Hi All,
after few months considering NAS, now decided buy
SYNOLOGY DS-210+
Anyone using this ? What's your experience ?

Any Tips for me for this model ?
eg. Upgrade to the latest firmware before using ?

Hey, I thought after asking so many questions to denhock, you would already bought one by now.

Hi, any price drop on HP MicroServer? Many thanks.

How much did you get it for?

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Added on November 19, 2010, 2:24 pmPrice won't drop much. Also, not many shop selling. That day, I went to lowyat plaza only IT Hypermart got sell. Better grab before stock run out.

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Added on November 19, 2010, 2:31 pmBTW...out of topic...anyone who are into NAS/home server interested to be moderator for my site? I need someone who have time to help out moderating for my forum. I want to spend more time writing articles. Got lots of guide I want to write about the HP ProLiant Microserver. The site link is in my signature.

This post has been edited by abubin: Nov 21 2010, 02:09 AM

@abudin , any chance you can test out air video live conversation with it? Many thanks.

abubin: what site?

http://www.miniservernation.com/

Anyone know how to configure the Bittorent download via Buffalo Linkstation Duo?

Whenever I add the torrent url into the utorrent client on the Buffalo Linkstation Duo, nothing happen.

Help!

I can't test that now cause I am running ubuntu on it. But I am planning to install dual boot windows 2008r2 foundation later once I have time to test it out. Then I can test this air video. But it will take some time before I can do this. Cause I have a few articles to write on this microserver and ubuntu tutorial on it.

This post has been edited by abubin: Nov 21 2010, 02:07 AM

I tested my first torrent, what firmware are you in? 1.34? It just work.

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Thanks man, do link up here. Many thanks

Damn. I think I need to buy another Microserver. The current one is filling up fast. Unless get a eSATA 4 or 5 bay box and connect it to the Microserver. Oh, yes, heard that the eSATA port on the Microserver does not support Port Multiplication. Need to put in an extra PCIe x1 eSATA card for that. I read the eSATA port from the Acer H342 supports PM.

Also thinking of putting a PCI x4 dual or quad network card to upgrade the network bandwidth via link aggregation LACP. But that would also require LACP aware switch.

mine sharing how much current price for microserver?

RM 919.

hmmm PM not working eh? not even with AHCI? anyhow a PCIe x1 eSATA card with DAS box is still cheaper than buying an entire new server.

tmnet doesnt throttle standalone or NAS server?

wow good price. which all it have this? lowyat or digital mall? viewed their price list but no mentioned about the hp mediaserver

Didn't buy it at All IT. Bought it at the HP reseller at Digital Mall.

Last I saw (about more than a month ago), only the All IT at the Curve had it. The Lowyat and Digital Mall outlet did not have it. Perhaps now would have changed.

I'm looking for a NAS for business/ office use with the following requirements:-
- Raid 5
- 4 slots (I need about 1-2TB)
- Good file writing speed
- Active Directory support (users are on AD therefore the file server has to be on AD as well)
- Low maintenance

May I know if there are NAS which comes with it's own OS? If possible I would like to save on buying an OS for the NAS.

I'm currently interested in the Synology DS411+ but are there any other NAS in the same class which you would recommend? The DS411+ is about 2.5k but if possible I'm looking for one below RM2k.

i think the hp microserver is a good choice. I bought mine at ALL IT in lowyat. RM900 after discount.

I do not think the Synology fully support AD cause it's running linux based OS. AD users can login through SAMBA. The last I check, SAMBA does not support windows AD well. Maybe it has improved, I don't know.

Anyway, Synology is much more expensive than HP. Synology is a NAS but HP Microserver is a server. The HP one can be upgraded to 8GB RAM. It supports Windows 2008R2.

The only downside I see for the HP is the RAID. If I remember correctly, in the BIOS, it only support RAID 0 and 1. For RAID5, you need to used AMD's RAIDXpert drivers. No worries cause the drivers can be downloaded from HP site. Small matter as both synology and hp are using software (fakeraid) anyway.

If you want NAS feature more (such as easier RAID management), no OS tinkering, then go for Synology. If price also not an option....

If you want Server with RAID (more server options), upgrade RAM, power processor, install windows server then HP is for you.

I would personally go for HP cause of the upgradability of the RAM and much more powerful processor. Not to mention half the price of synology. And I can install any OS I want. Can even dual boot windows/linux.

The HP microserver is everything of the above except that it does not support RAID 5. To save on OS, you could use Linux. Only RAID 0 and RAID 1 from BIOS. But of course that does not stop you from getting a 3rd party PCIe x4 or x1 RAID card that supports RAID 5. That will bump up the price a little but I believe it will still be below your 2k budget.

Else, the Synology is not too bad but at a higher price.