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Started By diehard, Mar 15 2012 03:29 PM
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Poll: Did/will you buy a HP Microserver ? (20 member(s) have cast votes)

Did or will you buy a HP Microserver ?

  1. Nope, underpowered. A piece of junk. (3 votes [12.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 12.00%

  2. Yes, it's fantastic. What else can I run on it ? (12 votes [48.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 48.00%

  3. Did/will you buy more than 1 ? (10 votes [40.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 40.00%

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#1 diehard

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Posted 15 March 2012 - 03:29 PM

Looks like the HP Microserver deals keeps coming. :D
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#2 Joe_Miner

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Posted 15 March 2012 - 04:23 PM

Great little box! Very glad I got it!
WHS-V1: HP EX-487: 4*WD20EARX, Athena AP-MFATX30, 4GB G.Skill, E5200, Stablebit Scanner-|-
WHS-2011: HP N54L G7, Kingston ECC 8GB KVR1333D3E9SK2/8G, OS: 256GB M4, 5*ST3000DM001, WD PCIe USB3, R640L, Stablebit DrivePool & Scanner -|-
Test Labs: HP N40L, G.Skill 16GB F3-1333C9D-16GAO, rr2720 -|- HP N40L, Kingston ECC 16GB KVR1333D3E9SK2/16G -|-
S2012 Hyper-V Lab: Lian-Li K9WX, GA-Z77X-UD5H, i7-3770, 32GB G.Skill, 240GB Corsair GT + various HDD's-|-
Desktop W8P64: HAF 932,GA-X58A-UD3R,i7-930,12GB,240GB Corsair GS + various HDD's,HD5850,Samsung Series9 & 213T+Planar PX2710MW,C920 -|-
HTPC3 W8P64WMC: GD05B, GA-Z68MX-UD2H-B3, i5-2500K, 16GB G.Skill, Corsair GTX 240GB, Crucial M4 256GB , C910, Camtasia-|-
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Posted 15 March 2012 - 04:37 PM

No, I bought Microserver"s" :D
Windows 7 Desktop - Antec 100 Case, Intel D8H67BL, OCZ 550W PSU, Intel i3-530 CPU w/16GB G-Skill DDR3 1333 RAM
Server 2012 - Fractal Arc Midi, CoolerMaster M600 PSU, ASUS P8H67V, Intel i5-2500 CPU w/32GBG-Skill DDR3 1333 RAM, 90 GIG OCZ SSD OS Drive – Roles: Hyper-V (WHS-SharePoint-DC-SQL-Exchange-WSE 2012), Print Server - Rocket RAID 2720 5x2TB
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#4 Joe_Miner

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Posted 15 March 2012 - 05:04 PM

No, I bought Microserver"s" :D


Interesting, I wonder how many on this Forum have bought 2 or more.

I can think of 3 off hand: you, Diehard, and JazerJay! I'm sure there's more!
WHS-V1: HP EX-487: 4*WD20EARX, Athena AP-MFATX30, 4GB G.Skill, E5200, Stablebit Scanner-|-
WHS-2011: HP N54L G7, Kingston ECC 8GB KVR1333D3E9SK2/8G, OS: 256GB M4, 5*ST3000DM001, WD PCIe USB3, R640L, Stablebit DrivePool & Scanner -|-
Test Labs: HP N40L, G.Skill 16GB F3-1333C9D-16GAO, rr2720 -|- HP N40L, Kingston ECC 16GB KVR1333D3E9SK2/16G -|-
S2012 Hyper-V Lab: Lian-Li K9WX, GA-Z77X-UD5H, i7-3770, 32GB G.Skill, 240GB Corsair GT + various HDD's-|-
Desktop W8P64: HAF 932,GA-X58A-UD3R,i7-930,12GB,240GB Corsair GS + various HDD's,HD5850,Samsung Series9 & 213T+Planar PX2710MW,C920 -|-
HTPC3 W8P64WMC: GD05B, GA-Z68MX-UD2H-B3, i5-2500K, 16GB G.Skill, Corsair GTX 240GB, Crucial M4 256GB , C910, Camtasia-|-
Laptop W8P64WMC: Acer 1810T, 4GB RAM, 240GB Corsair GT SSD-|-

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Posted 15 March 2012 - 05:13 PM

Wow, the poll choices are kinda polar. My only choices are "it's fantastic" or "it's junk"??? Where's the middle ground choice?

