It doesn't do dual channel so no problem on that score but as you probably know it only supports 8GB officially so it'll be a case of trail and error I guess, just like those who've managed to get some types of 16GB to work.
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It doesn't do dual channel so no problem on that score but as you probably know it only supports 8GB officially so it'll be a case of trail and error I guess, just like those who've managed to get some types of 16GB to work.
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But these AMD Turions have a dual channel memory controller. Have HP done something to only utilise one channel somehow? must have gone right out of their way to do so.
I may have had too much wine tonight, but cant get my head around a small issue with ESXi.
I want to present my 4x3TB drives to a VM (NAS4Free) as RDM's. I can't create the RDM's unless a VMFS datastore has been created. I can't create a VMFS datastore on the USB drive i've used to install ESXI on.
Any ideas or am I being stupid? Or do I need to carve off a small VMFS datastore from one of the drives to do this?
I want to present my 4x3TB drives to a VM (NAS4Free) as RDM's. I can't create the RDM's unless a VMFS datastore has been created. I can't create a VMFS datastore on the USB drive i've used to install ESXI on.
Any ideas or am I being stupid? Or do I need to carve off a small VMFS datastore from one of the drives to do this?
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I threw a 4gb stick in along side the original 2g and it works fine so I cant see why 8gb wouldn't work.
Saying that I know the microserver is fussy about what you use for 16gb, is it the 8gb modules its fussy about or having 16gb in total ?
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Doh!
The onboard "controller" doesn't support SAS. I assumed it did as it uses a Mini-SAS connector and cable to the drive cage.
Now need to get a cheap SAS RAID card that will support 4 drives.
"Cheap" in this case, isn't that cheap unfortunately. You're looking at around the £80 mark I think
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Possibly your issue. Although I have installed it myself on a USB flash drive without issues. In the end though I resorted to installing onto one of the HDD. It will partition off the drive enough to house itself so you won't end up committing a whole drive just for ESXi.
I did notice that after installation one of the CPU's was at 100%. ESXtop recognised the DCUI taking all of this CPU time. When I disconnected the wireless keyboard it completely dropped. I had it plugged in at the time of the ESXi install, so I'm going to blame that
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That's exactly what you have to do. ESXi knows it is running off a USB key, and won't use it for storing anything (even logs). So you need at least one datastore somewhere. I would add a small drive (SSD would be preferable) in the top of the microserver.
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Try reinstalling again without that keyboard installed (it only takes a few minutes) -- it's worth knowing for sure what was causing the problem. It's not normal for it to take that long to install.I did notice that after installation one of the CPU's was at 100%. ESXtop recognised the DCUI taking all of this CPU time. When I disconnected the wireless keyboard it completely dropped. I had it plugged in at the time of the ESXi install, so I'm going to blame that
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Just ordered me up a RocketRAID 2710 then. Was going to get one in the future for a SAS RAID-5 array anyway.
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Has anyone replaced the 40mm fan in the PSU ?, I was thinking about putting a pico psu in but if I can quieten it down with just a new fan I think ill try that first.
I know the fan in there is a 40x40x20 but is there any reason why a 40x40x10 wouldn't be ok ? some thing like this ? http://www.noctua.at/inc/imageviewer.php?item=47&pnr=0
I know the fan in there is a 40x40x20 but is there any reason why a 40x40x10 wouldn't be ok ? some thing like this ? http://www.noctua.at/inc/imageviewer.php?item=47&pnr=0
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http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=24514434&postcount=6150
Read that and a few posts above it. 30 quid for 8gb.
Read that and a few posts above it. 30 quid for 8gb.
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If it's any consolation, they sell easily on eBay for good money because they're so pricey. I sold mine before I bought the Microserver else I'd probably have kept it!
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They're not all that expensive when you consider anything worth buying starts over £100 anyway and sky's the limit.
But yeah, the resell value is quite high.
Has anyone else had issues using >2TB hard drives via the eSATA port? I ended up corrupting a lot of data after not checking the drive I hooked up had been properly addressed!
Can't find any information anywhere, or BIOS updates
I got my nexus double twin from ebay. I set up a search, so it informed me whenever one comes in stock. They crop up every month or so.