Re: [Dorset] Should of done a backup - Q1

2014-08-16 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Tim, > > They look nice, I agree, but I've an eye on power consumption. Some > > low-powered CPU with an SSD sitting as a buffer in front of hard > > disks that occasionally spin up? > > HP Microserver consumes 29W with disk spinning. I'm paying 12.39p/kWh at the moment, which I think is quit

Re: [Dorset] Should of done a backup - Q1

2014-08-15 Thread Tim Allen
Hi Ralph On 15/08/14 11:57, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi John, Have you got a link to a source of them at a reasonable price? If so, I want to snap one up right away! Perhaps the £129.99 inc VAT http://www.ebuyer.com/616877-hp-proliant-microserver-g7-n54l-1p-4gb-u-non-hot-plug-sata-150w-ps-74490

Re: [Dorset] Should of done a backup - Q1

2014-08-15 Thread Tim Allen
Hi John On 15/08/14 11:31, John Carlyle-Clarke wrote: 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 exp

Re: [Dorset] Should of done a backup - Q1

2014-08-15 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi John, > Have you got a link to a source of them at a reasonable price? If so, > I want to snap one up right away! Perhaps the £129.99 inc VAT http://www.ebuyer.com/616877-hp-proliant-microserver-g7-n54l-1p-4gb-u-non-hot-plug-sata-150w-ps-744900-421 They look nice, I agree, but I've an eye on

Re: [Dorset] Should of done a backup - Q1

2014-08-15 Thread John Carlyle-Clarke
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

Re: [Dorset] Should of done a backup - Q1

2014-08-15 Thread Paul Stenning
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

Re: [Dorset] Should of done a backup - Q1

2014-08-14 Thread Tim Allen
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 > l

Re: [Dorset] Should of done a backup - Q1

2014-08-14 Thread Peter Merchant
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 no