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

Quartz · 15 Apr 2018 at 11:57

Okay folks, a quick check, please.

I have a Windows Server 2016 disk waiting to be installed. I have 4x 6 TB drives in 2x RAID 1 arrays. I have a SSD plugged into the optical port. The SSD is currently unused. Can I install Server 2016 onto the SSD and keep the RAID arrays? Or do I need a RAID card?

whiskycycle · 15 Apr 2018 at 14:50

Blinkz said:
As far as I know the G1610T doesn't have HyperV, but someone with more knowledge should be along to confirm shortly!

Got about 30+ of these running Hyper-V Core 2008 R2 on G1610T boxes, not blindingly fast but they do what's needed of them.

maj · 15 Apr 2018 at 16:17

Blinkz said:
I used the stand-alone iLo interface to install the firmware, and just used the iso to make a bootable usb to install it all. It installed all the required drivers.

Is iLo interface when you press F9 during post? I have an iLo port but nothing plugged into it.

Infidelus · 15 Apr 2018 at 18:45

iLO is for remote management. You can connect to the server via a web interface using .net or Java and control the whole thing**, even from full off, but you do obviously need a network cable in the ILO port

** You need an iLO licence if you want to control it remotely after it POSTs.

Furton · 15 Apr 2018 at 18:59

Blinkz said:
I used iLO and it worked a treat. The SPP was through Windows and that worked fine as well.

All upgraded, thanks for your help everyone!

GDL · 15 Apr 2018 at 19:15

The G1610T supports VT-X (Virtualization) but not VT-D (Hardware pass through)

The base system device, go through device manager to find the hardware ID and Google that, if it's the ILO Channel Interface Driver you can get it here:
https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/swd/public/detail?swItemId=MTX_e74f93921947408eb5de783d27

@Furton I've trusted you a message RE the Ilo.

Quartz · 16 Apr 2018 at 17:43

Is the P212/ZM still the recommended RAID controller? Will it allow me to boot off the SSD? Will it work under WSE 2016?

Avathar77 · 9 May 2018 at 09:17

Can 8TB WD Reds work on N54L(Gen7) microservers?
Having a disk die on my media server makes me think more about regular backups!

Avalon · 10 May 2018 at 17:29

Avathar77 said:
Can 8TB WD Reds work on N54L(Gen7) microservers?
Having a disk die on my media server makes me think more about regular backups!

Yes, I ran 4 of them a while back in unraid on both N36L and N54L's.

Avathar77 · 10 May 2018 at 19:10

Avalon said:
Yes, I ran 4 of them a while back in unraid on both N36L and N54L's.

Cool thank you, i have 2 X 8tb drives so far...

GDL · 10 May 2018 at 20:44

Just got my 3 Gen7's back from a mate at work. One of each type. 36,40,54 IIRC.

Anyway to merge all the storage into one big pot across all three physical servers? -

I tried FreeNAS but meh, it still can't do SMB share authentication correctly.

Markopolo · 13 May 2018 at 19:22

GDL said:
Just got my 3 Gen7's back from a mate at work. One of each type. 36,40,54 IIRC.

Anyway to merge all the storage into one big pot across all three physical servers? -

I tried FreeNAS but meh, it still can't do SMB share authentication correctly.

Try running something like Ceph...

GDL · 14 May 2018 at 08:33

Cheers Markopolo.

Snapshot · 14 May 2018 at 09:12

GDL said:
Just got my 3 Gen7's back from a mate at work. One of each type. 36,40,54 IIRC.

Anyway to merge all the storage into one big pot across all three physical servers? -

I tried FreeNAS but meh, it still can't do SMB share authentication correctly.

Might be worth trying NAS4Free rather than FreeNAS. It's a fully developed and maintained version of what FreeNAS was before it went commercial.

Quartz · 15 May 2018 at 15:42

Has anyone installed WSE 2016 on their Gen 8? I finally got around to installing it a week or so ago and Intelligent Provisioning didn't have any of the variants of Server 2016 listed. I used the Server 2012 settings and it worked fine.

Rabtech · 15 May 2018 at 17:46

Quartz said:
Has anyone installed WSE 2016 on their Gen 8? I finally got around to installing it a week or so ago and Intelligent Provisioning didn't have any of the variants of Server 2016 listed. I used the Server 2012 settings and it worked fine.

I've had Windows Server 2016 Std installed since just after release on my Gen 8, installed via Intelligent Provisioning and the 2012 settings as you've found. It's been very stable, just as Server 2012 R2 was before it.

ANDARIAL · 19 May 2018 at 10:20

Can i use a `standard` psu to power the Gen 8? or is it a `proprietorial` socket and plug
Just thinking atm that i could do with moving the mobo to a different case to get more drives connected with an expansion card

Running Xpenology and am getting near to full.Got 4x8tb in the one gen8 and 5x6 tb in the other
Thinking this as i think it would be the `easiest` way to increase capacity?

GDL · 19 May 2018 at 13:05

From I remember about them yes.
Pull the board out and take a peek.

EssexBoy · 19 May 2018 at 13:49

ANDARIAL said:
Running Xpenology and am getting near to full.Got 4x8tb in the one gen8 and 5x6 tb in the other
Thinking this as i think it would be the `easiest` way to increase capacity?

You can get 6 in the gen 7

Quartz · 19 May 2018 at 14:23

ANDARIAL said:
Just thinking atm that i could do with moving the mobo to a different case to get more drives connected with an expansion card

Why not just use an external SAS chassis?