Good Cheap Server - HP Proliant Microserver 4 BAY - OWNERS THREAD

ChrisD. · 12 Dec 2017 at 07:58

covenantuk said:
Seriously, don't. Maybe not today, or tomorrow, but one day you'll regret it.

Based on?

maj · 12 Dec 2017 at 09:03

covenantuk said:
Maj, if you're interested I have an HP P410 raid card with battery backed cache I can stick on Members Market for you.

I could be as having checked on HP website it offers RAID 5 (which I'm still keeping as an option as well as everything else suggested). What would you be thinking for a price? Trust me if you want.

covenantuk · 12 Dec 2017 at 10:58

ChrisD. said:
Based on?

Based on, I evaluated it in an enterprise scenario for our business. Use DriveBender or similar - it's much more suitable, flxible and efficient - especially for home use

Quartz · 16 Dec 2017 at 14:37

ANDARIAL said:
Hiya m8
Got the files you upped a while back am trying to install via ILO but it keeps failing at about 2%.How did you upload them to your Gen8 please?

I extracted the ISO to a folder on the server and ran the update from within Windows Server.

ANDARIAL · 16 Dec 2017 at 14:43

I am using both my Gen8 as Xpenology boxes

GDL · 16 Dec 2017 at 17:39

ANDARIAL said:
Hiya m8
Got the files you upped a while back am trying to install via ILO but it keeps failing at about 2%.How did you upload them to your Gen8 please?

I do the same as Quartz.
The last 2/3 SPP have failed to run from the Ilo for me.

ANDARIAL · 16 Dec 2017 at 18:07

Might try connecting a kb+mouse+monitor and trying from the bios.what do you think?

GDL · 17 Dec 2017 at 11:45

ANDARIAL said:
Might try connecting a kb+mouse+monitor and trying from the bios.what do you think?

Worth a shot. If you have a spare drive, disconnect all other drives, install Windows on it and run it from there?

ANDARIAL · 17 Dec 2017 at 11:47

GDL said:
Worth a shot. If you have a spare drive, disconnect all other drives, install Windows on it and run it from there?

Yeah that is an option too.Probably more effort than it is worth to update as it functions perfectly fine

Hades · 21 Dec 2017 at 01:56

Holy moly, this thread is over seven years old and I don't recall it leaving the front page of this sub forum.

1mm3 · 22 Dec 2017 at 11:12

Currently looking into something like this for Plex, torrentbox/ Usenet automated setup with sonarr.

Reading mostly negative stuff about the gen10.

What would you go for at this moment? Any hints to best deals atm?

Trig · 22 Dec 2017 at 12:48

Gen8 if you can find one, failing that a custom build.

nutcase · 23 Dec 2017 at 07:09

Hades said:
Holy moly, this thread is over seven years old and I don't recall it leaving the front page of this sub forum.

It has happened. I was quite surprised!

1mm3 · 23 Dec 2017 at 13:51

Trig said:
Gen8 if you can find one, failing that a custom build.

£300 cheapest via the bay..

QNAP TS-251+ 2GB RAM 2 Bay NAS for £235?

What would a custom server build look like/ cost?

The gen10 is about £200 after cashback?

So many options dont know which is best value for money

Other option is Dell T30? £390ish

Sparky__H · 23 Dec 2017 at 15:22

The prices for the gen8s have gone stupid on the bay, I honestly wouldn't bother. Occasionally a decent unit for a fair price come up with a buy it now but you'll be in for a wait.

Other option is a Dell T20 but its suffering form the same issue as the gen8s now but a lot more seem to come up for a good price.

I've been migrating my Gen8s to T20 as and when they come up at a decent price.

Trig · 23 Dec 2017 at 17:06

Typical that the prices go up after I struggle to sell mine lol

Sparky__H · 23 Dec 2017 at 22:55

They have been stupid for a while, people seem to think £600 for a 2nd had Gen8 with a 70w Desktop Xeon and 16gb of ram is acceptable.

Crazy..

GDL · 24 Dec 2017 at 12:24

I picked up a ML10 V2 and wacked a E3-1241 V3 in it with 32Gb ram. Slightly larger than a microserver but passive cooled once booted. (It does have an active fan but spins so slowly you can't hear it.)

saayinla · 27 Dec 2017 at 21:47

Hi All, Currently have the NL40 HP proliant from several years ago and because it does struggle sometimes with downloads and plex especially when streaming 4k etc, I would rather have something more powerful, I also recently got a cheap Ultra small Hp deskpro core i5 which runs all the download and streaming now, but looking for a one Unit solution rather then 2 or am I best to just leave it as it is?
Was looking at a cheap hp proliant ml110 g7 server, any thoughts on this?

thanks in advance

covenantuk · 27 Dec 2017 at 22:37

ML110 will work fine if you can put up with the noise level