Good Cheap Server - HP Proliant Microserver 4 BAY - OWNERS THREAD

Bro came round and installed Ubuntu onto mine along with Samba and Plex! Just need to get a couple more 3 TB's so I can set up in RAID5......

In fact does anyone know if you can go from RAID 1 to RAID5 on MDADM?
I've only got one 3TB drive atm and would rather buy the next couple in stages rather than all at once so would be handy if there is an easy way of going from RAID 1 to RAID 5 without trashing the array and losing everything on the drive.
 
Anybody been able to completely disable the PXE boot screen(s) on their MS?

I get 2 as I have an additional intel NIC card, they aren't even highlighted in the boot order :-/
 
R.O.S.S.I said:
Bro came round and installed Ubuntu onto mine along with Samba and Plex! Just need to get a couple more 3 TB's so I can set up in RAID5......

In fact does anyone know if you can go from RAID 1 to RAID5 on MDADM?
I've only got one 3TB drive atm and would rather buy the next couple in stages rather than all at once so would be handy if there is an easy way of going from RAID 1 to RAID 5 without trashing the array and losing everything on the drive.
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I can't remember how to do it from the command line as I've usually messed with mdadm from webmins gui but you can defiantly grow from raid1 to 5 and to 6 as well
 
Frozennova said:
I can't remember how to do it from the command line as I've usually messed with mdadm from webmins gui but you can defiantly grow from raid1 to 5 and to 6 as well
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So it can definitely be done then? Thats good to know. Don't suppose you could point me in the right direction for some guidance on how to do it. If it turns out you deffo can I might just buy one extra 3TB drive now so its RAID1 and then add another later in the year and convert to RAID5
 
You can change the RAID level but I was under the impression that Ubuntu squashes the file systems on the drives meaning you'd have to copy all data off the drive then back onto the array when it's built.
Webmin is good for a graphical setup of RAID.
 
Steveocee said:
You can change the RAID level but I was under the impression that Ubuntu squashes the file systems on the drives meaning you'd have to copy all data off the drive then back onto the array when it's built.
Webmin is good for a graphical setup of RAID.
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Possibly, might be Ubuntu specific but it's not behaviour I've seen under Debian

ROSSI I'd advise installing Webmin, it's a nice simple install and will make a lot of tasks much easier eg, setting up Samba shares, managing MDADM and plenty of other thibgs
 
Frozennova said:
Possibly, might be Ubuntu specific but it's not behaviour I've seen under Debian

ROSSI I'd advise installing Webmin, it's a nice simple install and will make a lot of tasks much easier eg, setting up Samba shares, managing MDADM and plenty of other thibgs
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If data loss would be a problem, always air on the side of caution. Technically you should have a backup anyway but just go careful, my experience with Linux software raid is so far unthwarted but I always ensure to have a copy in case something catastrophic does happen.
 
Mikoyan said:
Is MicroServer able to get SMART status for disks? I have used Crystal Disk Info, you name it and it only seems to detect my main OS drive (C:\)

Any ideas?
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Didnt see an answer and need to know myself...

Can you read SMART status of disks (not in any RAID config but as standalone disks)? I use HD Sentinel on my PC but am considering a MicroServer... but NEED to read SMART status!

Anyone own one?? :D
 
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Thanks. Just also got an email from author of Hard Disk Sentinel saying smart values only passed if drives not in AMD Raid array!! Sorted
 
andy_mk3 said:
Not sure. I don't think I get a PXE boot screen at all. Is it that much of an issue though?
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I get it twice in a row for some reason, don't have PXE enabled in the boot menu but it still insists on popping up.

It slows down the boot and annoys the cr@p out of me as it's not needed.
 
Steveocee said:
Anyone know if you can turn off PXE boot then? My question got a bit drowned out earlier.
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If you have WOL enabled in BIOS you'll get an extra menu for PXE. When the PXE menu displays press CTRL-S to enter the menu. In there you can turn off the PXE menu displaying at boot time. Alternatively, disable WOL in the BIOS.
 
HP PROLIANT N54L

Hi

I used to see these for sale all the time for just over £200 with £100 or so cash back. Something like that anyway (maybe a bit more expensive than that).

I just wanted to know if anyone knows where i can buy one of these from. I got 1 a few years back but i am after another one now. It seems the places i have looked dont sell them any more.

Any help would be great. Thanks in advance.

Dave
 
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