Soldato
They're fine as a NAS, mate of mine has one that was just used for streaming stuff to his PS4 and that would do all the grunt work.
Good Cheap Server - HP Proliant Microserver 4 BAY - OWNERS THREAD
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Thats odd my n40l easy saturates gigabit network speed when copying files to and from it as windows network shared folder/drive.
Id be using it work storing backup images so it would be powered on for a few hours one day a month.
As for the gpl malarkey iv slept many nights since then so got no clue wot that was about, what was that 2 or 3 years ago?
Easily saturate gigabit? Interesting given it lacks hardware support for jumbo frames on the onboard NIC that are realistically required to do so.
As to the rest, if by 2-3 years ago, you mean 8 months ago you claimed in this very thread that it was OK to pirate DSM because it used elements of code published under GPL etc. - like almost every commercial software/OS - then it’s understandable that you’ve tried to block out such utter stupidity, allow me to refresh your memory….
Please tell me you’ve realised openly stealing DSM just because it happens to include elements of GPL code is not only stealing and against forum rules, but shows a complete lack of understanding of how licensing works.
i thought it may have needed a uefi bios for large drive support.
it does it for me, i copy file from shared drive on micro server to my main pc and it sustains 100 megabytes per second. if you cant get that working then maybe you got issues with your configuration?
Soldato
Ha, want to earn a few quid? I've got my Microsoft licencing renewal next month. Want to tell me how I'm abusing CALs and open value licences before the auditors get me
Another N54L with gigabit setup owner here, maxes out on network file transfers for me.
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Soldato
It probably matters what drives you are using when looking at network throughput..
as long as your using drives that can hit 100MBps+ on inner part of platter then you can max out gigabit lan all the time with large files. only time iv seen lower speed is when i was copying over a folder with thousands of small files most under 16kb big.
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Someone has donated their unwanted Gen 8 HP Microserver to me.
How would this compare to my current NAS setup?
I have a supermicro x9sae in a server chassis,
I would need to buy some new larger drives as my current chassis can hold 10+ drives in it, but the compact size of the HP would make it much easier to hide somewhere in the house
How would this compare to my current NAS setup?
I have a supermicro x9sae in a server chassis,
I would need to buy some new larger drives as my current chassis can hold 10+ drives in it, but the compact size of the HP would make it much easier to hide somewhere in the house
Don
It's basically the same hardware you have but in a smaller form factor.
It use the same generation of Intel processors (Socket 1155 - Xeon v2), possibly the same memory (Gen 8 HP takes ECC Unbuffered DDR3, Supermicro takes either Non-ECC or ECC depending on installed CPU)
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I have ECC in the Super Micro board, so I could just take that out and put it in the microserver if I decided to go that route.
The only real reason for the swap would be due to the size,
Can't really find anywhere sensible to put the current NAS, unless I chuck it in the loft and then deal with the problems that will bring.
Soldato
Careful, there is unbuffered and buffered ECC.
As @Armageus mentioned, the Gen8 Microserver only likes the unbuffered.
I think buffered ECC is much more common, I had to send 2 back to sellers on ebay who had advertised it incorrectly before finally getting a stick of unbuffered ECC as required.
Soldato
Veeam or if you get a Samsung drive their migration tool
No output ports for sound.
You can get sound by adding soundcard or a gpu to allow hdmi audio.