kappclark Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 I was told by a vendor that you must use HP hard drives in the Microserver... I can understand you need to use their carrier, but wouldn't any garden variety HD do the trick ?? Would I void the wty if I don't use trhe HP drives ?? Thanks to all for a great forum ! Bill Clark Windham, Vermont Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Miner Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 (edited) No. Your vendor friend is wrong. You can use any SATA drive. Check the 1st post in the CSKenney Thread "ProLiant MicroServer Gen8 Links" and you'll find links to a vast number of discussions including the types of HDD's & SSD's people are using in the Gen8 MicroServer. Edited August 7, 2014 by Joe_Miner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schoondoggy Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 Post #6 in this thread is the answer: http://homeservershow.com/forums/index.php?/topic/6041-gen8-hot-plug-sata-hard-drive/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kappclark Posted August 8, 2014 Author Share Posted August 8, 2014 Thanks guys ! I just needed some expert guidance ! Will dig deeper into recommended models etc.. OK- now the next question about drives, I have a mothballed DL 585 G2 (motherboard is shot) with 8 Sas drives (146GB each) ... Is there any reason I couldn't retrofit these for the Micro-Server ? I understand this may be a stretch...but we all are tinkerers, right ? (smile) Bill Clark Windham, VT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikon Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 I don't think you can do that. IIRC, you can use SATA drives on SAS controllers, but not the reverse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kappclark Posted August 8, 2014 Author Share Posted August 8, 2014 Thanks - I think I remember that as well about sas - sata So, what do you think of these puppies for the microserver (Celeron model) : a 60GB SSD (Kingston SSDNow V300) for OS (Server 2012 R2) , followed by 4 1TB reds in drive bays, ? BTW - I got the vendor's price for the HP drives -- 500GB 6G SATA 7.2K - $175 each ... the 1TB Reds I can get from same vendor for about $66 each..the SSD is about $55 In any case, this thing is going to be a lot quieter than the DL 380G5 I am currently running ! Bill Clark Windham, VT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schoondoggy Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 60GB is pretty skinny for an OS drive. 120-128GB SSD are on NewEgg for $65. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikon Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 ^^ What he said. I would a 120GB or larger SSD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Miner Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 (edited) I use a 60GB SSD but the install of S2012R2 is more for testing and I swap it out for other SSD's in my N40L depending on what I want to test that day -- for a long term "production" setting I've gone with 240GB & 256GB SSD's. Edited August 8, 2014 by Joe_Miner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kappclark Posted August 8, 2014 Author Share Posted August 8, 2014 Thanks for the good advice -- size does matter. Is the Kingston SSDNow V300 series a good choice ? ($55 on Newegg ! ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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