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#6 jmwills

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Posted 15 March 2012 - 05:22 PM

You're either with us or against us...pardner!!!
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HTPC Build - Silverstone GD05 Case, ASUS P7H55-M PRO, CoolerMaster M600W PSU, Intel i3-530 CPU w/4GB G-Skill DDR3 1333 RAM. OCZ 60GB SSD Drive for the OS with a 120GB WD 2.5" Blue drive for data storage.
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Posted 15 March 2012 - 05:51 PM

Interesting, I wonder how many on this Forum have bought 2 or more.

I have to admit to having 5.
1. WHS 2011
2. pfSense
3. Web Server (internal for development, not on the internet)
4. Test server running whatever drive is in the bay. (or drives)
5. Another test/spare server. I justify this on as a ready spare when one of the other ones fails. But the reality is I just like the server,

#8 diehard

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Posted 15 March 2012 - 05:55 PM

Wow, the poll choices are kinda polar. My only choices are "it's fantastic" or "it's junk"??? Where's the middle ground choice?


If you have a suggestions, I'll add it. I was being silly when I created the poll.
Delete your vote then re-enter your choices.

Interesting, I wonder how many on this Forum have bought 2 or more.

I can think of 3 off hand: you, Diehard, and JazerJay! I'm sure there's more!


Ok, I added a choice.
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#9 yodafett

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Posted 15 March 2012 - 08:02 PM

Have 2 at the house, 2 at the church, 1 at work
Church is AD and file server with a backup ad and file server backup
Home is Openfiler for iSCSI backup for both church and home
Second one is my CommodoreVision box (Long live my C64)/Tivoli Storage Manager backup
Work is my offsite backup for the house again a TSM box
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Main 3.0 C2Quad 8gb 160 Raptor, 1TB Windows 7 Ult. x64 | ESXi C2Quad 2.83 250 and Mirrored 500GB | HTPC D525 4GB 60gb SSD Win7
iSCSI SAN HP N40L Microserver running 4x 3TB HD running Openfiler | HP N40L MicroServer running CommodoreVision Linux

#10 jazzerjay

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Posted 16 March 2012 - 04:29 AM

I have to admit to having 5.
1. WHS 2011
2. pfSense
3. Web Server (internal for development, not on the internet)
4. Test server running whatever drive is in the bay. (or drives)
5. Another test/spare server. I justify this on as a ready spare when one of the other ones fails. But the reality is I just like the server,


Exactly what I think these are great servers, you can build or stack them up high.

#11 ikon

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Posted 16 March 2012 - 08:23 AM

LOL, the Leaning Tower of MicroServer :)

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Posted 16 March 2012 - 12:35 PM

No more the the Great Micro Server Pyramid of Geekdom
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#13 jmwills

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Posted 16 March 2012 - 04:37 PM

Mine (#2) was delivered today.
Windows 7 Desktop - Antec 100 Case, Intel D8H67BL, OCZ 550W PSU, Intel i3-530 CPU w/16GB G-Skill DDR3 1333 RAM
Server 2012 - Fractal Arc Midi, CoolerMaster M600 PSU, ASUS P8H67V, Intel i5-2500 CPU w/32GBG-Skill DDR3 1333 RAM, 90 GIG OCZ SSD OS Drive – Roles: Hyper-V (WHS-SharePoint-DC-SQL-Exchange-WSE 2012), Print Server - Rocket RAID 2720 5x2TB
HTPC Build - Silverstone GD05 Case, ASUS P7H55-M PRO, CoolerMaster M600W PSU, Intel i3-530 CPU w/4GB G-Skill DDR3 1333 RAM. OCZ 60GB SSD Drive for the OS with a 120GB WD 2.5" Blue drive for data storage.
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#14 ikon

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Posted 16 March 2012 - 05:22 PM

No more the the Great Micro Server Pyramid of Geekdom


OMG a new cult: The Cult of MicroServer. :D :D j/k

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#15 Joe_Miner

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Posted 16 March 2012 - 09:51 PM

