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

hi all i took the plunge and bought one of these, waiting on delivery now :)

Just a quick Q about ram and os

all i want to run is a media sharing box, would i benefit at all upgrading ram also which os for sharing files would ppl recommend?

thanks!
 
darkblade said:
As good and informative that this mammoth thread is, having trawled through it (unless I've missed something) I can't find anything that helps me situation.

I have a 40L running WHS 2011 with 8GB RAM and a 5450.

I want to be able to stream my 1080P blu-ray rips to playback on the PS3, including subtitles across a gigabit network.

I've been trying to use PS3 media centre, but playback is very choppy and maxes out the CPU (understandably).

I've used the standard MEncoder and also Avisynth/Mencoder, but I can't for the life of me get it to use hardware acceleration on the GPU (using GPU-Z to monitor the card).

I did look at converting the mkvs with mkv2vob, but this is very hit and mostly miss to get a successful conversion on genuine blu-ray mkvs.

I can stream from a decent desktop PC to the PS3 fine.

What are you guys doing to get this working?
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Just use the microserver as a HTPC box, install XBMC and you are sorted.

I tried to do exactly what you are doing, in the end I just used the microserver, not had a single issue with anything.
 
Is the n40l not capable of running ps3 media server to translate mkv on the fly etc?, thats the main reason i was going to buy one
 
MikeB said:
Is the n40l not capable of running ps3 media server to translate mkv on the fly etc?, thats the main reason i was going to buy one
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The processor in the N40L may be an issue. However if you are prepared to wait there is a new microserver on the horizon according to an HP Product manager I spoke to at a recent IT conference. He wouldn't tell me anything about it though but said it was a decent 'step up' from the current model.

Then he waxed lyrical about what he was really there for which is to evangelise the gen 8 Proliant server range (which incidently look really impressive)
 
no idea, basically what i want is to use my usenet account to downloads lots of stuff, which are mostly in mkv format, i then want to be easily able to stream them to ps3, xbox etc without having to do conversions etc, simply by streaming them via a media server thingy on the microserver

So can the h40l do that?

a) without graphic card
b) with cheapo graphic card


CHeers
 
i can understand that for output to a tv, but this will be a header less server outputting to my network, if i did need a card anyone got a reccomEndation( SIlent if poss).

THANKS
 
orangeman2003 said:
anyone?

looking to run a media server just storage of 2x2tb with adding some more later

should i update ram and which os do u guys think is best?

also which setup for hdds?
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I'd probably put the drives in RAID1 (Mirroring) to keep your data safe and then put Ubuntu on. Easy and free, and will work fine on 2GB.

My personal setup is a bit more complicated, I upgraded to 8GB and turned the microserver into a virtual host by running ESXi from a memory stick (using the internal socket) This eases remote management quite a bit, the microserver can be tucked away without a monitor or keyboard and I can install and manage multiple virtual machines remotely. I've got a Linux VM serving up my storage and a windows server VM on domain controller duties.
 
Cashback now up to £110 for June. But most retailer have pushed the price up.

But its still £239.00 in a couple.

Making it £129 now.
 
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