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

jamesfreddie · 18 Mar 2012 at 11:10

h11 said:
I'm still getting slow speeds when copying to a single drive that isn't part of an array.

I have 4x 2TB drives in the RAID5 array and a single 250GB drive used as the boot drive.

I would take the 4 drives out of the soft raid then try copying from 1 2tb to another and check the speeds.

Nemesis379 · 18 Mar 2012 at 11:36

Guys i have a couple questions:

Is this worth buying?

HP 3y Nbd MicroServer HW Support,ProLiant MicroServer,3 years of hardware support. Next business day onsite response. 8am-5pm, Std bus days excluding HP holidays.

Also will i be able to share files to xbox 360, pc and other devices through WHS 2011?

Cheers guys.

jamesfreddie · 18 Mar 2012 at 11:39

Nemesis379 said:
Guys i have a couple questions:

Is this worth buying?

Cheers guys.

How much is it?

h11 · 18 Mar 2012 at 11:47

jamesfreddie said:
I would take the 4 drives out of the soft raid then try copying from 1 2tb to another and check the speeds.

I just tried copying from the 250GB drive to the RAID5 array and got speeds over 100MB/s, so surely the software RAID isn't causing the problem of slow speeds over the network?

Nemesis379 · 18 Mar 2012 at 11:48

jamesfreddie said:
How much is it?

It's £127.06 with £30 cashback so £97.06.

Cheers.

jamesfreddie · 18 Mar 2012 at 12:00

Nemesis379 said:
It's £127.06 with £30 cashback so £97.06.

Cheers.

I wouldn't bother.

SoundsGood · 18 Mar 2012 at 12:01

May as well buy 2 for that price

Nemesis379 · 18 Mar 2012 at 12:30

, okay guys, what about my other question?

Thanks.

jamesfreddie · 18 Mar 2012 at 12:34

Nemesis379 said:
, okay guys, what about my other question?

Thanks.

You should be able to do all you want.

But i am not 100% sure about the XBOX 360.

Nemesis379 · 18 Mar 2012 at 12:45

jamesfreddie said:
You should be able to do all you want.

But i am not 100% sure about the XBOX 360.

Thanks for the reply, can anyone confirm it will work with xbox 360?

cheechm · 18 Mar 2012 at 14:35

Nemesis379 said:
Thanks for the reply, can anyone confirm it will work with xbox 360?

Yeah should work fine with XBMC.

Nemesis379 · 18 Mar 2012 at 14:42

Ok, cheers.

NoobieOCer · 18 Mar 2012 at 14:55

Any one have power draw figures?

jamesfreddie · 18 Mar 2012 at 15:03

NoobieOCer said:
Any one have power draw figures?

I get 45 Watts with 1 x 1TB Cavair Green and 2 x 2TB Cavair Greens.

Essexraptor · 18 Mar 2012 at 20:45

h11 said:
I just tried copying from the 250GB drive to the RAID5 array and got speeds over 100MB/s, so surely the software RAID isn't causing the problem of slow speeds over the network?

Not at all

I've tried a few test transfers between different devives on my own network since you brought the problem up

My HP is using a FreeNAS software RAID 5 array and a couple of single drives as well ( I just can't afford to shove money at large capacity drives at the moment

)

Transfer speeds seem to vary greatly dependent on :-

file size

between drives internal to Micro

between Micro and Synology NAS

between Micro and internal drives in networked computers ( wired Gig )

between Micro and USB devices attached at various points

etc

it's a tough cookie to solve and is very dependent on many variables along the way

NoobieOCer · 19 Mar 2012 at 14:32

do i need to put down a company name and adress to claim the £100?

NoobieOCer · 19 Mar 2012 at 14:32

Nemesis379 said:
It's £127.06 with £30 cashback so £97.06.

Cheers.

where do you find that o.0

Swarfega · 19 Mar 2012 at 14:52

NoobieOCer said:
do i need to put down a company name and adress to claim the £100?

I left the company blank, they need your address to post you the cheque!

jamesfreddie · 19 Mar 2012 at 19:36

Swarfega said:
I left the company blank, they need your address to post you the cheque!

^

This

Also email them your form, its quicker.

Freakbro · 20 Mar 2012 at 09:39

h11 said:
4x 2TB drives in RAID5 with the 250GB as a boot drive. It's running Windows Home Server 2011.

This is exactly how I am looking to set mine up, but I did have a concern, having never setup up a server or raid before..

Is there a vulnerability having the OS on the separate 250gb drive. If that went down, would you lose the integrity of the software raid drives by needing a new OS drive and fresh install?

Also, would a raid card be better than relying on WHS software, and if so what recommendations for this server?