Any idea in RAID-5, in the case of hardware failure, what can we do? are we going to lose all hard disk's data? Is there anyway we can move on to newer hardware?
NETWORK ATTACHED STORAGE (NAS), old thread closed. please open a new one
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QUOTE(jchue73 @ Oct 7 2010, 03:27 PM) I was looking for NAS boxes that weren't expensive but yet offered 4 storage bays in a small footprint. I tried to build my own but often either blow the budget or end up with an ugly casing that does not fit the purpose. Do you know where can I get this? This is a good invest until the WHS Vail is out. I expect it to be RM300++ so total up in between RM1200 - 1300...After some looking, I came across a simple NAS box from Acer (H342) with 4 storage bays that comes complete with Windows Home Server for file sharing and runs on low powered dual core Intel Atom with 2GB DDR2 memory and 1TB hardisk for RM 1290. Just recently, I came across the HP Proliant Microserver box that runs on the low powered AMD Athlon II Neo N36L and comes with 160GB hardisk and 1GB DDR3 RAM at RM 916.  It has 4 storage bays like the H342 but the difference is the HP is has a video out (unlike the H342 which is headless) and supports RAID 0 or RAID 1 from the motherboard chipset via AMD Raidxpert (very similar to Intel Matrix Storage Manager). The downside of this box is that it does not come preinstalled with an OS inside. The HP box supports Windows Server 2008 R2 and Redhat Linux for the budget conscious. Drivers can be downloaded from the HP website.  |
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Hey! Thanks for your reply! May I know are you using it as NAS? if yes are you using windows or linux as NAS?
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Oct 12 2010, 09:00 PM
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I've gotten the same unit with your recommendation!
HP shop @ Digital mall RM919 inclusive of: 1 x Unit 1 x Internal DVD (Writer?Reader?) 1 x USB Mouse 1 x USB Keyboard Credit card with no charges. Overall I would say its very good bargain. Bought extra 1 x 4GB Kingston RAM. Will try on WHS Vail and 2008 R2 to decide which to go! |
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QUOTE(jchue73 @ Oct 13 2010, 10:24 AM) Congrats man. That black in colour plastic protector? It took me a few attempts to slot in that Internal DVD writer. Did tried up Win2k8 Server but to be honest, I'm not good in windows server product at all so... I reformatted to Windows home server Vail... and again, struggling to re-size the unused partition at the moment such as 'recorded tv' drive etc.. etc... 4GB extra?  You're running 5GB in total? I only got 2Gb extra.Yes, that's the same shop I bought from. The guy was patient enough to open up the display unit and slide out the motherboard tray to show me how many slots of memory etc. Not to mention that fixing up the Internal DVD Writer / Reader was quite tedious since the screws that the HP uses are all torqx screws. BTW, did you notice the box that the Internal DVD Writer / Reader came with? It's bomb proof ! It's actually the same kind of packaging that the real Proliant servers come with. |
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QUOTE Forgot to mention that HP came out with a service advisory on the N36L. Thanks for the tips! I haven't get my 4 x 2TB HDD as I want to make sure what kind of application I want to run besides having this Microserver serving as NAS.http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechS...rodTypeId=15351 Basically it shows how to enable NCQ and Write Cache on the RAID array from RaidXpert program. I had installed VMware ESXi on USB and let it run on internal USB slot. So far it has been running 3 days without smoothly. I've installed downloaded and installed OpenVPN AS at the moment and will proceed to install Windows 2k8 on top of ESXi. I think its good idea to have 160GB HDD running as boot disk. I might consider that. Btw, Since you are running raid 0, how do you get your data back up? Do you set it to 4 HDD in RAID 0 cluster? If only they support RAID 1+0 it would be great! |
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Oct 25 2010, 11:51 AM
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Yes, I think its Non-ECC ram... Just get normal RAM will do... I'm waiting for DDR3 to drop a lil bit more to get another stick of 1 x 4GB
8GB of total.. though I know it will be under utilise... Btw, does anyone know how much difference in VM performance comparing between VMware ESXi and Windows 2008 Hyper-V? |
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Oct 26 2010, 07:42 PM
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I'm definitely interested in getting 3 years warranty upgrade!
mercindustries, would need your guide if its okay!!! |
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Jan 11 2011, 01:53 AM
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I don't think DLINK NAS is hot plugable, better don't try...
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Feb 21 2011, 12:49 PM
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To all Microserver owner, are you looking at selling your 1GB ram? Please let me know because I'm looking for a few...
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Sep 7 2011, 11:02 AM
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Does anyone knows where can I get WHS 2011 genuine license? newegg selling at cheap price but it doesn't ship to malaysia...
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Sep 7 2011, 10:37 PM
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QUOTE(jinaun @ Sep 7 2011, 11:22 AM) i think maybank amex has a service.. which newegg can deliver to an american address... then amex? or maybank? will ship it to malaysia will it incur extra shipping fee? assuming it drops through an US address? Its something like forwarder right?not sure such services still available or not |
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If you really want, you have to be fast. Yest evening, I was at lowyat to grab one of the Microserver and they told me there are about 2 - 3 units left.
Again... it was yesterday evening... |
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RM1960 is kinda expensive for Gen8 microserver...
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