very well said... but yet i'm finding it hard to understand why HP is not bringing in N40L into the local market... And I found it unbelievable u guys are still able to find the N36L in the local market now! bravo!

This post has been edited by numbertwo: Sep 7 2012, 07:41 PM

I think we have gone through a round of Microserver hunting game a year ago .. N40L is definitely not selling here in MY, and the only one N36L left found in PJ/KL area was in 1U-HP store..it was a display set.. And darknite is right, many of the HP store staff wouldn't even know what it is due to the fact that this Microserver sits in between a consumer range PC and the commercial miroserver Proliant range..makes them a real stranger. And becoz it is such a rare item, I asked my HP distributor to bring one in specifically for me from HP S'pore last year.. So, I'm eager to know which HP store, at this moment in time, still have the N36L in stock... Update us pls.

Hi, doesn't help anymore coz they confirm they will not take a second order, they did mine N40L out of a favour last year... I read from Singapore hardwarezone forum, someone mentioned that HP Singapore is selling the N40L now.. not sure how true it is though..

is that via reseller or distributor, I got mine on Mar this year for RM1328..

Bro, from which newspaper did you see the N40L advert?

YES To my surprise this little gems is still available in the market !! Congrats loonsave! Can't remember whether the customs firmware is available for N36L or just N40L, but worth the upgrade to bring the max value out of this N36L! have fun.

So, that means we got to pull a sata cable to the eSata port at the back for the 6th drive right? I was looking at this too previously, so I wud join this group buy if the way it works is as described..

I'm running the old school method of BACKUP...I guess that is why Microserver gives us so many USB ports lol...save the headache of RAID, and I have full access to the max capacity that HPM can provide...only do a schedule backup and synchronisation every x hours on partitions or folders that are critical to me..So the double deck is alain item I wud love to own ... Aneip, are u based in KL?

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Added on September 15, 2012, 12:08 am Good that u got ur self the RED drives.. It is somehow quite sought after here so much so that I can't even get ready stock from wd distributors...crazy demand..

This post has been edited by numbertwo: Sep 15 2012, 12:08 AM

Hi all RAID sifus,
will this RS2WC040
(http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/servers/raid/raid-controller-rs2wc.html) fit into N40L's PCIe 16x slot?

Heh Found it in my distributor's list of products they carry..., price is abt 2x3tb REDs so well ....contemplating..

why not consider a Hp procurve Gb-switch? It comes with lifetime warranty from HP..

I presume you have checked with HP and its reseller locally? I hv just sent an enquiry email to my HP distributor, who knows they might have it? I will let you know here if they 'ever' response . I'm using 1410-8g myself...

Ok, 1810-8G is available, if you (or just anyone) are keen pls let me know... it's in the region of RM500+.

Anyone here wanna have my 2GB ecc RAM, you may have it for RM50/-.

I run the N40L mainly for media & torrent server plus some background monitoring tools, I found that the 8GB (non-ecc) RAM is overly excessive ..

I did..

Has anyone used the Black Armour ? With buy 1 free 1 offer, it looks like a good buy now for those who r considering a home used 4 bay NAS..

Link is from lyn.. http://blackarmor.com.my/promo/?gclid=CPmx...CFY4a6wod-FMAfw

For normal usage ie file storage (file or docs) or even some low resolution movie streaming, I don't think normal user would complaint... But it sucks that no USB3.0 is provided..

I'm using N40L... noise is neglectable, but I guess that depends on the surrounding environment and different ears...

oh...I took out the ECC RAM and replace it with Kingston's normal desktop 1333mhz RAM 2x4GB. I bot it for around 1.3K last year.

If you are going to place this N40L at the opposite corner of your bed and you will be turning on Fan or Aircond at night, then I am sure the fan noise or the aircond noise will cover up the N40L fan noise.. Like I said, the fan noise is neglectable but not total silence of course.. also it depends also on another factor, what type of drives u are going to use.. I read that WD Black will produce much more noise than the usual WD green.

if this is true, maybe it is an indication that new NxxL is coming up soon?