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does it boot up cleanly every time with 16gb?
I was thinking of upgrading from 8 to 16, but in all honesty I've wondered what possible benefit I would get from it? I'd assume I'd be pretty much processor bottlenecked unless I ran some app that just needed gobs of ram and not much CPU.
I have two of these machines, one running Win7 and acting as a HTPC and the other running Server 08 R2 which I use for my work VMs.
I not questioning anyone, I'm asking, where/why would I see the benefit with such a lowly CPU?
Does 16GB reliably show up on the n40l? Last I saw it was hit and miss.
I have a similar setup, except with 8gb total, and 5 WD reds and 1 2.5" laptop drive for the OS (openindiana). Works well.
HP does sell a card that may work just fine for you, the HP Smart Array P212. One internal, one external connector (uses mini-SAS), and supports full RAID. Big advantage --you can reconnect the internal mini-SAS connector of the drive housing to the P212 and instantly have hardware RAID. Had I known a little more, I might have gotten the P212 instead of my P410 (which has two internal mini-SAS connectors and no external).Thanks very much for the response!
I guess HP doesn't sell the right card for the Microserver and thus the impossibility of getting an answer from them.
-Thanks again for taking the time, I'll look into that card and be sure to post back if/how it works out.
Hey,
Does anyone know if the onboard HP 107i NIC has Jumbo Frames support? It isn't an option in the latest Server 2008x64/Server 2012 driver from HP; I'm kind of surprised.
Right now, I'm working on ways to reduce CPU utilization; it seems that network I/O or disk utilization on the mainboard SATA channels relies on the CPU a bit more than I'd like. I've made sure to find native drivers (which in some cases has been a pain). I'm using the AMD 785E SATA driver from their website rather than the Microsoft AHCI one. I know the CPU isn't a racehorse and it doesn't have a ton of cache, but if anyone has suggestions, I'd be interested.
Abrasion, I agree I'd like to see a version of this server with an N54L CPU (2.2GHz instead of 1.5GHz) which ought to be a simple change for HP. I'd also like to see a newer firmware update for the Remote Access Card; it's OS isn't as stable as I'd like. I'd consider using a different (i.e., Intel) NIC, but with my RAID controller and the RAC, I'm out of slots, and those are more important.
Thinking of using this box for VMware and running freenas and WHS. Anyone do anything like that?
Loads doing that, but no H/W virtualisation on the AMD Turion chips, so bear in mind you'll be limited to single core per VM. This is a NAS with grunt, not a cheap server.
Still no news on the replacement model? I'm dying here internet, DYING.
Looks like your Christmas wish just came true...
http://www.wegotserved.com/2012/12/03/hp-proliant-microserver-n54l-models/
Thanks,
I'm interested in the price. Take a look at:
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=AMD+Turion+II+Neo+N54L+Dual-Core&id=477
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=AMD+Turion+II+Neo+N40L+Dual-Core&id=476
Doesn't look cheap...
HP Canada have both models included on their current price list (http://www.hp.com/canada/utilities/pricing_lookup/data/list_price.xls). The 704941-421 250GB line is listed at $491 CAD with the 708245-425 Diskless edition listed at $444 CAD.
Supposedly sucks more power too (25W) from another commentor.
And with the same power supply...
I think it might be a sit and wait till they hit the market. I'm thinking I'm happy with the lower powered N40L and what appears from PassMark to have little difference in performance. Although I am taking into account the current cash-back that might be lost with the new model.
I may be wrong, but I don't think you can if you're using Windows, as LAG is a driver feature rather than in higher layers.
In Linux, doing LAG over NICs from different manufacturers is no problem at all.
You confirm what I thought for Windows.
This is exactly what I wanted to know ! So I hope it will work.
Nobody tried ?