[geeks] Heads up: HP Microservers

[mail at catsnest.co.uk]

DOH Ordered =)

Ill start of with the 2 1t drives I have already for a play around and
see what others I can find _cheep_ afterwards.
I see it has a secondary SATA controler for the "5 1/4" drive... might
get a SSD and try some ZFS trickery...

Any one used Solaris 11e in anger as a NAS?

Also any recommendations for a PCIe 1/2 size Nic card?

Ritchie,
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On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 10:48 AM, Mark Benson <md.benson at gmail.com> wrote:
> Sorry fat fingered.
>
> I bought via Misco and dabs.com - dabs.com is cheapest.
>
>
http://h41112.www4.hp.com/promo/proliantmicroserver/index.html?jumpid=ex_r135
> _uk/en/smb/tsg/go_proli
>
> The offer stipulates that you must buy from HP or a HP authorised reseller.
>
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> Mark Benson
>
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>
> On 11 Feb 2011, at 10:18, mail at catsnest.co.uk wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 9:41 AM, Mark Benson <md.benson at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> HP distributors in the UK are selling HP Proliant N36L microservers for
>> around
>>> 220 GBP +VAT with 100 GBP cashback if you get the form in by Feb 25th.
> It's
>> a
>>> bargain for what it is, really and would make an excellent NAS or basic
>> SOHO
>>> server. AMD Athlon Neo X2 based, 1GB ECC RAM, 1x 250GB disk. No OS
license
>>> with it so run what you like. Really quiet
>>>
>>
>>
>> Looks really interesting although I can not find this offer on the HP
>> site! any suggestions of how to find?
>>
>> Might make a worth replacement for my Ultra5 Gateway box...
>>
>> U5# uname -a
>> SunOS u5 5.9 Generic_117171-12 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-5_10 Solaris
>> u5# uptime
>> 10:17am B up 981 day(s), 16:31, B 2 users, B load average: 0.16, 0.07,
0.05
>>
>>
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>> of the tumble-weeds. -->
>>
>>
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