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

DIABLO · 3 Jun 2015 at 20:35

What RAM are people running is these? The Kingston RAM i was going to buy on eb**** is out of stock even though the website says thay have some.

GDL · 3 Jun 2015 at 21:33

I just added mine from the G7

DDR3 8192 MB 1333 MHz 1.5 V UDIMM
DDR3 8192 MB 1333 MHz 1.5 V UDIMM

DIABLO · 3 Jun 2015 at 21:37

GDL said:
I just added mine from the G7

DDR3 8192 MB 1333 MHz 1.5 V UDIMM
DDR3 8192 MB 1333 MHz 1.5 V UDIMM

I can't do that as the RAM i have in the G7 is not ECC, anyway i managed to source 100% compatible RAM from the river.

Anyone need any Google KTH-PL316E/8G

nutcase · 4 Jun 2015 at 08:46

I've ordered one of those schoondoggy drive mount and cd-rom mounts for my gen8. But as it was the same price shipping for 1 of each or 4 of each I went for all 4 so if anyone wants a pair I'll be selling them at cost when I get them to help people out who want to add more drives.

martynbez · 8 Jun 2015 at 09:14

Any one install esxi 6.0 on a N54l yet?

GDL · 8 Jun 2015 at 12:53

martynbez said:
Any one install esxi 6.0 on a N54l yet?

I will be this weekend, as well as a few cheaky upgrades.

martynbez · 8 Jun 2015 at 13:12

yeah not sure if to go for it on my 2 or buy new ones

peterwalkley · 8 Jun 2015 at 13:16

Bit off topic, but did you guys recently download esxi from vmware ? I've registered, got an evaluation key for it, but the download links / download manager button just don't work.

There are a stupid number of hoops you seem to have to jump through just to try it out.

GDL · 8 Jun 2015 at 14:02

peterwalkley said:
Bit off topic, but did you guys recently download esxi from vmware ? I've registered, got an evaluation key for it, but the download links / download manager button just don't work.

There are a stupid number of hoops you seem to have to jump through just to try it out.

I've had this when using another browser other than IE.

peterwalkley · 8 Jun 2015 at 14:27

GDL said:
I've had this when using another browser other than IE.

***** sake ... Thank you ! Finally got the download working by going to an ancient laptop that was on IE 8. I'd tried IE 11 but had the same error. What a bag of spanners.

GDL · 8 Jun 2015 at 16:59

No worries, happy to help you out.

Just got home and upgraded the little old box, she might get a little warm but heh it's cheap.

Old CPU.

New CPU

Temps of 10mins running Prime95.

traveyb · 8 Jun 2015 at 17:08

Tempted to pick one of these to upgrade my older gen one (can't remember the name, the AMD black one).
I use it as a freenas box for my Intel NUC ESXi environment however would make a nice host also

rp2000 · 8 Jun 2015 at 17:30

A few questions:

Does anyone have this Gen 8 g1610t (the one with cashback atm) who can comment on the noise in comparison to the older ones? My N36 and N54 seem the same volume to me.

Is the processing power difference big between this and the N54L? Finally, does it have some increased fan speed when using PCI cards (like a half height HDMI card) or did I read that in the other thread about the Proliant tower server?

rp2000

GDL · 8 Jun 2015 at 17:36

The noise is on par with the Gen7 personally, or just slightly quieter.

I've only ever heard mine if it's been in the same room and there's been no background noise, or I've sat next to it.

Beans on toast Dave · 8 Jun 2015 at 17:39

currently using the n54l and thinking about upgrading without formatting the system

does anyone know if i would get away with just changing the hdd from the n54l to the gen8?

thanks

GDL · 8 Jun 2015 at 18:08

Depends on where you want the drive to go?

You can't put a single drive in the top bay of the Gen8 without it being in raided or using a PCI SATA card.

If it's in one of the four bays, you could do it as windows would just download the drivers for the new one, but it's not ideal and would cause the windows license to be re-validated.

korgtronix · 8 Jun 2015 at 19:27

Anyone have any information on what cpus you can upgrade the cashback box too? Got an i3-3220 i would want to change into it.

HEADRAT · 8 Jun 2015 at 19:42

Take a in this thread

http://homeservershow.com/forums/index.php?/topic/6596-hp-microserver-gen8-processor-faq/

DIABLO · 8 Jun 2015 at 19:44

GDL said:
No worries, happy to help you out.

Just got home and upgraded the little old box, she might get a little warm but heh it's cheap.

Old CPU.

New CPU

Temps of 10mins running Prime95.

Is the i3 processor worth the upgrade over stock?

GDL · 8 Jun 2015 at 19:55

It gave it a little more grunt over the stock and it's cheap enough to do.

I noticed that it helps with video playback and transcoding so if it's a Plex box.. Go for it.