The lan led would flash rapidly, but there was no activity on the switch port. Im attempting to set up an hp proliant n54l g7 microserver as a replacement for an older netgear stora nas solution. If you are in the market for a server with relatively few drives, and you can get it on a promo price, i highly recommend it. I have tried a few other oss but i think this may suit me best because i need to run. For those who dream of acquiring a synology nas but lack the financial stamina, a solution may be available if you do not mind tinkering. Building your nas with a hp microserver n40l liam gladdy. New hpe gen10 plus microserver hpe hardware spiceworks. The microserver idea is pretty simple, bring enterprisestyle server features to smbs that either dont want or dont need a larger more traditional rackbased infrastructure. This was the same configuration i used to test the performance of. Now after setting up my hp microserver n40l as a windows homeserver i had to install the utilities to monitor the raid and other hardware.
Hello, i was able to get my n40l to recognize 18gb of the following ram not on the current list. The hp proliant n40l microserver 658553421 whats new amd turion ii neo n40l 1. If you are into the market for a very small, silent, efficient, yet capable home server, please take this device into consideration. The m1015 is a very good card that is highly recommended in the nas community, easy to find, and can be flashed with lsi firmware. Solved hp proliant n40l microserver native support dsm. Building a nas using a hp microserver, freenas and zfs. Note, in order to use more than the 4 drive bays for sata drives, ie. I am always an early adopter to anything microsoft server related. Installing synology software onto a hp proliant n40l. Before starting the installation of the freenas it is very important to configure the hp microserver to boot from the odd drive, otherwise, the system will not start after the installation. Two days ago my hp proliant microserver n40l arrived. Nas box or use cheap hp microserver solved windows 10 forums.
Hp proliant microserver n40l is a great nas or router louwrentius. N36l, n40l, n54l seem all to use the embedded nc107i pci express gigabit ethernet server adapter. Joyent smartos, yes, this plus netatalk makes for a great file server for mac clients. I think the hp proliant microserver is a fantastic little box.
Im thinking of using the server as an alternative to a nas box i can install my own os ill use a linux distro for thisand its reasonably customiseable. In this article will present how to install freenas on the ssd drive installed in the odd bay. Im wondering if any of you can answer my questions based on your experience using hp microservers. Linux alternative to freenas hp proliant n40l i have an hp proliant n40l 16gb ram, dual core celeron, 2x wd red 4gb. Powered not by atom but a more powerful dualcore, 12w tdp amd athlon ii, it is the smallest server weve ever seen. Hp assumes you are qualified in the servicing of computer equipment and trained in recognizing hazards in products with hazardous energy levels. For continuous quality improvement, calls may be recorded or monitored. A small and quiet server, with 4 hdd slots that make for a nice nas setup. Today it is still a great system to be used with esxi but there are better alternatives, especially due to. Solved hp microserver gen8 e3 for home nas and and vm. Yea i dont know what the speed difference would be but i use software raid 5 now on the n40l and havent noticed any issues but all it. I have had my hp proliant n40l microserver for a long time and its been my best server ever. Freenas with zfs on a hp microserver n40l ixsystems.
After the nluug presentation on freenas, i bit the bullet and bought the hp microserver n40l for experimentation. Xpenology brings the diskstation manager to your pcserver which also includes native support for the hp proliant n40l microserver. My previous nas was a synology ds211j, and it performed very well, up until recently. When i turn on the power all i get is the monitor stays in sleep mode blinking power led on monitor. Hp proliant microserver n40l owners thread avforums. Box 692000, mail stop 5301 houston, texas 772692000 1800hpinvent 18004746836. It is my media server for my collection of squeezeboxes, a print server, and runs 4 2tb in raid 6 for a complete overkill storage server, backup server, photo storage, etc, etc, etc. Hp n40l microserver, 8gb ram, 5 x 3tb hdd raid5, 1 x 120gb 2. Out of the box has 250 gb drive and 2 gb ram i connected a samsung syncmaster t240m monitor and a microsoft wired keyboard 600 usb keyboard.
Hp microserver storage limit hardware hangout neowin. Currently its configured with 2gb ram, 4x 4tb netgear drives in the bays, and ive added an additional 128gb ssd on the spare sata port for the os. Im considering buying a used hp microserver gen8 e3 to use as a home nas and host for lab vms. How loud is the server when it is not processing any data. Hp has recently launched a new version of the ever so popular microserver. The n40l is a nice little server box, with space for 4 hdds, that is my kitchen sink linux box at home. Freenas on hp microserver n54l shared storage for your esxi.
