Cheers for this guide it has helped But now im stuck lol

I need my hp for the following things

XBMC
Sopcast
Back-up of photo's,vid and music a must has to be 100% safe
Remote desktop without logging out the user
Raid 5 (i think i want this but still unsure)

my setup
 n40l
8gb ram
nvidia 210
60gb SSD with os
4 x 2TB samsung F4

I was gonna just raid 1 the drives making 2 safe places + back-up windows on an external HDD
But i have just spent £300 + on these drives and i technically only have just under 4TBs lol would like to increase that with raid 5

i just dunno what to do 

I think most linux flavours support RAID 5 no problem, so you should be golden either way.

An update on running multiple XBMC instances all controlled via an android/iOS remote ...

To run multiple instances you need each instance to run on a separate event port (default 9777). You can change this to whatever you like the in guisettings.xml

guisettings.xml -> services -> <esport>9777</esport>

Might help someone.

Note: This is only required if you want to be able to control the instances outside of your wifi network. If you are happy to access each instance on its local IP then you dont need to change the port.

Wrong thread I think :-) wasn't this conversation in the xbmc thread? Poco PSU looks good, would be good to know the power consumption as well, as I believe these use much less :-)

Ah crap. Point still stands, and hopefully will still rank on google.

WHS will install fine, for graphics I expect any W7 or the latest server version driver will work. I thought all of the installers are pretty generic on graphics anyway i.e. self detect.

Quote from: XEntity on November 07, 2012, 20:56:52 PM

WHS will install fine, for graphics I expect any W7 or the latest server version driver will work. I thought all of the installers are pretty generic on graphics anyway i.e. self detect.

Thanks. Managed to flash the bios ok, upgraded ram, installed new video card and installed WHS. So far so good. What anti virus software is good for WHS? Next plan is to decide how to manage my media and then get everything up and running with XBMC.

Congratulations, for antivirus, there's a thread here, and to be honest there is no one answer, and it's a matter of choice

http://www.tekforums.net/computing-technology-web-communication/best-free-anti-virus-software/

Hi Guys,
i was wondering, did any of you guys found any storage controller drivers for 2003 R2?

I have the Micro N40L G7 configured with RAID 1 but i cannot install 2003 R2 because it doesn't recognize the "Hard Disk". (The F6 function)

I've searched HP but i cannot find any drivers but no luck.

If anyone knows, please let me know.

NEW! Microserver Coming Soon!

The main change appears to be a new processor, with two models available:

1. 4GB RAM no HD
2. 2GB RAM, 250GB HD

The SRP is from £269 ex VAT, to put it in perspective the SRP on the N40L is £239 ex VAT

http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/uk/en/sm/WF25a/15351-15351-4237916-4237917-4237917-4248009.html

Processor:
AMD Turion™ II Neo N54L (2.2GHz)
AMD RS785E/SB820M chipset

Memory:
Two (2) DIMM slots
2GB (1x2GB) Standard or 4GB (1x4GB)/8GB Maximum, using PC3-10600E DDR3 Unbuffered (UDIMM) ECC memory, operating at max. 800MHz

Storage Controller:
Embedded AMD SATA controller with RAID 0, 1
Embedded AMD eSATA controller for connecting external storage devices via the eSATA connector in the rear of the server

Internal Drive Support:
4 Internal HDD Support
Maximum internal SATA storage capacity of up to 8.0TB (4 x 2TB 3.5" SATA drives)

Network Controller:
Embedded NC107i PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter

Expansion Slots:
Slot 1: PCI-Express Gen 2 x16 connector with x16 link
Slot 2: PCI-Express Gen 2 x1 connector with x1 Link
Slot 2-2: PCI-Express x4 slot for optional management card

USB 2.0 Ports:
Seven (7) USB 2.0 ports: 4 front , 2 rear, 1 internal (for tape)

Power Supply:
150 Watts Non-Hot Plug, Non Redundant Power Supply