expand other than more drives possibly. It all depends how simple you want it really, for me I like to have options. The synology NAS devices look good and supposedly to run well but this server costs a fraction of one of those with more options to expand.

I would buy a license from eBay if it was me and download the iso

I did that with Windows 10 pro.

License cost me £20

Would a WiFi dongle work on this. Thinking about powerline adaptors but thought I'd ask

Thanks for the suggestion re: UnRAID. I'm not that bothered about RAID, my important stuff is backed-up to the cloud, purely want a way of getting the Drives onto the Network for access and not too keen on losing 2TB of storage to allow me to use the smaller disks.

As per the licence keys off ebay, has anyone bought them and what guarantee is there that these are real keys?

FYI I received my Gen8 server last week and sent off for cashback and it has been approved :smile:

I dont recall there being anywhere to log the serial number but you do need it

My windows 10 pro code worked perfectly from eBay.

Did they request it or did you just add it?

They did request it. I got an email saying they rejected the claim because no serial number was provided but I dot think recall it asking for one other than the invoice so I would say note down the serial number somewhere

I can't see why it would activate if it wasn't genuine?

Hackintosh (OSX on PC) is nothing short of a nightmare - I've been there and tried plenty of times and never succeed. A Microserver is going to make your life more difficult as it will be even further from the Mac Intel hardware stack.

I mostly have Macs too, and use this for a storage server with FreeNAS - Have a single dataset/folder shared for both Mac and PCs and all works fine together. Also have a folder setup for Time Machine backups which are fully automatic and work fantastic - and yes I have done full restores from it too :smiley:

Yikes! That's a pity. I'm familiar with hackintosh, in fact my main laptop is a now 4 year old HP Probook 4530s (that I bought thanks to HUKDs!) and has had every OS X incarnation on it since it's birth. Currently on El Capitan. But anyway, you reckon it's simply a no-go on this microserver? And, in any case, FreeNAS is a fine solution anyway?

I have a serial for Windows Server 2012 R2 I got free from my place of study. My experience of servers is extremely limited but I am quite tech-minded. I'll be using the Proliant mainly for streaming music and video with a bit of file storage. Windows Server or Freenas?

Some machine safe easier than others! I guess it's no harm to try, but you'll struggle more with these Celeron based procs. With the time to invest would be better to learn FreeNAS, or if you must have OSX try installing VMware ESXi and running it in a VM? You could do same for FreeNAS to "kick the tyres" too

It's at the bottom of the form: Link

£2.50, but for you I'll stretch to £3 plus p&p :smiley:

Seriously if you're interested, PM me with how much you want and I'm sure we can come to a deal

I will let it go for £20 delivered as i see it is going for around £30 + @ Mr memory

Hi All,

All the CPU upgrade information that I've seen for this server say that you can upgrade it using Sandy or Ivy Bridge Xeons but these have long since been discontinued. For some of the processors though there seem to be V3 "Haswell" versions available so does anyone know if these are are compatible ? e.g. The upgrade guides talk about using the E3-1230 V2 but none of them mention the E3-1230 V3 and I'm not sure if that's because the V3 is incompatible or just because the guides were written before V3 was available.


Thanks.

£20 is the going rate I just paid £20 from someone in this thread.

Do you still have it? PM and ill go for £20

Cheers bean, finally got me a server :smiley:

If anyone else has a spare 4gb stick then let me know! I'm always up for a deal :smiley:

If anyone else has a spare 4gb stick then let me know too! I'm always up for generally anything.

You can sync an offline copy of the data

I have a 4gb stick for sale- please PM me if interested. Thanks.

Hi jim

I have just PMed you

Received today. Installed Server 2012 (and the 177 updates) and stuck another 8GB in it. just need to transfer my disks over from my Gen 7. Might do a bit of electronic surgery on the floppy power connector to turn it in to a full size one.

