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

saayinla · 27 Dec 2017 at 23:50

covenantuk said:
ML110 will work fine if you can put up with the noise level

Totally forgot about the noise, anything else quiter, similar to proliant series in terms of noise? thanks in advance.

Sparky__H · 28 Dec 2017 at 13:15

I have 2 dell t20s running 24/7 and they are silent.

npfman · 29 Dec 2017 at 02:41

Hi,

I currently have Windows 7 64bit installed on my Gen8 with a Samsung SSD in the 1st bay and 8TB WD Reds in bays 2 & 3 everything RAID 0 using the onboard B120i, has an i3 (stock heatsink) and 16GB Ram also and is used as plexserver/smb share for Nvidia shield boxes running Kodi/SPMC and as a utorrent box with sonarr and couchpotato.

Is there a way to install the SSD via sata cable and the 8TB Reds without using RAID 0? as i would like to use Stablebit drivepool and scanner.

Thanks in advance

Nick

GDL · 29 Dec 2017 at 11:59

Get a SATA expansion card, you will have to do some physical work to the back of the four drive bays to remove the SAS\SATA connector from the harness from what I recall due to the connector having both power and data in a single block.

Trig · 29 Dec 2017 at 13:50

npfman said:
Hi,

I currently have Windows 7 64bit installed on my Gen8 with a Samsung SSD in the 1st bay and 8TB WD Reds in bays 2 & 3 everything RAID 0 using the onboard B120i, has an i3 (stock heatsink) and 16GB Ram also and is used as plexserver/smb share for Nvidia shield boxes running Kodi/SPMC and as a utorrent box with sonarr and couchpotato.

Is there a way to install the SSD via sata cable and the 8TB Reds without using RAID 0? as i would like to use Stablebit drivepool and scanner.

Thanks in advance

Nick

You can still use drivepool with r0 it'll be fine

npfman · 29 Dec 2017 at 18:20

Ah nice one, i'll get a fdd to sata power connector and move the ssd from bay 1 to the odd sata port, i'll obviously have to reinstall windows 7 again.

As my 8TB WD Red's are set up individually as RAID 0 on the B120i will I lose all the data on them if i move them between bays?

I have some spare 6TB drives i'd like to add in the now 2 spare bays, I plan to RAID 0 these individually and then create a drivepool within Windows 7.

Thanks again

Nick

Trig · 29 Dec 2017 at 18:38

R0 you won't lose anything, however when you create the "pool" within drivepool it'll create a separate folder structure.

Sparky__H · 29 Dec 2017 at 22:54

npfman said:
Samsung SSD in the 1st bay and 8TB WD Reds in bays 2 & 3 everything RAID 0 using the onboard B120i

Why not achi mode?

npfman · 29 Dec 2017 at 23:14

I thought you couldn't use the ODD sata port if you select AHCI?

I placed the SSD within bay 1 as I didnt have a FDD-sata cable when i first set my Gen8 up.

Sparky__H · 29 Dec 2017 at 23:30

might be a bios thing. I'm in ahci mode and xpenology has picked up the sad in port 5.

doodah · 8 Jan 2018 at 11:49

Stupidly sent one of my plastic drive enclosures back to OcUK for an RMA - are they easy to source (N54L)?

Trig · 8 Jan 2018 at 13:50

Yes, I've got 8 sat behind me as I have an old N40L that's sat doing nothing as well as an N40L with a dead mobo so plenty of spares...

Stelly · 17 Jan 2018 at 22:13

Just put a E3-1230 v2 in mine and its being cooled with a Noctua NH-L9i, currently running at 35c which isnt bad at all

Stelly

Snapshot · 18 Jan 2018 at 10:17

Interesting. How did you get the NH-L9i to fit and is the fan speed controlled at all?

Stelly · 18 Jan 2018 at 12:08

Snapshot said:
Interesting. How did you get the NH-L9i to fit and is the fan speed controlled at all?

I removed and modded the brackets, that took me about 2 hours with breaks, then I used a spanner with some case screws to secure it to the motherboard.... hard part was screwing it all back in

Stelly

Kidge · 18 Jan 2018 at 19:23

Anyone got Server 2016 Essentials installed on their N54L? Constantly spiking to 100% on the CPU and seems pretty slow and clunky.

Snapshot · 19 Jan 2018 at 07:36

Stelly said:
I removed and modded the brackets, that took me about 2 hours with breaks, then I used a spanner with some case screws to secure it to the motherboard.... hard part was screwing it all back in

Stelly

Thanks for that. I'll look at that as an option if I need to upgrade the i3 3240T currently in there.

Stelly · 19 Jan 2018 at 09:33

Snapshot said:
Thanks for that. I'll look at that as an option if I need to upgrade the i3 3240T currently in there.

No issues at all

Stelly

Mel_P · 21 Jan 2018 at 20:20

npfman said:
I thought you couldn't use the ODD sata port if you select AHCI?

From memory I think that is correct - Windows in ACHI mode looks at drive 1 (1st slot) to boot from.

Sparky__H · 21 Jan 2018 at 20:45

Mel_P said:
From memory I think that is correct - Windows in ACHI mode looks at drive 1 (1st slot) to boot from.

Not sure about windows but the various Linux based OS's i've run have had no issue with the 5th SATA port in ACHI mode.

Were all running newer Bios though.