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

Si. · 12 Feb 2012 at 21:22

I'm not sure if i want to go for ESXi or HyperV yet..

Ringiho · 12 Feb 2012 at 21:37

Si. said:
Ah I see now, allocate if a VHD from each physical drive

I've got it assigned to each drive rather a VHD. Here:

Si. said:
I'm not sure if i want to go for ESXi or HyperV yet..

Go Hyper-V!

Si. · 12 Feb 2012 at 21:41

I've used ESX since 3.5 so I'm very comfortable with it.. which is why I'm thinking of HyperV instead to get a bit more experience of it.

Ringiho · 12 Feb 2012 at 21:44

They are both very good to be fair. Dynamic Memory is rather useful for a machine without a ton of RAM though.

Si. · 14 Feb 2012 at 20:47

All set up now, 8gb Ram, ESXi 5, 2008 R2 Enterprise and Freenas VMs.

Just need storage prices to come down now.

wesley · 14 Feb 2012 at 23:28

i dont have time to read 109 pages lol but what OS come with this server?

bremen1874 · 14 Feb 2012 at 23:31

wesley said:
i dont have time to read 109 pages lol but what OS come with this server?

It doesn't come with an OS.

decmatt · 14 Feb 2012 at 23:31

wesley said:
i dont have time to read 109 pages lol but what OS come with this server?

Microsoft SBS Essentials 2011 I believe.

bremen1874 · 14 Feb 2012 at 23:33

decmatt said:
Microsoft SBS Essentials 2011 I believe.

Only if you pay for it as an extra.

decmatt · 14 Feb 2012 at 23:34

bremen1874 said:
Only if you pay for it as an extra.

I was never too sure, I just installed 2008R2 the second I got it.

wesley · 14 Feb 2012 at 23:34

how much? where does some of you guys here got hyperv server from?

wesley · 14 Feb 2012 at 23:35

decmatt said:
Microsoft SBS Essentials 2011 I believe.

is that same as WHS2011 but up to 25PC's ??

hang on, SBS essentials 2011 is based on server 2008R2????

decmatt · 14 Feb 2012 at 23:38

wesley said:
is that same as WHS2011 but up to 25PC's ??

hang on, SBS essentials 2011 is based on server 2008R2????

What you going to use it for?

bremen1874 · 14 Feb 2012 at 23:39

wesley said:
is that same as WHS2011 but up to 25PC's ??

hang on, SBS essentials 2011 is based on server 2008R2????

They're all built on the same code base.

wesley · 14 Feb 2012 at 23:42

decmatt said:
What you going to use it for?

dunno lol, just wondered how some of you guys got server2008R2 or hyperV server from, hence i asked the question.

i'm thinking of getting a small server to host few VM's, this HP microserver looks pretty good.

decmatt · 14 Feb 2012 at 23:47

wesley said:
dunno lol, just wondered how some of you guys got server2008R2 or hyperV server from, hence i asked the question.

i'm thinking of getting a small server to host few VM's, this HP microserver looks pretty good.

Would be ideal for that... If you up it to 8gb RAM. Either ESXi or Hyper-V would be good.

bremen1874 · 14 Feb 2012 at 23:50

wesley said:
dunno lol, just wondered how some of you guys got server2008R2 or hyperV server from, hence i asked the question.

i'm thinking of getting a small server to host few VM's, this HP microserver looks pretty good.

Hyper-V is available as a free download from Microsoft. This isn’t the same as having a full version of Server 2008 and installing the hypervisor role.

Server 2008 R2 is going to be paid for. I’d guess that there are a lot of students on here that can get it for a song (or even free).

There are a few OEM versions of Windows that can be purchased from HP with the server. They’ll all cost more than the hardware unless something has recently changed.

decmatt · 14 Feb 2012 at 23:51

bremen1874 said:
Hyper-V is available as a free download from Microsoft. This isn’t the same as having a full version of Server 2008 and installing the hypervisor role.

Server 2008 R2 is going to be paid for. I’d guess that there are a lot of students on here that can get it for a song (or even free).

There are a few OEM versions of Windows that can be purchased from HP with the server. They’ll all cost more than the hardware unless something has recently changed.

Yup, if you or someone in your family have an ac.uk address check out Microsoft Dreamspark

twe · 15 Feb 2012 at 16:32

Thinking of buying an N40L with the cashback going on. Probably should have bought it when it was cheaper but I stuck to my boxee box and external hard drives.....
Anyway anyone know what the cheapest current price is? I can see it for £250 delivered minus the £100 cashback....

Thanks

Ghosteh · 15 Feb 2012 at 16:41

Just bought myself an N40L, and ordered 8Gb of memory to go with it. Now I just have to wait a fortnight till I'm home before I can play on it!