Topic: HP Microserver N40LE for SME7.x and SME8.x (compatibility and resourses)

[idp_qbn]

HP Microserver N40L works well.

I have had one running as my home-based file/mail server for 2 months without a hitch of any sort.
SME8.0B7 laded faultlessly, everything worked first time.
4Gb Ram, 4 x 1Tb SATA HD, File server only. 4 Users.

They are cheap as chips here in Australia - - less than AUD$300 delivered. Brilliant!

I recommend them strongly, so much so that I have ordered another to use as a VM server for testing.

Cheers
Ian

[Smitro]

Hey, I'm in Australia (QLD). But I can't find a price online for these. Can you give me an approx?

The HP website is coming up with Page not found for these products.

[idp_qbn]

I got mine through Ebay - here is one: http://preview.tinyurl.com/6vd7r2x

This one is just 2Gb RAM but I found one with 4Gb for $290 a couple of months ago.
Anyway, RAM for these is relatively cheap if you have to get your own.

Cheers
Ian

[chris burnat]

HP Microserver N40L works well.

I have had one running as my home-based file/mail server for 2 months without a hitch of any sort.
SME8.0B7 laded faultlessly, everything worked first time.
4Gb Ram, 4 x 1Tb SATA HD, File server only. 4 Users.

They are cheap as chips here in Australia - - less than AUD$300 delivered. Brilliant!

I recommend them strongly, so much so that I have ordered another to use as a VM server for testing.

Cheers
Ian

Ian, cannot find it, where do you get them?  Need some for a community based organisation. 
Thanks.

[Smitro]

The link works. That one had a buy it now price of $269. I just did a search for "N40L" and got a number of them.

Thanks Ian. I have a supplier that I normally use, so I'll probably go through them. Sounds like the perfect Product.

[TerryF]

HP N40L Microserver, Try here Chris, its where I gort mine from..Scorptec and have had no issues with 8B7 on it with a number of contribs added.

I also upped the RAM to 8 using non ecc, still works fine and a lot cheaper, even tho the specs say 8 ppl are puting in 16 and finding it also works fine..see these posts HERE

[chris burnat]

Perfect Trex, thanks also for the tips about memory.
Cheers

[TerryF]

There is a very active Microservers owners forum at the Oz overclockers forums HERE..Enjoy 

[chris burnat]

Just got a Skymaster NIC suitable for this server (low profile etc...) Its a Realtek RTL8111 chipset, fits like a glove.
Note: prices in Oz  appear to have suddenly gone up over past day or two, got one on Monday from Melbourne for $249, now $399 same supplier...  A search has yielded another supplier for $280 in Sydney inc Tax, so shop around.

[TerryF]

HP Proliant N40L Microserver running fine, initially used a ScanDisk 120gb Extreme SATA 3 SSD off the spare SATA connector, installed off a USB CD, also tried a USB stick, both OK.

A pair of 500gb disks in a Raid 1 mounted under /home/e-smith/files. Had some fun and learnt some new info..all good, thanks to the Wkiki how tos

Have now removed the SSD, reinstalled to HDs in Raid 1. Have added one 500gb to one of the spare bays as extra HD, will wait and see if HD prices continue coming down and will then add a couple of 2tb drives as iBay storage..a small UPS is also now been added.

This is all with the latest 8.0 iso.

So hardware wise all good on the N40L, using USB sticks and USB CD for installing..you have to love these little servers...its purring...

[chris burnat]

So hardware wise all good on the N40L, using USB sticks and USB CD for installing..you have to love these little servers...its purring...

Same here. A picture of loveliness!  Just ditch my prod server - moved drives into new N40L, bingo, its been on air for past 3 days, not a hitch, no noise, and low power consumption.  Build another one last night for a community radio station in Tonga using sme8 latest release from USB CD, tested overnight and looking fine.  I also moved my test 500GB Ubuntu 12.4 test drive into another N40 fitted with 4GB memory and used a Behringer UCA200 USB audio interface for sound.  No hitch, great little workstation, does everything.  Thanks for the tip mate!

[TerryF]

Have now put two of these into community houses here in Melb, the whole setup including drives etc under $500, they had quotes of up to $7,000..

Over last two weeks I tried the latest ClearOS (bugs, bugs and more bugs), Zentyal (has promise but seems to be heading more as a commercial product), Ubuntu (took forever to install and i just couldn't get enthused)..

Just couldn't go past good old SME.. ..just about danced around the house when I saw what now looks to be the 8 release on the mirrors.. thank you to those smarter than I who devote time and effort ..

[chris burnat]

Dancing here in Sydney also...We all can do our bit and help, check Devinfo, there is a call for a big push with documentation:

SME Server 8.0 was finally released today, alongside the final SME 7 release.
The change from SME 7 to SME 8 will need many updates in the wiki and a lot of help in the forums.
I hope that the community rises to the challenge.

[Smitro]

A heads up, I went to purchase an HP N40L, only to be told that they were discontinued 5 months ago. I'll have to jump on ebay to see what I can get.

[Stefano]

according to this page it's still available