I have to admit to having 5.
1. WHS 2011
2. pfSense
3. Web Server (internal for development, not on the internet)
4. Test server running whatever drive is in the bay. (or drives)
5. Another test/spare server. I justify this on as a ready spare when one of the other ones fails. But the reality is I just like the server,

Have 2 at the house, 2 at the church, 1 at work
Church is AD and file server with a backup ad and file server backup
Home is Openfiler for iSCSI backup for both church and home
Second one is my CommodoreVision box (Long live my C64)/Tivoli Storage Manager backup
Work is my offsite backup for the house again a TSM box


You guys know a good deal! I salute you! :)
WHS-V1: HP EX-487: 4*WD20EARX, Athena AP-MFATX30, 4GB G.Skill, E5200, Stablebit Scanner-|-
WHS-2011: HP N54L G7, Kingston ECC 8GB KVR1333D3E9SK2/8G, OS: 256GB M4, 5*ST3000DM001, WD PCIe USB3, R640L, Stablebit DrivePool & Scanner -|-
Test Labs: HP N40L, G.Skill 16GB F3-1333C9D-16GAO, rr2720 -|- HP N40L, Kingston ECC 16GB KVR1333D3E9SK2/16G -|-
S2012 Hyper-V Lab: Lian-Li K9WX, GA-Z77X-UD5H, i7-3770, 32GB G.Skill, 240GB Corsair GT + various HDD's-|-
Desktop W8P64: HAF 932,GA-X58A-UD3R,i7-930,12GB,240GB Corsair GS + various HDD's,HD5850,Samsung Series9 & 213T+Planar PX2710MW,C920 -|-
HTPC3 W8P64WMC: GD05B, GA-Z68MX-UD2H-B3, i5-2500K, 16GB G.Skill, Corsair GTX 240GB, Crucial M4 256GB , C910, Camtasia-|-
Laptop W8P64WMC: Acer 1810T, 4GB RAM, 240GB Corsair GT SSD-|-

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Posted 17 March 2012 - 06:03 AM

More like a church with 0 funding for IT, was able to get them donated through a contact then I bought 2 for baby sans.

They need to team with lego and we could use them as building blocks
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Posted 17 March 2012 - 08:09 AM

They need to team with lego and we could use them as building blocks


Now you're talking my language.

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Posted 17 March 2012 - 09:07 AM

More like a church with 0 funding for IT, was able to get them donated through a contact then I bought 2 for baby sans.

They need to team with lego and we could use them as building blocks


I wonder what the R-factor is? Which side do we put the moisture barrier? So many possibilities!

Too bad we can't get them in different colors -- I think I'd like a nice Lego Red!
WHS-V1: HP EX-487: 4*WD20EARX, Athena AP-MFATX30, 4GB G.Skill, E5200, Stablebit Scanner-|-
WHS-2011: HP N54L G7, Kingston ECC 8GB KVR1333D3E9SK2/8G, OS: 256GB M4, 5*ST3000DM001, WD PCIe USB3, R640L, Stablebit DrivePool & Scanner -|-
Test Labs: HP N40L, G.Skill 16GB F3-1333C9D-16GAO, rr2720 -|- HP N40L, Kingston ECC 16GB KVR1333D3E9SK2/16G -|-
S2012 Hyper-V Lab: Lian-Li K9WX, GA-Z77X-UD5H, i7-3770, 32GB G.Skill, 240GB Corsair GT + various HDD's-|-
Desktop W8P64: HAF 932,GA-X58A-UD3R,i7-930,12GB,240GB Corsair GS + various HDD's,HD5850,Samsung Series9 & 213T+Planar PX2710MW,C920 -|-
HTPC3 W8P64WMC: GD05B, GA-Z68MX-UD2H-B3, i5-2500K, 16GB G.Skill, Corsair GTX 240GB, Crucial M4 256GB , C910, Camtasia-|-
Laptop W8P64WMC: Acer 1810T, 4GB RAM, 240GB Corsair GT SSD-|-

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Posted 17 March 2012 - 10:16 AM

Too bad we can't get them in different colors -- I think I'd like a nice Lego Red!


:D http://www.homedepot...t&storeId=10051

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Posted 17 March 2012 - 02:36 PM

:D http://www.homedepot...t&storeId=10051


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