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

Baggins_451 · 26 Jan 2013 at 09:46

dubcat said:
How are you guys using sabnzbd now that all the indexing services have been taken down?

Sorry, couldn't resist

Stu · 26 Jan 2013 at 22:10

Which missed bios is everyone using? (I've asked a couple of times, but no one's sharing!?)

Also, I'm thinking about signing up to WebsiteSpark for Server 2012... Anyone have any words of advice?

DIABLO · 26 Jan 2013 at 22:45

jb7 said:
I have two of these with five drives each, running openmediavault. They are on 24/7 for three days a week, off for four days a week

Do you think these will be using a lot of power?

Somewhere around 100watts in total for both of them i'd imagine with all the drives are spun up.

DIABLO · 26 Jan 2013 at 22:49

Stu said:
Which missed bios is everyone using? (I've asked a couple of times, but no one's sharing!?)

Also, I'm thinking about signing up to WebsiteSpark for Server 2012... Anyone have any words of advice?

WS 2012 seems to run very well on my backup microserver.

Stu · 27 Jan 2013 at 00:03

DIABLO said:
WS 2012 seems to run very well on my backup microserver.

Any words of wisdom regarding WebsiteSpark?

DIABLO · 27 Jan 2013 at 00:37

In what to say when signing up? Said that i was the only employee and i was a home based web developer.

MagicBoy · 27 Jan 2013 at 00:40

Is there some catch? I can't believe they're handing out Server 2012 licenses otherwise.

MeMeMeMe · 27 Jan 2013 at 07:07

With WebsiteSpark, aren't the licenses just for one yera? Do they stop working after that?

Stu · 27 Jan 2013 at 11:05

From reading the info, the license is for three years, but there are some conditions to meet... for example, I believe you need to publish or host your website before the first anniversary, and register is with the WebsiteSpark program.

I can cope with three years, because I typically update OS in that timeframe. I have also done some website work, having made a couple of websites for my parents' small business; however, am I a little more concerned about the requirement to 'deploy a web pro website'. Details below:

Membership Terms

Eligible Web development and design Companies and/or Individuals can participate in WebsiteSpark for up to 3 years. The members should maintain "Good Standing" through the term of the program.

Good Standing entails...

- Completing and updating profile information. On the first and second anniversary of initial enrollment, members must renew their enrollment (e.g. confirm they haven't gone public and their ownership hasn't changed).
- Compliance with program agreements.
- Deploy web pro website on Windows Azure Cloud or Windows Server by the first anniversary of the Web Pro’s enrollment in the Program.

Marky · 27 Jan 2013 at 17:21

Just got WHS 2011 installed, then restart the machine and get to login...

"Press CTRL + ALT + DELETE to login"

I don't have a keyboard and the on-screen keyboard won't let me ctrl/alt/delete :mad:

jamesfreddie · 27 Jan 2013 at 17:53

Marky said:
Just got WHS 2011 installed, then restart the machine and get to login...

"Press CTRL + ALT + DELETE to login"

I don't have a keyboard and the on-screen keyboard won't let me ctrl/alt/delete

When you can login you can setup auto login in.

tbz_ck · 27 Jan 2013 at 18:20

Marky said:
Just got WHS 2011 installed, then restart the machine and get to login...

"Press CTRL + ALT + DELETE to login"

I don't have a keyboard and the on-screen keyboard won't let me ctrl/alt/delete

You can also do it via remote desktop connection. Fire up another machine and go to "Remote Desktop Connection". Pop in the machine name or IP address and off you go.

I run my server headless 24/7.

Nocky24 · 27 Jan 2013 at 20:23

Does anyone know if there's any issues with whs 2011 backing up Windows 8 machines? Just wondering whether I should upgrade my N40L to 2012 Essentials.

tbz_ck · 27 Jan 2013 at 22:07

Nocky24 said:
Does anyone know if there's any issues with whs 2011 backing up Windows 8 machines? Just wondering whether I should upgrade my N40L to 2012 Essentials.

If the disk is partitioned as GPT instead of MBR then there will be an issue

If its MBR then no, you can fudge the connector to work on Win 8

Methanoid · 28 Jan 2013 at 08:24

Deep said:
You could look at Flexraid perhaps?
I'm not to hot on terminology but it may do the things you want it to

FlexRAID isnt free but isnt expensive and works very well and includes a drive pool as well as snapshot RAID.

enigmo · 28 Jan 2013 at 09:10

Stu said:
Which missed bios is everyone using? (I've asked a couple of times, but no one's sharing!?)

You mean the hacked BIOS to allow 3gbps SATA and AHCI on all ports? Google for Thebay and the main thread is on avforums.

DiCe! · 28 Jan 2013 at 10:03

I cant get this to boot into unraid for the life of me! I know I have done it before but for some reason it is being a real PITA!

K@rl · 28 Jan 2013 at 11:31

I see the new version is now showing on an e-competitors website - no £100 cash back but the price is down to £200

MeMeMeMe · 28 Jan 2013 at 11:46

Stu said:
From reading the info, the license is for three years, but there are some conditions to meet... for example, I believe you need to publish or host your website before the first anniversary, and register is with the WebsiteSpark program.

I can cope with three years, because I typically update OS in that timeframe. I have also done some website work, having made a couple of websites for my parents' small business; however, am I a little more concerned about the requirement to 'deploy a web pro website'. Details below:

I have just read some posts about the website spark program when it was first announced in 2009. They mentioned that there was a $100 fee payable at the end of the 3 year period and it wasn't clear if you had to pay this if you stopped using the program before the end of the free period.

Any website spark users able to clarify the cost commitment issue?

pdw8 · 28 Jan 2013 at 13:15

Will i be able to move 2 x 1TB drives in RAID0 ext3 drives from a Synology NAS to the N40L running FreeNAS and keep all the data intact?