This is great, thanks!I set up a wikia for the n40l, but can use info on n36l as well. Please add, contribute, rewrite:
Http://n40l.wikia.com
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This is great, thanks!I set up a wikia for the n40l, but can use info on n36l as well. Please add, contribute, rewrite:
Http://n40l.wikia.com
This is great, thanks!
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Thinking of running exsi on the bare metal (first time touching it ) with zfs (not raidz as can't afford the drives to start with) with an alternative guest OS, but not sure yet. Prime reason for the ZFS is the data security and the ability to grow without a lot of hassle.
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Unfortunately it's about a year late to be started. Before every mod board and tech board generated 100+ posts each, someone should have started a wiki. I'm worried that it's too late to get some of the more hard-core tech info into an organized document.
So, anyone who can add, contribute, organize, or post (pics), please help us all
For those of you who have RAID Cards in your MicroServer - are you using one where the SFF-8087 connector is towards the back of the card or the front (back by the IO plate).
I was going to put a smaller RAID card in to replace what I have, but the connector is up front by the IO plate and the power supply above it makes it impossible to hook up the SFF-8087 cable from the drives. Especially if they are vertical (so they stand up, pointing right at the power supply).
For those of you who have RAID Cards in your MicroServer - are you using one where the SFF-8087 connector is towards the back of the card or the front (back by the IO plate).
I was going to put a smaller RAID card in to replace what I have, but the connector is up front by the IO plate and the power supply above it makes it impossible to hook up the SFF-8087 cable from the drives. Especially if they are vertical (so they stand up, pointing right at the power supply).
For those of you who have RAID Cards in your MicroServer - are you using one where the SFF-8087 connector is towards the back of the card or the front (back by the IO plate).
I was going to put a smaller RAID card in to replace what I have, but the connector is up front by the IO plate and the power supply above it makes it impossible to hook up the SFF-8087 cable from the drives. Especially if they are vertical (so they stand up, pointing right at the power supply).
I would avoid any controller with vertical ports, or that has ports at the front by the IO plate for the very reasons you mention - card installation and cable management becomes a total nightmare with the lack of space due to the PSU being mounted above the card which will exert pressure on one or both ports.
I installed an LSI 9211-8i card which has horizontally mounted ports at the rear of the card (ie. just inside the door of the N36L) and it's been great, really easy to install using the existing SFF-8087 plus a second SFF-8087 forward breakout to SATA for a 4x2.5" HDD dock in the 5.25" ODD bay. I even spliced on new cables to the LAN and HDD LEDs on the N36L case, connecting them to the two LED outputs on the 9211-8i controller so that I could see the 9211-8i disk activity.
The only problem I've had with the 9211-8i is the inability to access the LSI BIOS as it conflicts with the HP BIOS, but that's not actually a problem as I only wanted JBOD control anyway (I flashed the controller with IT firmware, and now run ZFS for software redundancy).
I have no issue with purchasing a raid card for this little box, though do you think it is really needed if one is just using it as a server to serve up client boxes(Boxee,Appletv ETC).
Will hardware raid be overkill for a box that is mostly doing write once read occasional file serving?
Not necessarily true on exact replacements. LSI controllers for example, can import arrays from previous LSI controllers in most cases. I had a raid-5 created by a dell perc5, plugged the drives in on my 9260-8i and it imported the array just fine. That was a 2 generation gap.
Hardware RAID is definitely overkill for this box, and it's not even something I'd recommend for more powerful and more expensive solutions since hardware RAID forces you to replace failed controllers with identical replacements (good luck doing so in 5-10 years time, maybe find one on eBay...) else you can no longer access the data from your array as it's stored in a proprietary format......
I use this Intel nic without issues: Link:Any recommendations on a decent quality but relatively inexpensive gigabit NIC card that would fit in one of these machines? I'm looking at using one as a Zentyal gateway + infrastructure services for a home LAN...
TIA,
Monte
Hi All,
Did you guys use vmware esxi via the vmware website or the special HP version here:
https://h20392.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=HPVM09
Which one should I get for the N40L?
Thanks,
K.
standard ESXI one... HP one I believe will pink screen
Well it did on 4.1... dunno about 5.0
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Any recommendations on a decent quality but relatively inexpensive gigabit NIC card that would fit in one of these machines? I'm looking at using one as a Zentyal gateway + infrastructure services for a home LAN...
TIA,
Monte
Onsale at Newegg Business for $199 with free 3 days shipping!
I ordered a second to put at my parents house as a remote backup.
link please
neweggbusiness.com --> search for microserver
,,,ohh, and bought. $200 is frigging insane.
neweggbusiness.com --> search for microserver
,,,ohh, and bought. $200 is frigging insane.
i must be a fool, im showing 269.99 on neweggbusiness.com, thats why i asked for a link
I'm hoping I don't have to go there, so to speak, but has anybody been able to obtain a replacement panel door key for one of these things? Or do you actually have to replace the entire door?