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The HP servers look quite interesting, do you have something like the HP ProLiant Gen8 G1610T MicroServer?

I have two spare 1TB hard drives, so I would only need to buy memory if I went with this option.
 
I think it comes with memory? I think you can only get £35 cashback atm. Also you can install synology diskstation OS on it if you want. I went with Ubuntu server as it does more for me than a NAS. Currently lives in the garage
 
I went with Windows home server. Runs my Sab and Sicky. I run hanewin nfs for serving to Kodi as I had issues with SMB just dropping out. I also run the WHS home web server for easy access of files away from home.
 
FerretBoy said:
I think it comes with memory? I think you can only get £35 cashback atm. Also you can install synology diskstation OS on it if you want. I went with Ubuntu server as it does more for me than a NAS. Currently lives in the garage
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If I went with a microserver with the synology os installed would this allow me to just remove the drives from my current synology nas and drop them in the hp without losing any data? Drives are currently in shr.
 
FerretBoy said:
I think it comes with memory? I think you can only get £35 cashback atm. Also you can install synology diskstation OS on it if you want. I went with Ubuntu server as it does more for me than a NAS. Currently lives in the garage
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Yes, sorry - the server comes with 2gb as standard. The HP servers look pretty good, how do the servers run performance wise in general? I'm obviously not looking to run games but would like to be able to run a few light weight applications on them, alongside using the server as storage.
 
Kaelsin said:
Yes, sorry - the server comes with 2gb as standard. The HP servers look pretty good, how do the servers run performance wise in general? I'm obviously not looking to run games but would like to be able to run a few light weight applications on them, alongside using the server as storage.
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Fine for a lot of stuff. Wouldn't use it to do on the fly transcoding of 1080p. But I had mine running xbmc with a heavy skin, acting as a NAS, running a minecraft server, terraria server and downloaded all at the same time.. I did put 8GB in it though
 
FerretBoy said:
Fine for a lot of stuff. Wouldn't use it to do on the fly transcoding of 1080p. But I had mine running xbmc with a heavy skin, acting as a NAS, running a minecraft server, terraria server and downloaded all at the same time.. I did put 8GB in it though
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Cheers, my Pi2 has just arrived on my desk - unfortunately no HDMI monitors in range to test it out on :(
 
FerretBoy said:
A lot of people including me got the HP microserver for under £100 after cashback. Makes an amazing 5 Bay NAS. I don't think they are as cheap anymore :(
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Even at £145 they're a steal compared to £250-300 for the most basic 4-bay synology, especially with the ability to install a full OS. The newer ones are "only" 4-bay though, although you can use the empty optical drive bay & connection to house an SSD.

I just ordered one... 35TB nearly full... time for another 4x4TB or 4x6TB
 
I do not believe it has. If I understand it correctly, what your pi has been doing is decoding the lossy DTS core. DTS-MA has a DTS core as well as the remaining information which will take the signal back to the source recording; the lossy dts core is what your pi decodes or your receiver picks up if pass thru has been enabled. Decoding of dts master audio into 7.1 channel pcm was only added a couple of days ago.

Could be completely wrong though!
 
Trick said:
I do not believe it has. If I understand it correctly, what your pi has been doing is decoding the lossy DTS core. DTS-MA has a DTS core as well as the remaining information which will take the signal back to the source recording; the lossy dts core is what your pi decodes or your receiver picks up if pass thru has been enabled. Decoding of dts master audio into 7.1 channel pcm was only added a couple of days ago.

Could be completely wrong though!
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Chances are I'm wrong then.

The Pi is directly connected to an LG 32LD450 with pass through disabled. All I noticed was I couldn't play a Bluray rip on an original PiB as it stuttered unless I encoded the audio to AC3 but the Pi2 plays then fine
 
This my not even be possible but is there an addon to PVR an add-on, sky go to be precise.

What to pause record etc.

Cheers
 
Upgrading my Pi B to a Pi 2 when it arrives to repurpose the original Pi for another project. Definitely going to be pointing Kodi at an SQL database. And then finally getting around to attaching the Pi to the back of my TV.
 
How can I go about watching american TV live? Specifically Comedy Central roast? Navi-x just doesn't seem to load the channels? Vdubt25 has nothing, same with USTVNOW it has minimal channels.
 
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