HP Microserver
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General Info
On the 21st of September 2010, Stanza posted a thread in the storage & Backup section of OCAU's forums discussing the HP N36L MicroServer. Since then ownership of these servers has taken off wildly amongst OCAU members and world-wide.
The servers themselves are small, inexpensive (currently $225 - 250 is standard) and have plenty of functionality and expandability making them perfect for enthusiasts like those who frequent the OCAU forums.
People commonly use them as a NAS or a HTPC, with others looking at virtualisation and clustering.
Models and Specs
N36L
The current spec of the N36L is below. Previous versions differed in having a 160GB HDD and a 110watt PSU.
Processor
- 1 x AMD Neo 1.3gHz
Processor cores available
- 2
Memory, default:
- 1GB
Memory, maximum
- 8 GB
Memory slots
- 2 DIMM slots
Memory type
- PC3 DDR3 - ECC Unregistered or non ECC. Registered ECC *NOT* supported
Expansion slots
- 1 half-height, half-length PCIe x16 Gen 2 1 half-height, half-length PCIe x1 Gen 2
Network controller
- 1GbE NC107i 1 Port
Drive description
- (4) LFF SATA
- Non-hot plug 3.5-inch SATA
Storage
- Integrated 4 port SATA RAID
- 1 x External SATA Port
- 1 x "Optical" SATA Port
Power supply type
- 1 built-in power supply 160 watts
N40L ?
Rumoured to be available soon, with a 1.5gHz processor and 2gb ram, required significantly more watts to run.
Members boxes
Interesting OCAU links
Interesting Outside Links
Acknowledgements
http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?t=905262 - the thread that started it on OCAU
http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?t=958208 - N36L owner's club
http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/au/en/sm/WF05a/15351-15351-4237916-4237917-4237917-4248009.html - HP's page on them.