Author Topic: HP Proliant Microserver (Read 42533 times)

XEntity · **Reply #90 on:** August 04, 2011, 20:11:37 PM

Re: HP Proliant Microserver

Reply #90 on: August 04, 2011, 20:11:37 PM

Quote from: Russell on August 04, 2011, 20:03:44 PM

woop woop cash back approved, now to get saving for some drives and more memory.

Speaking of memory found that apparently this stuff works fine with it and won't break the bank, £21 for 4GB of RAM, not too bad.

http://www.ebuyer.com/229102-kingston-4gb-ddr3-1066mhz-memory-non-ecc-cl7-1-5v-kvr1066d3n7-4g

Nice and nice!

Russell · **Reply #91 on:** August 04, 2011, 20:19:01 PM

Re: HP Proliant Microserver

Reply #91 on: August 04, 2011, 20:19:01 PM

Quote from: XEntity on August 04, 2011, 20:11:37 PM

Quote from: Russell on August 04, 2011, 20:03:44 PM
woop woop cash back approved, now to get saving for some drives and more memory.

Speaking of memory found that apparently this stuff works fine with it and won't break the bank, £21 for 4GB of RAM, not too bad.

http://www.ebuyer.com/229102-kingston-4gb-ddr3-1066mhz-memory-non-ecc-cl7-1-5v-kvr1066d3n7-4g

Nice and nice!

Extremely, just got to decide how to run this thing next. I'll probably get that 4GB of RAM which'll be plenty for most things, I'll stick Server 2003 on and when I get the hard drives create a software RAID. Or do I just stick something like FreeNAS on, or VMware and then put 2003 on. Hmm I'm probably heading for just the 2003 on but being able to play around with some VM's might be nice.

And of course if I can find a cheap RAID card that might be useful too, but I ain't holding my breath can't see a 4 port SATA RAID card being around £40-50.

Last Edit: August 04, 2011, 20:21:35 PM by Russell #187;

XEntity · **Reply #92 on:** August 04, 2011, 21:02:25 PM

Re: HP Proliant Microserver

Reply #92 on: August 04, 2011, 21:02:25 PM

There's a raid controller built in already? It's what I'm using to mirror on windows 7, your not going to get a proper hardware raid controller for anywhere near that price, and even if you did, I'm not sure you could connect it to the caddy?

Russell · **Reply #93 on:** August 04, 2011, 21:15:07 PM

Re: HP Proliant Microserver

Reply #93 on: August 04, 2011, 21:15:07 PM

The onboard controller isn't really a proper raid system, it only does raid 0 or 1 and its not really a proper hardware raid either but not raid 5 so no real redundancy. You can apparently connect it up the caddies to the a separate raid card but you have take it completely apart.

I'll probably just do software raid in server 2003, there's very little chance of getting a cheap raid card but I have a look around, its going to be after christmas by the time I can afford the drives I reckon.

XEntity · **Reply #94 on:** August 04, 2011, 22:31:02 PM

Re: HP Proliant Microserver

Reply #94 on: August 04, 2011, 22:31:02 PM

Yeah I knew that, if you manage to find a proper hardware raid card that will fit in there at that price you'll be lucky!

BTW I'd sooner a proper OS, rather than free NAS, just the system can do so much more than just file serving..

Also:

Corsair XMS3 Classic 4096MB (1x4096MB) Memory Module 1333MHz PC3-10666 DDR3 DIMM 240pin CL 9-9-9-24

£19.82

http://www.kikatek.com/product_info.php?products_id=164531

Russell · **Reply #95 on:** August 09, 2011, 15:58:15 PM

Re: HP Proliant Microserver

Reply #95 on: August 09, 2011, 15:58:15 PM

Haven't looked into it too much but seen a couple of people saying that there's a custom BIOS to improve the speed of the onboard SATA that's meant for a CD Drive. You can get it from here but no idea what its like, might try it tonight.

http://forum.wegotserved.com/index.php/topic/16427-whs-on-hp-proliant-microserver/page__st__120__p__104539#entry104539

I've also got a forum post on my PC at home with links to drivers for XP and 2003, which is rather useful since I've installed 2003 on mine, will post it up tonight

Leon · **Reply #96 on:** August 09, 2011, 21:22:42 PM

Re: Re: HP Proliant Microserver

Reply #96 on: August 09, 2011, 21:22:42 PM

Quote from: Russell on August 09, 2011, 15:58:15 PM

Haven't looked into it too much but seen a couple of people saying that there's a custom BIOS to improve the speed of the onboard SATA that's meant for a CD Drive. You can get it from here but no idea what its like, might try it tonight.

