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Herballizard · 20th October 2011, 4:59 PM

Just brought an n40l to live at work for my offsite sneakernet backup

noons · 20th October 2011, 5:50 PM

Is anyone here using the Adaptec 3405 RAID controller?
For a new controller (supporting 3tb drives and RAID 5) and under $400 is this the best buy atm?

sml_nail · 21st October 2011, 7:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Atomnaya

Hi Guys,

Just thought I'd let you guys know that I finally finished my file server/HTPC build.

- 5.25" adaptor/caddy that holds a Slim ODD and 2 x 2.5" HDD

Care to elaborate on where you sourced it?

evlcookie · 21st October 2011, 8:55 PM

Looks like the N40 has finally landed, Still listed at $230ex gst.

I'm so tempted to pick one up. Hopefully warcom and the usual guys will start selling it next week.

durham70 · 21st October 2011, 9:30 PM

just ordered an n40l from Koi technology

recommended drives for it - thinking 2 x 2gb ??

thanks

Atomnaya · 21st October 2011, 11:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sml_nail

Care to elaborate on where you sourced it?

AusPC Market

kandiman · 22nd October 2011, 1:16 AM

Hey all, placed an order for the N40L from EYO and picking up on Monday.

My plan is purely just to store data, i won't be streaming or serving data to any users, I'll prob purchase 4 (maybe 5 or 6) x 3TB Hitachi Hard drives.

Is the N40L suited for my needs? or am i wasting money?

Should i go with RAID? I'm thinking of going with RAID 0

Should i just use each hard drive as separate volumes to store my data?

Thanks =)

teksavvy · 22nd October 2011, 10:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kandiman

Hey all, placed an order for the N40L from EYO and picking up on Monday.

My plan is purely just to store data, i won't be streaming or serving data to any users, I'll prob purchase 4 (maybe 5 or 6) x 3TB Hitachi Hard drives.

Is the N40L suited for my needs? or am i wasting money?

Should i go with RAID? I'm thinking of going with RAID 0

Congrats on your new N40L purchase!

Since all you looking for is a file server, give FreeNAS a try. It's free and gives you added advantage of ZFS.

Quote:

Originally Posted by kandiman

Should i just use each hard drive as separate volumes to store my data?

Thanks =)

Personally, i don't like the idea to have so many drive letters mapped to my pc in network. Unless, you have a reason to have separate volume? It all depends on your data requirements in the end and how you would like your network users to use that data

nogi · 22nd October 2011, 12:14 PM

How many people still running virtualisation on their boxes? Keen to hear on which one performs better ESXi or XenServer. I am thinking of grabbing a N40L to add to my existing collection to run some virtual application servers and maybe a virtual desktop as well. Nothing too heavy, maybe only 3 VMs all up.

mouth · 22nd October 2011, 3:03 PM

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Originally Posted by nogi

How many people still running virtualisation on their boxes? Keen to hear on which one performs better ESXi or XenServer. I am thinking of grabbing a N40L to add to my existing collection to run some virtual application servers and maybe a virtual desktop as well. Nothing too heavy, maybe only 3 VMs all up.

ESXi 5.0. Lower core memory usage than XenServer.

kandiman · 22nd October 2011, 4:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by teksavvy

Congrats on your new N40L purchase!

Since all you looking for is a file server, give FreeNAS a try. It's free and gives you added advantage of ZFS.

Thanks, so if i go with FreeNAS, what are the benefits of ZFS? i know i can do a google search to see what ZFS is, but i would like real world user comments on ZFS

coopers1862 · 22nd October 2011, 6:50 PM

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Originally Posted by kandiman

Thanks, so if i go with FreeNAS, what are the benefits of ZFS? i know i can do a google search to see what ZFS is, but i would like real world user comments on ZFS

I think sub.mesa summarized it really well in his FAQ

http://submesa.com/data/zfs/faq

fido666 · 22nd October 2011, 6:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mitsimonsta

One vendor has listed the N40L at $5 more than what Warcom is selling the N36L

Care to elaborate?

coopers1862 · 22nd October 2011, 6:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fido666

Care to elaborate?

theres a couple on static ice, no idea why warcom jacked up their prices for the N36L.

nogi · 22nd October 2011, 11:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mouth

ESXi 5.0. Lower core memory usage than XenServer.

Hmmmm, I might grab a N40L and whack ESXi on it. Hopefully my 2 N36Ls don't start to feel jealous.

I'm thinking for this box, 32Gb SSD for ESXi (or even a USB stick) and the 4 caddy HDDs in RAID-5 for the virtual machines. I've still got 8Gb non-ECC ram that I swapped out for ECC ram in my N36L which I can use in the new box.

The last piece of the puzzel will be iKVM. I might pull my RAC card out of one of the other boxes or buy another one. Unless there is a cheaper option now.

20th October 2011, 4:59 PM	#4111
Herballizard Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: QLD Posts: 1,344	Just brought an n40l to live at work for my offsite sneakernet backup __________________ [Apple Mac Owners Club Member #167 Dual Macbooks ] [Clear OS from Clearfoundation]

21st October 2011, 9:30 PM	#4115
durham70 Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 28	just ordered a n40l just ordered an n40l from Koi technology recommended drives for it - thinking 2 x 2gb ?? thanks

22nd October 2011, 12:14 PM	#4119
nogi Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Brisbane Posts: 442	VMware or Citrix? How many people still running virtualisation on their boxes? Keen to hear on which one performs better ESXi or XenServer. I am thinking of grabbing a N40L to add to my existing collection to run some virtual application servers and maybe a virtual desktop as well. Nothing too heavy, maybe only 3 VMs all up. __________________ $6k+ OCAU trades since 2004 Mac: 27" i7 2.93Ghz, 4Gb SDRAM, 1Tb SATA + 256GB SSD HDD, 1Gb RADEON HD 5750 Videocard HTPC: Mac Mini 2010 (4Gb RAM), AppleTV (Broadcom HD) NAS: HP Microserver N36L FreeNAS (4x3Tb), HP Microserver N36L FreeNAS (4x3Tb) & HP Microserver N40L esxi (4x2TB) & QNAP TS-210 (1TB)

20th October 2011, 5:50 PM	#4112
noons Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 10	Is anyone here using the Adaptec 3405 RAID controller? For a new controller (supporting 3tb drives and RAID 5) and under $400 is this the best buy atm?

21st October 2011, 8:55 PM	#4114
evlcookie Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 1,024	Looks like the N40 has finally landed, Still listed at $230ex gst. I'm so tempted to pick one up. Hopefully warcom and the usual guys will start selling it next week.

22nd October 2011, 1:16 AM	#4117
kandiman Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 41	Hey all, placed an order for the N40L from EYO and picking up on Monday. My plan is purely just to store data, i won't be streaming or serving data to any users, I'll prob purchase 4 (maybe 5 or 6) x 3TB Hitachi Hard drives. Is the N40L suited for my needs? or am i wasting money? Should i go with RAID? I'm thinking of going with RAID 0 Should i just use each hard drive as separate volumes to store my data? Thanks =)