Hi Andy

I appologis i did not realise The matter has been dealt with now

Has any one else thought about upgrading the CPU I have found a Xeon Quad Core E3-1240v2 on ebay i am thinking of buying just wondered if it is realy worth spending the extra £150.

EEC Ram

Hi all

Here is a link if any one wants ram just seen it on EBay

I can confirm that this works... 8GB stick

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0064Z71NY only £42.48 although WHS only uses 8GB... might be useful for other OSes though

Just received my WD Red 3TB from Rakuten. It's the bare drive (no retail packaging). Didn't really expect that but perhaps I should have. No biggy.. but can anyone tell me as I've yet to even unbox my microserver - are there screws present in the microserver case to mount the hard drive, or should I buy some screws? And what about a SATA cable?

Hi there,anyone bought from dabs or ebuyer and claimed for cashback? thanks.

It should have at least come in a sealed anti static bag.

No cable needed, the caddy within the bay(s) has the screws

All you need comes with the microserver, no need for additional screws/cables.

Doh! Thanks. I see that now.

Hmmm.. I seem to have a bit of a problem here. I, rather stupidly, neglected to check whether or not this microserver comes with HDMI out. It doesn't. It's VGA out only. I have no monitor and my TV doesn't have VGA in. Any ideas? (apart from "you're an idiot"!).

Gotcha. I'm guessing.. this:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Asus-Radeon-Silent-DDR3-Graphics/dp/B00K09XCII
?


EDIT: This one is cheaper:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Asus-Nvidia-GeForce-Silent-Graphics/dp/B0082FN8YA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1456497484&sr=8-1&keywords=GT+520

Graphics card purchased. Went for the ASUS GT610-SL-2GD3-L in the end. £30.26 via Flubit. Apparently it's OS X friendly, just in case I can do a hackintosh job on this.. we shall see.

That link is for the N40L but as far as I am aware these cards will be compatible with Gen 8 also as the hardware is similar. I can see no reason they shouldn't as such because its a standard PCI-E slot.

As a pointer if installing Windows 10 I'd avoid Nvidia cards, had serious driver issues even after clean install

Damn it!! Graphics card already dispatched. Thank you anyway. :smiley:

Isn't this an analogue cable - i.e. it's passive - so not sure an analogue VGA will work into an HDMI without some form of conversion i.e. an active cable ??

I doubt a cheap server with integrated graphics supports digital output via VGA. It is pretty rare.

Hi If anyone can answer this question. I have my Gen 8 and i am trying to import my raid 5 from my 54L running WHS2011 and of course it is a software raid 5 and the new Gen 8 will not see it. Any pointers would be appreciated.

Looking for some advice here.
I saw this thread and remembered my old Proliant which im sure i bought 4 years ago but never used.
Tried to get it set up as a media pc downstairs.
Basically so my parents can run Acestream and as a backup, Kodi for football when i am away.

Its got a N36L processor and 1GB and compared to this processor it is awful in the passmarks.
Running a high bitrate Acestream link it freezes and then carries on. On my laptop its fine and looking at Task Manager, the CPU is struggling to even run one Acestream link.

I always prefer Acestream to KODI as i find it far more reliable and the quality a lot better. Having the ability to buffer in Acestream is a godsend.
I added a HD5400 card so i can output to HDMI.

In Kodi i can run 720p streams fine so im trying to use that as a backup for now instead of Acestream but i struggle to find the PL games on there. Using Robocop i can watch BT Sports fine, but the PLP links dont work for me. So that should be European football covered but what about Premier League + Cup games.

Going to try the PLP links again at 15:00 games.
So any suggestions on saving my Proliant or better buying something else?

It see's it as 3 drives and the option to configure them as a raid.

finally got all five drives working, booting off a ssd and 2 mirrors.

I have Gen7 machine with 1080p display card - it works really well.

I would like to buy the Gen8 machine and run display on a 4K TV. Does it make sense to have such a setup?