http://forum.wegotserved.com/index.php/topic/16427-whs-on-hp-proliant-microserver/page__st__120__p__104539#entry104539

I've also got a forum post on my PC at home with links to drivers for XP and 2003, which is rather useful since I've installed 2003 on mine, will post it up tonight

I read that orginally but never noticed the insanely slow speeds they are talking about when using the extra Sata header (currently being used for the 250gb system drive)

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Russell · **Reply #97 on:** August 09, 2011, 21:46:36 PM

Re: HP Proliant Microserver

Reply #97 on: August 09, 2011, 21:46:36 PM

I've got my 250gb drive connected up to that SATA port and it did take it quite a while to install 2003 on it so I'll probably put it on later haven't had much chance to look into it yet really and don't want to rush into it and end up bricking my microserver.

And here's the link to the forum post with the XP/2003 Drivers

http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?p=13201219

Russell · **Reply #98 on:** August 09, 2011, 22:20:28 PM

Re: HP Proliant Microserver

Reply #98 on: August 09, 2011, 22:20:28 PM

Some people seem to be saying that the latest BIOS from HP does the same as the hacked BIOS, I've put it on mine and we'll see what its like and if its not up to much then I'll bash the hacked BIOS on.

Latest HP BIOS:

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=15351&prodSeriesId=4248009&prodNameId=4310887&swEnvOID=4064&swLang=8&mode=2&taskId=135&swItem=MTX-42694d7e7bb8426fb0d8637ec4

XEntity · **Reply #99 on:** August 09, 2011, 23:32:31 PM

Re: HP Proliant Microserver

Reply #99 on: August 09, 2011, 23:32:31 PM

Cheers mate, let us know.. I'm not too bothered as I have an optical drive running in it at the moment, but will be good to know..

Clock'd 0Ne · **Reply #100 on:** August 10, 2011, 00:58:44 AM

Re: HP Proliant Microserver

Reply #100 on: August 10, 2011, 00:58:44 AM

Cheers for both the links, I'm going actually get round to putting Windows Server 2003 on this weekend I think, rather than having what is currently an expensive brick on my desk!

Russell · **Reply #101 on:** August 10, 2011, 08:42:22 AM

Re: HP Proliant Microserver

Reply #101 on: August 10, 2011, 08:42:22 AM

Once I get all the correct drivers installed I'll post direct links to them, so far I've only got the NIC drivers on and the BIOS updated.

Mine was just going to sit there for a while but I managed to borrow some 80gb drives from old PC's at work, should give me a chance to play around setting up a RAID on it etc. Might even be able to get get some 250gb drives from some servers that are being chucked out, but I'm waiting on the ok from the IT manager before I do.

Cypher · **Reply #102 on:** August 11, 2011, 11:57:07 AM

Re: HP Proliant Microserver

Reply #102 on: August 11, 2011, 11:57:07 AM

Quote from: Russell on August 04, 2011, 21:15:07 PM

The onboard controller isn't really a proper raid system, it only does raid 0 or 1 and its not really a proper hardware raid either but not raid 5 so no real redundancy. You can apparently connect it up the caddies to the a separate raid card but you have take it completely apart.

I'll probably just do software raid in server 2003, there's very little chance of getting a cheap raid card but I have a look around, its going to be after christmas by the time I can afford the drives I reckon.

The onboard Raid isn't a proper raid system, its's not a proper hardware raid card. I'll probably just do a software raid?

LOL?

Dedicated card or onboard with a controller chip, it's still a hardware RAID in my books.

Cypher · **Reply #103 on:** August 11, 2011, 11:59:53 AM

Re: HP Proliant Microserver

Reply #103 on: August 11, 2011, 11:59:53 AM

Quote from: XEntity on August 04, 2011, 21:02:25 PM

There's a raid controller built in already? It's what I'm using to mirror on windows 7, your not going to get a proper hardware raid controller for anywhere near that price, and even if you did, I'm not sure you could connect it to the caddy?

The other issue is the Majority of dedicated cards will not have any drivers for a client OS. Even with cheaper Adaptec SATA RAID cards. I once had the challenge of building a custom system that needed to have 15K SAS, RAID 0 and Windows 7. The only board I found that could the job was an ASUS Professional motherboard which not only had the onboard RAID they were SAS controllers as well.

Clock'd 0Ne · **Reply #104 on:** August 11, 2011, 15:38:02 PM

Re: HP Proliant Microserver

Reply #104 on: August 11, 2011, 15:38:02 PM

The onboard RAID is your entry level 0/1 job, if you want a proper RAID5 like most intending to fill the server with drives then really its an expensive addon card or most are choosing Server 2003.

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