Still less noise than from the 120mm which is running rather fast most of the time regardless of what I do. 3x 120gb SSD for the data store and vms, do i go for Samsung, crucial or kingston’? And i am now trying to install ESXi 5.5 to my Gen8 HP Microserver. I hope to use this as a dev server for my Web & WordPress projects. Did you have to enter the pcihole settings on the vmx config? Hi, John. Has it stopped working? Hope it will be solved soon. Unfortunately the Celeron can’t handle 1080p, a friend of mine has it. WEEE, Ethernet, I get the error: Call “HostDatastoreSystem.QueryVmfsDatastoreCreateOptions” for object “ha-datastoresystem” on ESXi “xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx” failed. After all, how many G1610T have you seen elsewhere? Thanks. Is that CPU or Mainboard related? I’ve tested 2/4 and 3/4 cores enabled, but the temperature seems to be same, both 40C(107F) in iLO, I suspect the accuracy….. 2. I have disabled the turbo option as 3.3 GHz is more then enough juice for my needs and I don’t see any issue with the stock HP passive heatsink yet. I came from N40L and one strange thing in Gen8 is the apparant lack of extra power/molex plugs. The obvious option is the Xeon E3-1220L V2 at 17W, but it’s expensive and hard to find and only has 2 cores. 16GB RAM – Kingston KVR1333D3E9SK2/16G ( ) Schoondoggy Gen8 Drive Mount (“SGDM”) OS Drive: HP Dynamic Smart … I have found your blog, as well as the subsequent discussion/answers, extremely useful. I was looking for: This setup outperforms some mid-level SANs while also providing better data integrity and more space. It’s really sad, and nobody wanted to sell me anything as a private person. I’m selling the HP Microserver (with Xeon processor) on Ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=271475895778&ssPageName=ADME:X:AAQ:US:1123. I then purchased a generic version of the orginal fan (AFB1212SH) for around £14 on ebay, this arrived a few days later.. i rewired the HP connector once again to this fan.. expecting it to work just the same as the original however i kept getting “fan not detected” on boot and the system kept shutting down.. so, i then took apart the new AFB1212SH, pulled out the bearings and the fan head itself and replaced the original fans components wiith these ones… rewired the HP Connector back to the original fan …, plugged in everything and pressed the power button…. but error “An iLO Advance License is required for continued use after server startup” is prompted. 2012r2 as a DC and one more as Exchange 2013. Traditionally this was done for database servers that required heavy IOPS. You can play using more diode @ diferent voltaje until you get a better vent at low sound, My G16010T was around 27-32% on the fans…I had an SSD on the optical SATA port and even had the native HP RAID 0 for this drive…finally put in 4x 3TB drives for storage only and put then on RAID 10…rebooted and presto it’s now running at 6%…I kid you not…. I have the HP ESXI Installer. Mine is still at prototype level, as my back is killing me. 2. I have a third 2012 as DC for other domain as well :¨). Standard 1155/1156 is 75mm between the holes in a square, if this is the same then it means any aftermarket heatsink should work :). I ended up returning the computer because it couldn’t handle photoshop and revit that good and that’s what I wanted to use it for. 1 x 120GB SSD I did as you did and had my license expire, but you can reset the iLO to factory defaults which will restore you ability to enter a trial code. I recently got an LSI 9240 card on eBay. the Samsung 840PRO. 1. I was thinking, maybe put a 250GB SSD in the optical bay (i know it will run at sata2 speeds max), install Hyper-V 2012 on it and run WHS2011 as a vm guest. Else go for HP ESXi version 5.0 which include needed drivers for handling fan speed. With RAID on the B120i it’s very quiet now. Doesn’t seem like it. Planing on installing Server 2012 R2 and play around with that. Same with and without the trailing ‘k’. Hey Ben, thanks a million for the review and I will be buying as a result of your input :) I have a question about your above post where you mention the onboard graphics of the CPU. The all-in-one solution was elegant, but just too risky. I haven’t tried Xenserver on it, if I had an extra Microserver I’d give it a try. Ben, Hi Ben, Original post below in case you’re still interested in this mod: The HP Microserver’s CPU is passively cooled and the heatsink is rated for a max TDP of 35W, and there’s no port on the motherboard that I could find for an extra CPU fan. Also want to use this server to train my self in server management. I tried some of the power settings (through ILO), no influence on the fan speed. Der entscheidene Sieger sollte im Hp Proliant Microserver Gen8 Vergleich sich gegen die Anderen durchsetzen. So if it has to sit in the living room, I diffenetly don’t want the fan to be running at over 40%. Could you please let us know if you still have the xeon processor installed on and how it is going with it? Want RAID 5, and think the P222 is a bit pricy. Normal 3½ drives (including RED) can’t saturate a 3Gb sata. I bought a ‘working’ 1230v2 on ebay, but can’t get it go on either of my Gen8 Microserver’s. I can see the processor running 100% at all time. Is it worth it? Update April 12, 2020. