HP Microserver with multiple VM's

[HamZilla]

Thank you kindly Dr. Pain

I've ordered 2 of KVR1333D3E9S/4G

 

[Dr. Pain]

Thanks for the replies. The size of the ML110 is a little too big for where it needs to go. I'll give a microserver a go and see how it stands up. Worst that can happen is that it replaces my Qnap NAS.

Lol what?!

The ML110 is tiny, this microserver must be ridiculous.

Dont be fooled by how mid towerish it looks. They are miniture.

 

[Dr. Pain]

Thank you kindly Dr. Pain

I've ordered 2 of KVR1333D3E9S/4G

lets be honest, the price is crazy cheap for the quality.

Cheapest Ive seen was £33 Inc Vat I think for the 4GB modules.

Im sure the ML110 can actually do 32Gb with 8GB modules, but it runs anything more than 16Gb at 800mhz instead of 1333.

None of this is "official" though!

Anyway, back to the RAM, I love stuff like Kingston. Its just fit and forget, just how server stuff SHOULD be.

 

[CRowm4N]

Trust me. The ML110 G6 is virtually silent. The loudest thing in the machine is the WD 250Gb RE3 !!!

At startup its full bore fans for a few secs, but this can be turned off in the BIOS under "blow out feature". Perhaps this option was to blow out dust every time the server was hard rebooted. Quite clever really.

However with this turned off, the server slips stealthily on, and if you had a quieter hard drive (I think they now ship with Seagates, so perhaps) then you would be sorted.

I have three in my living room, and when they are all on the noise is there obviously with three machines, but its barely noticeable and definitely not anoyying.

The G7 has extra fans, but the G6 has one CPU fan, and one exhaust fan, and both run at low speed, unless ur in the Mohave Desert or somewhere!

I cant stand noise, but have no complaints at all about the ML110.

Ive beefed mine up with Quad Nics, and some P410 512MB RAID cards.

With some clever PCI-e arrangement, you can get the full bandwidth from the cards too.

I also believe there is a cashback offer on the G6 too.

In addition, the G6 has an ILO and you can do remote KVM via your browser and mount ISO's as boot discs etc. Its very cool, but its an ILO100 Advanced feature you normally pay for. However, I have some spare licences I might be able to let go for free.

I have found this thread of real interest as today I have just completed the VCP41 Install configure and administer course and will be taking the exam in 4 weeks time.
I have on the recommendations from this thread and elsewhere on the internet purchased a ML110 G6 today (last business day of the HP cashback scheme) I also have a 2nd hand G5 too that I will be using for my lab. I could do with a small qnap device for cheap iscsi storage or something similar.
Can anyone recommend anything that isnt going to break the bank ??

Also if theres any more of the ILO licences going spare still Dr Pain I would really appreciate one for the G6, im hoping to find an ILO card for my G5 too

Mike

 

[Skidilliplop]

If it's just a lab and you don't need performance. FreeNAS supports iSCSI targets. Also there are a couple of windows based iSCSI target daemons out there which you can install on any PC and turn it into iSCSI storage for your lab.