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DenDen711 · 26th January 2012, 10:33 PM

I was also worried about the lack of sleep ability, but mine sleeps anyway! I'm not certain what level of sleep (S3 etc) but it does sleep & then resume sometimes (when no recordings are scheduled for a time).

Otherwise I see what is scheduled & shut down when there is a significant gap between bookings.

I'm running Win 7 Home P (64 bit) with a 5450 GPU & a Quad tuner card.

Cheers

Dennis

Stanza · 27th January 2012, 11:35 AM

Cheap UPS's @ Dick Smith that will work with these very nicely

600Va Belkin $49 with Free Shipping

http://dicksmith.com.au/product/M766...battery-backup

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fallout_man · 27th January 2012, 3:00 PM

Has anyone tried a 4tb hdd gutted out of a seagate 4tb go flex in a microserver with any luck yet?

My purchase of one is riding on whether they will work with 4tb drives.

Thanks

Kirby Baker · 28th January 2012, 6:03 AM

Greetings,

I just got a new HP Microserver recently, N40L version. Installed a SATA DVD ROM, and flashed the modified BIOS from the first post (first link under eSATA & Additional SATA/SAS port related). Pretty sure I made the actual change in the BIOS, but its been a few weeks, and I dont remember 100%.

Regardless of that, my understanding of the BIOS discussion is that the modded BIOS only affects SATA ports 4/5, right?

I have 4 SATA hard drives in my server, and all four are reporting via HD Tune, that they are operating in UDMA Mode 2 (maybe I should say crawling, not operating!). All four report that the support either UDMA 5 or 6.

do I need to go into each AHCI Port on the AHCI Settings page to adjust this, to get the drives up to their maximum speed? If not, where do I make this change? I didnt see it in the Device Manager anywhere (WHS2011), but didnt expect to find it there either.

Appreciate any help on this one, thanks in advance!

gmphoto · 28th January 2012, 11:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stanza

Cheap UPS's @ Dick Smith that will work with these very nicely

600Va Belkin $49 with Free Shipping

http://dicksmith.com.au/product/M766...battery-backup

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Showing $59 here

bugger

Strange1 · 28th January 2012, 12:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stanza

Cheap UPS's @ Dick Smith that will work with these very nicely

600Va Belkin $49 with Free Shipping

http://dicksmith.com.au/product/M766...battery-backup

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Any idea how the auto shutdown software works with whs2011? Or does WHS2011 already support this somehow?

Thanks

Stanza · 28th January 2012, 2:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Strange1

Any idea how the auto shutdown software works with whs2011? Or does WHS2011 already support this somehow?

Thanks

Don't know as yet, not received my two deliveries.

looking here
http://en-au-support.belkin.com/app/...ckpRNkVlUGs%3D

just software you load to monitor it and shutdown the server after power fails? maybe you can set a specific timeout or shutdown sequence etc?

Strange1 · 29th January 2012, 2:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stanza

Don't know as yet, not received my two deliveries.

looking here
http://en-au-support.belkin.com/app/...ckpRNkVlUGs%3D

just software you load to monitor it and shutdown the server after power fails? maybe you can set a specific timeout or shutdown sequence etc?

I picked one up from Dick Smith today and just finished setting it up, works fine with WHS2011 if anyone is interested

Alson · 29th January 2012, 10:00 PM

Hey guys,

New here, and new to all this server stuff!

I've decided to get a N40L from warcom at around $300. I was just wondering what the prices of this have been in the past? I found some threads mentioning that the N36L was under $200 at one point...Have these things gone up in price lately?

I'm planning to run this as a media server (initially thought of purchasing a NAS, but the thought of having only two-bays over $200 kinda put me off). I understand that S3 Sleep isn't supported, are there any alternatives to this, or any other alternatives to save on electricity costs?

I've also read a bit about FreeNAS on the microserver. However, I keep finding posts relating to everyone installing the OS on a USB. Can't I simply partition the 250GB hdd bundled with the microserver and install the OS onto one of those partitions? The reason I ask is that I don't own any usb drives

Edit: Just read a few more posts comparing Windows Home Server and FreeNAS

Now it's made me more confused and I can't decide...

Thanks!

two40 · 29th January 2012, 10:32 PM

USB drives are dirt cheap. Just buy one.

HUMMER · 29th January 2012, 10:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by two40

USB drives are dirt cheap. Just buy one.

this. they are so dirt cheap now. not hard to get a 16 to 32GB one for cheap.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alson

any other alternatives to save on electricity costs?

these things don't use that much power at all. how much more a power saving do you reckon you want to make?

