HP Proliant Generation 8 Microserver Club

It's always a con. I've sat there before and hit the buy button the very second it comes on sale, but you get to the checkout procedure and it says you've missed out - no more stock.

I wouldn't be surprised if they made a custom error message where it says; "the computer says Nooo ... " just to piss you off further.

 

Will ram from an n36l / n40l work in a gen8?

 

Yes it will.

 

Only if it is ECC RAM.

 

Whats the real world power consumption like on these? I'm finding my N36l is getting a bit long in the tooth, and it doesnt have the processing power to run my dvblink server with 3x dual usb tv tuners. So i need more grunt, but not too much power consumption.

The celeron G8 microserver should be able to run that just fine. But I would need to upgrade the cpu to xeon if i wanted to run any other vms etc. which I do want to do.

So looking at xeon options, I'm thinking a used proliant m350 G6 would be a cheaper option than upgrading a G8 micro. The ml350 runs about 90W idle, which is a concern. So if anyone has power consumption for preferably a xeon G8 micro under various conditions that would help me decide once and for all.

 

add me to the club. once shopping express ship it that is.
now to find a use for it

sweet deal at $287 delivered

 

i just nabbed a few from shoppingexpress to... 4...

 

Grabbed one to replace my N40L.
Not too bad for $280.45 delivered.

 

I'm happy to pay the extra 7 dollars for peace of mind against Aussie post and what's left of their useless staff

 

Just ordered another to add to the collection. Will now have N36L, N40L, Gen8 G1610T x2.

I want to V2P my WHS2011 so will fresh install on the new one and migrate the data across. Then find a use for the spare, might play VM's on it.

 

My ShoppingExpress Gen8 1610T was just delivered. Nice and quick!

If you're looking for iLO Advanced licenses there are a couple of ebay sellers that will email you the codes so you don't have to pay postage. I messaged them and they said to "Make an Offer" so they could leave off shipping. I'm just going the 1yr support as AFAIK the iLO Advanced license doesn't expire, just the support.

$18.50 USD, 1yr TS&U - http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/131318432206
$24 USD, 3yr TS&U - http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/110897570685

 

Awesome, thanks!

 

Joined the club, just using it for a NAS drive basically. Not sure what distro to go for XPen or Freenas. not using much else maybe i'll put my usenet and tors on there too.

 

mine arrived from shoppingexpress today, got the ssd to get the OS installed but still waiting on my 8tb drives to arrive to copy data from my n40l

finding a fdd to sata cable that isnt from america or the UK is a nightmare, do we have any updated links for aussie sellers?

 

That's weird ... when did you order? I live in metro Sydney and ordered on 28/06/15 at 9:10pm and still haven't received a tracking number

Also, I'm not sure if this works, but I was also thinking of installing an SSD and wondering if this would work? http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/SATA-15-...47?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_15&hash=item540f6001e7

EDIT: Nevermind, looks like we need the female version sata

 

Ordered on 28th when the sale price started, came via courier to my place on the gold coast this morning...from Sydney - it's strange that yours got held up

 

Thanks for the reply. I've sent them an email, hopefully receive a reply/update soon. I've also found an aussie seller on ebay but it's quite steep http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/HP-66377...23?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_15&hash=item541bc9b663

 

Just an update...

The $24USD seller replied and told me to "Make an Offer" of $22 USD to receive via email.

I decided to go the cheaper option so I ordered two keys from the $18.50 USD seller and received them both within a day. Both keys worked fine.

 

So to make sure the Kingston KVR16E11/8I memory is 100% compatible with the Gen8?

 

Anybody got the 2gb factory ram that they want to get rid of?
Could use an extra stick.