Opinions on HP ProLiant ML115 G5

youve only got the look at the architecture diagram for hyper-v to know its nothing like (as good) as a bare metal hypervisor.
 
I can't find the text I had read previously, but the high level architecture diagram at : http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/hyperv-features.aspx shows the Windows Server 2008 kernel sitting on top of the hypervisor.

I'm not debating in the slightest that ESXi isn't the better solution (hence why I used it first), it just simply didn't meet my needs at the time, seemingly due to a hardware issue.
 
Guys, what is the air flow cooling like over the HDD drives in the ML115 G5?

Also PeterNem have you had to mod your Perc 5 for additional cooling?

Just looking at getting one with 4x 1TB F3 drives, 3 in raid 5 and one as a backup (if I use ESXI 4 or boot drive for Hyper-V R2)
 
I bought an Akasa northbridge + southbridge cooling set and used the small heatsink and fan that came with that... Had to take a dremel to it though to get it to fit!
 
PeterNem said:
I bought an Akasa northbridge + southbridge cooling set and used the small heatsink and fan that came with that... Had to take a dremel to it though to get it to fit!
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This might seem a daft question, but how did you manage to get the existing heatsinks off without damaging the card? did you use AC5 epoxy to stick them back on?
 
Just got my ML115, very impressed by the build quality, a nice compact unit.

What version of ESXi should I download? I have installed ESXi to the internal USB (a very straightforward process) but it seems ESXi 4 (VSphere) is free on a evaluation basis only.
 
I just figured this out, the evaluation marker is now removed. I needed to open the VSphere Client, go to the Inventory > Configuration > Licensed Features, then to enter the key provided to me by VMWare that I got when I downloaded the files.
 
I meant to grab one of these AGES ago but forgot. Is there a better one to grab. I notice some have Intel and others AMD.

I'm looking to use it with home server. Seems I missed the boat on the cheap deals!
 
I had the exact same error when trying to install Windows Home Server (WHS).

For me it was related to the supplied hard drive. I put in a different boot drive and all was well. If you've got a spare hard drive I'd give that a go!
 
wonder_lander said:
I had the exact same error when trying to install Windows Home Server (WHS).

For me it was related to the supplied hard drive. I put in a different boot drive and all was well. If you've got a spare hard drive I'd give that a go!
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Very interesting.... I did see that comment somewhere in my search, but dismissed it. I think I can get a drive from another machine, if so then fingers crossed. Odd that XP installs fine, as does W7, but not Vista
 
wonder_lander said:
I had the exact same error when trying to install Windows Home Server (WHS).

For me it was related to the supplied hard drive. I put in a different boot drive and all was well. If you've got a spare hard drive I'd give that a go!
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I wonder if a Vista SP2 install DVD would work rather than my original 2 or 3 yr old Vista DVD. Academic, becuase I don't have such a disk, but if your WHS disk gave you the same error then I suspect not anyway
 
Tuvoc said:
Has anyone installed Vista x64 on one of these ?
I can install Windows 7 x64 not problem, and it runs beautifully, but Vista 7 x64 blue-screens when it starts to copy files, an error with nvstore.sys - i.e. the nvidia drivers

Seems to be a common problem
http://forums13.itrc.hp.com/service...47627+1257894767481+28353475&threadId=1254975

I'll have to wade through that and see if there is an answer there
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My daughters run Vista Business Ed. x64 no problem. I don't remember having to do anything special though I may have changed the SATA disk mode to turn off any possibility of RAID interfering.

I take it you pressed F6 when the DVD installation started and supplied your own SATA drivers?

-Pete
 
sportq said:
My daughters run Vista Business Ed. x64 no problem. I don't remember having to do anything special though I may have changed the SATA disk mode to turn off any possibility of RAID interfering.

I take it you pressed F6 when the DVD installation started and supplied your own SATA drivers?

-Pete
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Yes, I did that and gave it the latest SATA drivers, but it still blue-screened

I do have 2 RAID 1 drives in addition to the main boot drive. I did disable RAID in the BIOS to see if it helps but it didn't. XP installed fine a while back (when there was just the one drive in the machine) and Win7 installs perfectly with all 3. I guess it may well be the RAID causing issues, very frustrating
 
wonder_lander said:
I had the exact same error when trying to install Windows Home Server (WHS).

For me it was related to the supplied hard drive. I put in a different boot drive and all was well. If you've got a spare hard drive I'd give that a go!
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You're right, installing onto a different drive and it installs perfectly

Perhaps Vista install routine doesn't like that small 100MB system partition on the supplied boot drive ? Maybe deleting that would make it install onto that drive
 
wonder_lander said:
Glad you got it sorted anyway.
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Well I spoke too soon as it happened - at the final part of the install after it re-booted, it gave me an error message to say the installation had failed and to start over. There are some serious problems with this box, Vista and the nvidia drivers. I spent hours without success. I've been running Windows 7 Beta and Windows 7 RC for the last few months, and the box runs superbly with that, smooth as silk. So in the end Vista became too much trouble, and I just installed the retail Windows 7. That is up and running fine, now the box can get on with doing it's job.
 
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