HP ProLiant MicroServer Gen8

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Since the other thread is the old Gen 7 model I've started a new one.

Spec - http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/...html#spectype=worldwide&type=html&docid=14565

• Processor Intel® Celeron® G1610T (2.3Hz/2-core/2MB/35W) Processor
• Intel® Pentium® G2020T (2.5GHz/2-core/3MB/35W) Processor

• RAM Upto 16GB ECC DDR3
• Network Controller HP Ethernet 1Gb 2-port 332i Adapter

• Storage Controller
• HP Dynamic Smart Array B120i Controller
• NOTE: HDD bays 1 and 2 support 6.0Gb/s SATA. HDD bays 3 and 4 support 3.0Gb/s SATA.
• NOTE: Supports RAID 0/1/10 only.

• HP iLO Remote

I'll update this post when mine arrives etc

 

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They are pretty decent machines, there was a "feature" with using non-HP drives that caused the fans to go mental due to the iLO not being able to read the temps properly.

No idea if that has been changed with a BIOS update.

Yeah I think that has been sorted via the BIOS update.

 

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EBay, there are ones for 30quid. Though the iLO 2 and 3 licences also work and I have to say iLO is a great feature. Just setup my raspberry pi as OpenVPN server to access this.

 

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So I have been using the HomeServer for a couple of days now and I'm highly impressed with it! Tonight I've upgraded it to 16GB of ram and its running Windows Server 2012 R2 Foundation with Plex Server. The OS is sitting on 128GB Samsung SDD and then the storage is covered by 2x3TB WD Red Raid 1.

I've just ordered the 8 Port HP switch to cover off networking:

http://h17007.www1.hp.com/us/en/networking/products/switches/HP_PS1810_Switch_Series/

I have to say that the iLO feature is amazing!