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

zeegy · 8 May 2013 at 13:04

MagicBoy said:
Mine came in January with 1x2Gb stick.

Which was promptly ripped out...

This one was purchased in Feb, so hopefully im in the same boat. however, one will not rip out, but add another 2Gb, should be ample for my requirements. cheers for the info.

enigmo · 8 May 2013 at 13:40

AFAIK, the 40 and 36 both came with 1x stick. The n36l with 1x1GB stick, and the n40l with 1x2GB.

Tackle_Berry · 8 May 2013 at 14:33

zeegy said:
Was yours the n40L or the n36l?

N40L was around a year ago

archy121 · 9 May 2013 at 18:47

I'm looking to replace the standard 120mm fan with something more efficient.

I have read about replacing the standard fan with the Scythe 120mm SY1225SL12HPVC 4pin adjustable fan but this seems to be discontinued.

Can anyone suggest alternatives ? How about another Scythe or Noctua ?

Which model would work & is there wire swapping involved ?

Jeci · 10 May 2013 at 00:14

archy121 said:
I'm looking to replace the standard 120mm fan with something more efficient.

I have read about replacing the standard fan with the Scythe 120mm SY1225SL12HPVC 4pin adjustable fan but this seems to be discontinued.

Can anyone suggest alternatives ? How about another Scythe or Noctua ?

Which model would work & is there wire swapping involved ?

I put a noctua 3 pin fan in mine. No wire swapping involved, but I had to swap the 3 pin connector to a 4 pin connector of the stock fan.

Get a really really skinny flat blade screwdriver and its easy enough to do.

archy121 · 10 May 2013 at 10:22

Jeci - which particular Noctua was that ? RPM ?
Did it improve your temps or noise levels ?

Also by putting in 3 pin does that mean the N40L bios is not be able to control the speed & it will run constantly at full rpm ?

Caustic · 20 May 2013 at 12:52

For those looking to buy one of these, I see the N54L is available at £280 but now with £100 cash-back! Best price so far (I think) for the latest model.

durbs · 20 May 2013 at 19:44

Caustic said:
For those looking to buy one of these, I see the N54L is available at £280 but now with £100 cash-back! Best price so far (I think) for the latest model.

Tempted by this as an upgrade from my N40L now the £100 cashback is on.

My current N40 gets a lot of use as a file server, SQL Server & TFS Server box so any additional horsepower would be handy (although the N40L copes fine).

Anyone know whether the performance difference between the N40L and the N54L would make it a worthwhile upgrade?

MagicBoy · 20 May 2013 at 20:21

It's purely a speed bump of about 40%. If it ain't broke then don't fix it

enigmo · 21 May 2013 at 15:28

Has anyone seen one of these little Proliants go grindingly slowly when it comes to robocopy between drives?

tbz_ck · 23 May 2013 at 17:50

durbs said:
Tempted by this as an upgrade from my N40L now the £100 cashback is on.

My current N40 gets a lot of use as a file server, SQL Server & TFS Server box so any additional horsepower would be handy (although the N40L copes fine).

Anyone know whether the performance difference between the N40L and the N54L would make it a worthwhile upgrade?

I wouldn't. 4-6 weeks and the Gen8 Microserver will be out.

Si. · 23 May 2013 at 19:53

Any details on that?

enigmo · 24 May 2013 at 10:33

Si. said:
Any details on that?

There's this:
http://www.servethehome.com/hp-proliant-microserver-gen8-specs-leaked/

yonderblue · 24 May 2013 at 11:44

The HP Microserver G8 Facebook page got pulled but this page has all the info http://blog.themonsta.id.au/category/microservers/

vidda · 24 May 2013 at 13:45

You can pick the N54L up for £99 after cashback right now, might still not be worth the upgrade but amazing value.

Si. · 24 May 2013 at 13:47

Where from?

vidda · 24 May 2013 at 14:24

It's one of the first shopping results on google if you search microserver

MagicBoy · 24 May 2013 at 16:50

Can't see it.

paintguy · 24 May 2013 at 17:01

MagicBoy said:
Can't see it.

Probably not there now.

One particular competitor has been putting the price up and down like a yo-yo over the past few days. Was 279 (-100 cashback) then earlier today it was ~200. Back up to ~300 this afternoon, and now out of stock!

currantloaf · 24 May 2013 at 22:23

Dam so tempted very close to the n40l price for the n54l atm hmm