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

Vulcan · 13 Mar 2014 at 18:39

Attu90 said:
You want a 3 pin fan and just cut one of the lugs off to make it fit, some one will tell you which one to cut off, the 4 pin header on the HP motherboard isn't a standard pwm so you have to also modify a 4 pin if you use one of those.

Attu90 said:
Have a look at this post by maddness http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=24671250&postcount=6457

Thanks, I've order the "kit".

Attu90 · 13 Mar 2014 at 19:08

Trig said:
Got my gen8, liked the gen7 but this is something else...

Whats the noise like on the new one ?

Trig · 13 Mar 2014 at 20:49

I'll power it up next to the gen8 later and let you know..

Trig · 13 Mar 2014 at 22:29

Smidge louder than the N40L, not really noticably louder unless you have both next to each other..

uncle_rufus · 14 Mar 2014 at 08:53

Longbow said:
Thanks, I've order the "kit".

A bit late but in case you still wondered - I used that same kit, and I believe the fan was a 3-pin but I followed the instructions and it worked perfectly...

However I did find there were a few details in the instructions in that post which weren't entirely clear (to me), so somewhere in this thread I had a post which went into a little more detail explaining what I did. Just in case you want to look it up

idmanager · 14 Mar 2014 at 16:50

Just got my 54L setup got it at Xmas from e for £100 after rebate
Added 4gig memory and a lcdsmartie
1x250gig via esta
1x120gig ssd boot in top behind display
4x3tb
It's backing up nice from my other qnap server

Vulcan · 15 Mar 2014 at 14:33

Installed the new fans, CPU temp in the BIOS is 57c, I think it was about 43c before.

What is everyone else getting with the NoiseBlocker fans?

uncle_rufus · 15 Mar 2014 at 18:02

^^ You know I haven't actually checked the CPU temps, but my drives report ~30c which seems reasonable

Lumeycom · 15 Mar 2014 at 20:39

idmanager said:
Just got my 54L setup got it at Xmas from e for £100 after rebate
Added 4gig memory and a lcdsmartie
1x250gig via esta
1x120gig ssd boot in top behind display
4x3tb
It's backing up nice from my other qnap server

Where did you get the display? I ordered the one mentioned earlier in the thread but it never came, apparently it's no longer made.

idmanager · 16 Mar 2014 at 13:16

Lumeycom said:
Where did you get the display? I ordered the one mentioned earlier in the thread but it never came, apparently it's no longer made.

http://www.sureelectronics.net/category.php?id=28

mctiny · 16 Mar 2014 at 13:36

Lumeycom said:
Where did you get the display? I ordered the one mentioned earlier in the thread but it never came, apparently it's no longer made.

Good to know as I was about to order one...

idmanager said:
http://www.sureelectronics.net/category.php?id=28

with yours did you use the blanking plate from the server? or did it come with one?

idmanager · 16 Mar 2014 at 14:05

mctiny said:
Good to know as I was about to order one...

with yours did you use the blanking plate from the server? or did it come with one?

Use the one with server. Drill it and file it smooth the double sided sticky tape it to back. I split the display from usb controller board with a few bits from maplins. So it fits better

mctiny · 16 Mar 2014 at 19:21

idmanager said:
Use the one with server. Drill it and file it smooth the double sided sticky tape it to back. I split the display from usb controller board with a few bits from maplins. So it fits better

I can't use the one from the server, I've seemingly misplaced it

Swarfega · 19 Mar 2014 at 15:06

Anyone running Plex in an ESX VM on any of these? I want to move Plex off my desktop onto a VM. I'm trying to find the most lightweight way of doing it which I thought would be Arch Linux but I am having issues getting Plex to run.

Bluecube · 19 Mar 2014 at 15:44

I run Plex through Xpenology in an ESXi VM. It runs great.

If I remember correctly, Arch Linux can be a bit obtuse. Maybe try an easier distro such as Mint LXDE.

Little_Crow · 19 Mar 2014 at 17:14

Swarfega said:
Anyone running Plex in an ESX VM on any of these? I want to move Plex off my desktop onto a VM. I'm trying to find the most lightweight way of doing it which I thought would be Arch Linux but I am having issues getting Plex to run.

Yep, running it on an Ubuntu Server VM.
I tested it on an Ubuntu Desktop first. I'm no linux expert, so being able to use a GUI while I got my head around creating shares, installing plex media server, sabnzbd, getting them to start at startup, etc was a useful safety blanket.
Once I had it figured out I recreated what I'd done on ubuntu server.

The worst thing I found, and still just give up and use gparted is partitioning. It's so bloody obtuse on Linux it drives me crazy.

Trig · 19 Mar 2014 at 17:54

I'm running plex on a Win7 VM, easier than having it on metal..

joelk2 · 20 Mar 2014 at 08:51

im running plex on whs if it helps. piece of cake to set up.

Swarfega · 20 Mar 2014 at 09:01

I managed to get Arch to play ball. I tested a basic SD episode of Peppa Pig and tried seeking to about half way though. It took about 30 seconds before it started playing video again. Watching a linux 'top' showed the transcode process getting hammered. I could give the VM another vCPU to see if this helps. I can't see it making a big difference though. Server is a N54L.

kefan77 · 20 Mar 2014 at 09:15

hi,

when replacing stock PSU with Pico should I be ok with 120W or go 160W?

1x fan, 1x SSD, 4x HDD

thanks