Alson · 29th January 2012, 10:51 PM

I'm aware that they're cheap, but wouldn't it be better (faster?) to run it off the hdd instead?

gbh · 29th January 2012, 10:57 PM

no
usb is much easier to replace as well in case of issues/upgrades/etc

HUMMER · 29th January 2012, 11:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alson

I'm aware that they're cheap, but wouldn't it be better (faster?) to run it off the hdd instead?

well in that case. buy an SSD and it would go like the clappers. thats what i did.

this is what i have in my microserver.

6x 3TB 3.5" HDD
1x 60GB 2.5" SSD

Quote:

Originally Posted by gbh

no
usb is much easier to replace as well in case of issues/upgrades/etc

my SSD is not even screwed down. all i got to do is slide it out of the gap under the 5.25" tray and remove then replace if it goes faulty. yes a USB us easier still however my SSD is not that hard to remove if it fails.

for the record my SSD is the boot drive.

Alson · 29th January 2012, 11:08 PM

Thanks guys.

Did a bit more googling around. Within some documentation on the FreeNAS website, it states that the OS will consume the entire drive and not allow you to store data on the rest of the disk.

26th January 2012, 10:33 PM	#4846
DenDen711 Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Canberra Posts: 75	N40L Sleep I was also worried about the lack of sleep ability, but mine sleeps anyway! I'm not certain what level of sleep (S3 etc) but it does sleep & then resume sometimes (when no recordings are scheduled for a time). Otherwise I see what is scheduled & shut down when there is a significant gap between bookings. I'm running Win 7 Home P (64 bit) with a 5450 GPU & a Quad tuner card. Cheers Dennis

27th January 2012, 3:00 PM	#4848
fallout_man Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Perth Posts: 156	Has anyone tried a 4tb hdd gutted out of a seagate 4tb go flex in a microserver with any luck yet? My purchase of one is riding on whether they will work with 4tb drives. Thanks __________________ PCDB

28th January 2012, 6:03 AM	#4849
Kirby Baker New Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 1	All my drives in UDMA mode 2? Greetings, I just got a new HP Microserver recently, N40L version. Installed a SATA DVD ROM, and flashed the modified BIOS from the first post (first link under eSATA & Additional SATA/SAS port related). Pretty sure I made the actual change in the BIOS, but its been a few weeks, and I dont remember 100%. Regardless of that, my understanding of the BIOS discussion is that the modded BIOS only affects SATA ports 4/5, right? I have 4 SATA hard drives in my server, and all four are reporting via HD Tune, that they are operating in UDMA Mode 2 (maybe I should say crawling, not operating!). All four report that the support either UDMA 5 or 6. do I need to go into each AHCI Port on the AHCI Settings page to adjust this, to get the drives up to their maximum speed? If not, where do I make this change? I didnt see it in the Device Manager anywhere (WHS2011), but didnt expect to find it there either. Appreciate any help on this one, thanks in advance!

29th January 2012, 10:00 PM	#4854
Alson Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 19	Hey guys, New here, and new to all this server stuff! I've decided to get a N40L from warcom at around $300. I was just wondering what the prices of this have been in the past? I found some threads mentioning that the N36L was under $200 at one point...Have these things gone up in price lately? I'm planning to run this as a media server (initially thought of purchasing a NAS, but the thought of having only two-bays over $200 kinda put me off). I understand that S3 Sleep isn't supported, are there any alternatives to this, or any other alternatives to save on electricity costs? I've also read a bit about FreeNAS on the microserver. However, I keep finding posts relating to everyone installing the OS on a USB. Can't I simply partition the 250GB hdd bundled with the microserver and install the OS onto one of those partitions? The reason I ask is that I don't own any usb drives Edit: Just read a few more posts comparing Windows Home Server and FreeNAS Now it's made me more confused and I can't decide... Thanks! Last edited by Alson; 29th January 2012 at 10:24 PM.

29th January 2012, 10:32 PM	#4855
two40 Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Sydney Posts: 3,194	USB drives are dirt cheap. Just buy one. __________________ clock \| photo \| flickr \| book

29th January 2012, 10:51 PM	#4857
Alson Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 19	I'm aware that they're cheap, but wouldn't it be better (faster?) to run it off the hdd instead?

29th January 2012, 10:57 PM	#4858
gbh Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Sydney Posts: 2,008	no usb is much easier to replace as well in case of issues/upgrades/etc __________________ Trades: n00by, hikaru78, rdorman, axxian, VR4hore, hotmx83, bangmango plus about a million others that i have forgotten over the years.

29th January 2012, 11:08 PM	#4860
Alson Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 19	Thanks guys. Did a bit more googling around. Within some documentation on the FreeNAS website, it states that the OS will consume the entire drive and not allow you to store data on the rest of the disk.