On the hp support site you can find a link to the amd download page where you can download the chipset driver which also includes the. I have the n40l, 4x2tb seagate drives, 2x4gb of ram, a usb dvd drive i took cjeds advice and bought one and an iso image of whs2011. Replacement server for hp n40l my nas build openmediavault. When microsoft released server 2012 r2 i tried to install it on my hp n40l server and was disappointed that it froze when booted. Best nas software for n54l microserver n54l, n40l, etc reset. Of course, the system has limited cpu power but it should be enough for basic file serving. I cant seem to find it when i put in the product number on the hp website in the driver support section.
I read on the xpenology facebook page that someone said all you had to do was download the 6. It works just fine shoot multiple vms, and yes one of them is my storagenas which is running win2k12. Im trying to find the official hp driver download page for my micro server g7 n40l. Im having trouble which nas os would be best for this and unsure whether to use hardware or software raid.
I recently bought an hp proliant microserver for my new home nas. I tried new drivers for the nic and everything but to no avail. The unit is a hp microserver n40l, and i think the older n36l would be very similar. Whs with hp proliant microserver n40l thomas maurer. Hp microserver n40l raid utility and driver thomas maurer. Hp proliant microserver n40l is a great nas or router. Follow the hp microserver gen8 install ssd in odd slot tutorial to see how to install the ssd. The hp microserver n54l and its predecessors n40l and n36l are widely spread homeservers. Microserver n36ln40ln54l 6 drive edition sign in to follow this. Hi there i can get a decent hp proliant micro server with 4 bays for around 450 eur. I have win 2008 server installed on it and im trying to find a softwar. My first experiences with some of the common nas vendors were not that great, most of the time the nas was very very slow.
Nas rated hard drives are getting cheaper all the time. Some products seem almost too good to be true and i think the hp proliant microserver n40l is one of them. It seems that a new and faster version is on the horizon. Power usage of a hp microserver n40l free nas software. Just received my new hp proliant microserver n40l today.
What specific model of hp microserver is it i have old hp n40l. I have tried to run freenas a few times, but it keeps seeming to corrupt the usb stick it. How loud does the server become when processing a large amount of data. Ive written about using it as esxi host in my homelab about 2 years ago. Setup the 250gb drive as the main os drive in my case, i went with a 2gb swap partition, and the rest mounted as ext4 the root filesystem and then put any extra hard drives in bays 24.
Moving my windows home server 2011 to the hp proliant n54l. Freenas, hp microserver, microserver, nas, zfs 1 comment ive been wanting to setup a home nas network attached storage solution for a while on which to store the masses of media files, documents, backups etc. The nc107i is broadcom bcm5723 chipset, no jumbo frame support. Kvr33d3e9sk216g would cost more than the entire n40l without drives, but im willing to do it in order to not gimp the nas. Hi i have one of the old hp microservers, not sure what model but im pretty sure it runs an atom or celeron. Replacing the fans in my hp n40l microserver os musings. Openindiana b151, yes, works great when paired with nappit as a nas. I will attach a monitor and keyboardmouse to start off. Hp proliant microserver user guide abstract this document is for the person who installs, administers, and troubleshoots servers and storage systems. For questions regarding this fcc declaration, contact us by mail or telephone. Not to mention i already have a gen10 both of these are here at home for my lab, however, i had to break them both down as i will have to sell my house in the near future unemployed and remortgaging due.
Configure software raid as part of the os installation. The microserver is a unique sff server in the hp proliant line that looks more like a small pc or multihdd nas box. Since i need more disk space i was looking for a good nas solution. With that said i currently have no idea which is the best bang for buck nas out of the market if you have any nas recommendations or advice on setting up a microserver id like to hear it. Nas performance testing on my gen8 microserver nas. In early may of 20 starting with performance comparison of windows server 2012 essentials on the hp proliant n40l microserver and the hp proliant n54l g7 microserver i posted a number of blogs where i compared the performance of a number of machines using the intel nas performance toolkit v1. I would like to use the 250gb drive that shipped with the n40l in the top bay for the os and other relevant software.
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