HP Microserver Gen 7 or Gen 8

[theproj]

So I started researching Synology NAS and then came across some hp microserver thread and was like hmmmmm.

Currently (Gaming box/"nas"):

• AMD FX 8 cores
• Windows 8 storage spaces (horrible speeds will drop from 100-1mb)
• 256 ssd (OS)
• 16gb ram
• 2x 1TB WD Greens
• 2x 2TB WD Reds
• XAMPP host

Primary intent:

• Photos
• Videos
• Movies
• Serviio (transcoding 1080p)
• LAMP/XAMPP
• NAS-->Crashplan backup
• "High" transfer rate

Bonus:

• Run VMs (IE AD, Centos web,etc)

Any recommendations on whether its beneficial to go with a GEN 8 or buy the cheaper GEN 7 and mod it up?

Thanks!

 

[dave99]

Cheaper, lower power consumption + you can fit more drives in the old one (easily get 5x 3.5 and a 2.5 OS drive). New one looks much cooler, much faster.

I made my choice and picked up a n54l yesterday @ the egg for 239. Mine will be a dedicated zfs NAS, so I don't need a ton of cpu.

 

[MrGuvernment]

i am in this same boat, i got 2 x 3TB drive and an SSD but i wanted to use the box to stream video using something like PS3media player to go to my WDLive boxes...