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

My N40L will play two 480 videos at once, fast forwarding, in fact anything by play and pause kills the cpu entirely..
 
I've got a question for you guys, i recently took my N40L to full capacity (6x2TB):

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I'm doing some tests to make sure the drive isn't an early failer, and I seem to only be getting an absolute max of 37 MB/s...

I would have expected more speed for an esata port, has anyone else had this problem? Have a maybe missed configuring something in the bios?
 
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pepp77 said:
I used this guide to set mine up and I am getting full speeds on the original ODD port.

http://homeservershow.com/hp-proliant-n40l-microserver-build-and-bios-modification-revisited.html
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Thanks for that - my configuration was exactly the same, apart from forcing 3.0Gbps, so i've changed that and i've also changed it from IDE to legacy IDE to see if that has any impact...

I'll edit this post and let you all know how I get on! :D

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No joy.... It now seems slower with speeds of about 27Mbps... :(

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I've been a fool... I was copying data from one share to the other share from my desktop attached to the network, obviously the data has to come up to the desktop and then down onto the other share... So the speed 'limitation' is network related...
 
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Should do. I've stuffed mine full of 3TB drives this week, and that's on the shipping BIOS.

Biggest problem with a 12TB array is copying all the data over. Been going a couple of days now!
 
MagicBoy said:
Should do. I've stuffed mine full of 3TB drives this week, and that's on the shipping BIOS.

Biggest problem with a 12TB array is copying all the data over. Been going a couple of days now!
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I hope you are not copying in windows...:eek:

And using Robocopy or something similar
 
Me too. 3TB seems best value for money at the moment.

2TB=£58
3TB=£71

Even the WD Reds work out along similar lines.
 
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MagicBoy said:
Me too. 3TB seems best value for money at the moment.

2TB=£58
3TB=£71

Even the WD Reds work out along similar lines.
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2 x 2TB = 116

1 x 4TB red = 139



Difference 23 hardly breaking the bank considering space is so precious in a Micro server...:confused:

and I see a couple of red 2TB in there at 79 quid each....

Still makes no sense
 
Thinking about it for a second ... could be that they've added a couple more 2TB drives to an existing array. N40L went discontinued nearly a year ago.

Oh and subconsciously your sig just made me eat bacon butties for lunch! :D
 
easyrider said:
2 x 2TB = 116

1 x 4TB red = 139



Difference 23 hardly breaking the bank considering space is so precious in a Micro server...:confused:

and I see a couple of red 2TB in there at 79 quid each....

Still makes no sense
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I owned 5 of the 2TB drives for the last 12 months or so, at the time they were the cheapest per TB you could buy as the 3TB drives were relatively new, thus not as economically priced as they are at the moment.

If you look at the price from February 2013, the WD RED's were ~£120....

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As I wanted to extend my existing RAIDZ array it made 100%, crystal clear, perfect sense to buy another 2TB WD RED... ;)

Ninja edit - build thread from nearly a year ago to the day: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18486228
 
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