HP Microserver n40l 4gb or 8gb memory

roachyuk · 30 Jan 2012 at 16:04

want a little more than 2gb so thinking do i need 4 or 8 gb...ill be using it basically as a file server for media mainly....not gonna be backing up major files or anything...if so what memory do you recommend....thanks.

MikeHiow · 30 Jan 2012 at 18:48

Seeing as ocuk had 8gb of ddr3 for around £20 the other day, I can't see the point of buying smaller quantities.

Rizo-UK · 30 Jan 2012 at 18:53

MikeHiow said:
Seeing as ocuk had 8gb of ddr3 for around £20 the other day, I can't see the point of buying smaller quantities.

Link please for this 8GB ECC Server RAM for £20?

RJC · 30 Jan 2012 at 18:57

It was on special offer for £23~ last week, its up at £31.99 now.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-023-OK

Rizo-UK · 30 Jan 2012 at 18:58

No good, not ECC Registered.

RJC · 30 Jan 2012 at 18:59

Some people in the main thread used this ram.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=21149165&postcount=3153

Rizo-UK · 30 Jan 2012 at 19:00

roachyuk said:
want a little more than 2gb so thinking do i need 4 or 8 gb...ill be using it basically as a file server for media mainly....not gonna be backing up major files or anything...if so what memory do you recommend....thanks.

BTW, my N40L is running the standard 2GB, running plex media server, NZB downloads, FTP Server etc and its fine even sending 26GB MKVs across the gigabit network.

Rizo-UK · 30 Jan 2012 at 19:01

RJC said:
Some people in the main thread used this ram.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=21149165&postcount=3153

Might give that a shout at that price, if it dont work ill just chuck it in the "store" cupboard with all the other junk lol

RJC · 30 Jan 2012 at 19:42

Rizo-UK said:
Might give that a shout at that price, if it dont work ill just chuck it in the "store" cupboard with all the other junk lol

Think i might join you on that one

roachyuk · 30 Jan 2012 at 19:48

me too...if people have used and it works then no better advise thanks.

KIA · 30 Jan 2012 at 21:01

Which OS are you using?

My Microserver is running Linux, acting as a file server and has 1GB RAM. No need for additional memory. There's even room for an XP VM.

roachyuk · 30 Jan 2012 at 21:18

i am not sure yet can make my mind up...xp vm whats that....what version of linux you using....i was thinking of freenas to start with to see what its like but want to get more out of the machine...learn as i go along lol ...

KIA · 31 Jan 2012 at 18:53

XP Virtual machine running under Virtualbox. I am running Debian Linux. I doubt you'll need more than 1GB RAM if you're going to run FreeNAS. Start off with 1GB and add more at a later date if you notice a bottleneck.

cymatty · 31 Jan 2012 at 22:23

MikeHiow said:
Seeing as ocuk had 8gb of ddr3 for around £20 the other day, I can't see the point of buying smaller quantities.

True got 8gb for mine, means I can give my VM 2gb and only be using 4.1gb total.

Essexraptor · 1 Feb 2012 at 03:00

roachyuk said:
i am not sure yet can make my mind up...xp vm whats that....what version of linux you using....i was thinking of freenas to start with to see what its like but want to get more out of the machine...learn as i go along lol ...

Running FreeNAS 7 (32 bit version ) on mine and with 3GB of RAM it zips along ...

MikeHiow · 2 Feb 2012 at 00:31

Rizo-UK said:
No good, not ECC Registered.

Why would you bother with ECC ram in a cheap home server?

two00lbwaster · 2 Feb 2012 at 22:06

MikeHiow said:
Why would you bother with ECC ram in a cheap home server?

I'm planning on deploying two of these, and one of them will be as a little web server, ECC is desirable then. In a file server, you might want to ensure that you maintain data integrity in what you send to your central data store.