I was meaning to buy one of those HP Microservers for myself, since we have two at work and they are great units. I kept procrastinating, and suddenly they seemed to vanish from everywhere. The only ones I could find were either stupidly expensive, or second hand (which I'd rather avoid if possible).
Have you got a link to a source of them at a reasonable price? If so, I want to snap one up right away! On 15 August 2014 08:29, Paul Stenning <p...@sp-tech.co.uk> wrote: > I have a HP Microserver - excellent little unit! :) > > They come with a single 250GB SATA hard disk and have four bays so you can > add up to three more. Mine runs CentOS 6.5 very well, used for storage and > as a development web server. > > The great thing is that, unlike a NAS, I have control of the software and > configuration. > > I paid just over £100 for mine, second hand on eBay. It looked like new > and the SMART values on the hard disk suggest it had had under 200 hours > use. > > Paul. > > > > On 15/08/2014 07:49, Tim Allen wrote: > >> Hi Peter >> >> On 14/08/14 20:24, Peter Merchant wrote: >> >>> On 13/08/14 17:17, Tim wrote: >>> > I had a Lacie single disk (500gb) nas but for the last few days I have >>> > not been able to contact it. I have rebooted it several time via >>> > turning it on and off but that made no difference, there is a blue >>> > light that come on and occasionally flickers (which is normal). I have >>> > tried to access via Linux and Windows, windows has Lacie disk manager >>> > program but that claims there are no disks. >>> > >>> > >>> > Tim > >>> >>> This raises the question:- that's two Lacie drives that have failed in >>> our LUG population, Are they any good, or is there a better unit? >>> >>> >> One option is an HP Microserver. Up to now they'd done a £100 cashback >> twice a year (next one due Sept-Oct), meaning they come in at around >> £100, although I see now priced at £114+VAT anyway, so the days of the >> cashback may be over. Then stick your favourite distro on it and install >> Samba to provide a CIFS server, along with whatever else (BIND9, DHCP3 etc) >> and any external USB disks you want. >> >> >> >> >> Cheers >> >> Tim >> >> >> >> > -- > > *Paul Stenning* > S&P Technology > Box 170, 89 Commercial Road, Bournemouth, BH2 5RR > > p...@sp-tech.co.uk <mailto:p...@sp-tech.co.uk> > www.sp-tech.co.uk <http://www.sp-tech.co.uk> > > /Before printing, please consider the environment./ > > *Confidentiality* > This email and its attachments (if any) are intended for the above named > only and may be confidential. If they have come to you in error you must > take no action based on them, nor must you copy or show them to anyone; > please reply to this email and highlight the error, then delete them from > your computer immediately. > > *Security Warning* > Please note that this email has been created in the knowledge that email > is not a 100% secure communications medium. We advise that you understand > and observe this lack of security when emailing us. > > *Viruses* > Although we have taken steps to ensure that this email and attachments are > free from any virus, we advise that in keeping with good computing practice > the recipient should ensure they are virus free. > > > -- > Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2014-09-02 20:00 > Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ > New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk > How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue > -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2014-09-02 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
