HP Microserver

HP ProLiant Microservers

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.

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.