If yes, I will need to find if any 4K display card is recommended? TIA!

You tube has more 4K content and my Galaxy Note also records video in 4K.

I'm running omv, seems to tick all the boxes for me

I have just had conformation from HP my 4TBclaim has been accepted so £55 will be coming soon. I have finally got my server running properly with a 250GB SSD as a boot drive in the DVD space and 3 x 2TB as a raid. I had to buy a 4TB drive to back all my data and then configure the 3x2TB as a raid in the BIOS all data now back on the raid drives and i will look at adding the 4TB as a 4th drive on the raid knowing i will lose 2TB but can partition that as a reserve for backups. I am running WHServer 201.1

Oops, I've yet to post my claims form. Will do tomorrow.

Meanwhile, I'm expecting to be delivered today my graphics card. She's a Gigabyte GV-N730SL-2GL. I'm going to be hackintoshing.

Bits:
Gigabyte GV-N730SL-2GL graphics card (2GB, DDR3, 64 Bit, PCI-E)
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB
Rocketek Bluetooth 4.0 Low Energy Bluetooth Dongle (mac compatible)
FDD to SATA Power / BERG to SATA Power Adaptor Converter, HP Gen 8 Microserver
Western Digital Red 3TB NAS hard drive
Extra 4gb RAM (from a HUKD member), making 8gb in total.

I shall let you know how I get on!

please do i might have a go at this myself........

Damn this site! Time to get rid of my N40L...I must say they seem to hold their resale value pretty well though!

Hi No need to post. I e,ailed it across to them and they responded within a day to advise it had been accepted.

No need to waste a stamp.

Damn, just sent off via snail mail

If you dont mind can you let me know what email addy did you send this to?

Hi, which email address did you send your scanned PDF to?
Was it [email protected]?
Thanks

Just received my cashback confirmation.

Not near mine at the moment, can anybody tell me if this FDD/SATA cable looks too short?

Hi, need help. Trying to install window server 2012. Loaded into bootable usb stick. Installed 1TB drive. Stuck at the installation window as it ask which drive I want to install and to load drivers. Can't see any drive where to install. How to update drivers? Tried downloading from hp website and put into usb stick. Does not work. Connected to Internet through iLO. I'm missing something? Any help appreciated.

Once you have the driver, you can use ilo options to point it at 'Folder' (the location).

​It would be for me because I am installing mine at the top of the case and it would have to reach down to the board. The connector for the floppy is wrong too. It has to be this type Floppy to Sata

That looks to short

Here is the email address

[email protected]

Has anyone tried this with vmware ESXi?
If so how is the performance ? Ideally looking to setup the ESXi with xpenology running it.

I'm looking at WS2012 R2 too, would you mind if PM'd you too?

Same. Currently waiting for my drives from Amazon though :smiley:

I emailed the address on the back of the claim form (not [email protected]) and received confirmation today. I bought mine on eBuyer and just needed to send a picture of the serial number as the invoice didn't have the right details.

Cheers for the help with the FDD cable guys, now have a question on memory as want to double it to 8GB. Is this the correct memory for the server?

That reminds me, need to sell my original 4gb!

Has anyone tried E3-1265LV2 or E3-1265LV3 on this? What are your experiences.

Also, what is the best RAM to get for this? I woudl like to get 8GB in there.

Thanks

Selling mine if anyone is interested not got the time to play with it.

Pm me if you are interested.

Now OOS @ serverplus

Hi qwerta369, how did you get on with this? Was thinking of doing the same if it's any good.

Save your sanity:
http://www.tonymacx86.com/el-capitan-desktop-support/187934-no-entry-sign-install.html
I'm Kotek Besar.

WOW.. thanks for that.. saves me the hassle of trying loads of different things

might be news for some...Cashback has been extended till end of next month..<3

Indeed - just seen it for sale on ebuyer that would come with a little cash back on the full price...