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such … – 2x WD Green SATA 6Gb/s WD20EARX, 2TB (Raid 1 in Slot 3 & 4) Because both caches use DRAM memory there is no performance difference there. I got a M1015 also (very cheap) and all is working great. Sorry, your right, I was thinking about raid 6 and 60 as I had my eyes on 6 before going with raid 10. I also bought the G8 Microserver and there is pretty much zero information about CPU upgrades on this server (every blog just mentions its possible to upgrade but no one actually did it). Temperature inside my house is currently 84F so if it can survive a full load in this heat I’m not concerned about it running into problems. They have posted the FTP link to retrieve the SPP. I’ve already researched it, but those servers that had a similar issue use different components and are more high end. Got my facts from this link: http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/HP-BladeSystem-Server-Blades/Flash-Based-Write-Cache-FBWC-amp-Battery-Backed-Write-Cache-BBWC/td-p/1517#.UrHzeeIgnjM The cables you are going to need with SATA 2½ discs are: I posted about it on the FreeNAS forums: http://forums.freenas.org/threads/vt-d-pci-passthrough-with-esxi-5-5-and-lsi-9240-in-it-mode.17085/. For further information on consumer rights, visit http://www.accc.gov.au/consumerguarantees. This one is on Microserver Gen8 drivers site: Important note: HP ProLiant Server firmware access https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/details?downloadGroup=HP-ESXI-5.5.0U2-GA&productId=353. i cannot find it . Capacity: 16GB Zum Verkauf steht der abgebildete Ram Baustein. But I can’t add the disk. and a Molex power splitter (unless you can find a floppy power > MINI SATA power adapter, which I can’t): http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000067SLY/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i01?ie=UTF8&psc=1. Neither did my 2x8gb non-ecc ram from my PC (high end), so I’m at 2×4 ecc at the moment. So probably until then there will be no info about next gen microserver. I noticed the large system fan was making a “clicking” noise, this has been an issue for others in various blogs i’ve read so i thought i would share my experience here to help others.. Hallo und Herzlich Willkommen zu unserem Test. I don’t the OS not being raided, i’ll take an auto backup of it regularly so if it dies, i should be able to re-image a new drive without issue. Anyone know why HP isn’t releasing custom ESXi 5.5 version for HP Gen8 servers? EUR 499,00. : You can also attach another 4 HDDs later one, but this card does not have an external connector, you will have to hack a miniSAS cable out of the housing to an external HDD-case. Don’t recall hitting that info when I installed ESXi 5.5. EN55022, There’s a small price difference between the P222 with 512MB FBWC and the 420 with 1GB FBWC. Right now, I actually have 3 drives in the ODD bay. I do suggest getting a model with a fan instead of the one I got. The top ODD bay doesn’t seem to room a disk…. The other concern I have with the 1265 processor (which may or may not apply for your application) relates to Ben’s earlier post regarding Supermicro’s C204 suggestion not to use an E3 with onboard graphics (E3-xxx5 series) – I do not know whether this applies to the G8 microserver implementation (- refer http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/xeon/c202_c204/x9scm-f.cfm), John, Trotz der Tatsache, dass diese Bewertungen immer wieder nicht ganz neutral sind, bringen diese ganz allgemein eine gute Orientierungshilfe; Was für ein Endziel streben Sie nach dem Kauf mit Ihrem Hp Proliant Microserver Gen8 Xeon an? It’s a quad core so it’s not terrible but it’s designed for low power usage so you won’t get a lot of performance but it may be enough depending on what you’re doing. Hey Jacko. I’m having massive issues getting it to work, I’ve configured an array, and copied quite a sizable amount of data to it, and want to run it as a ‘virtual NAS’ and use 2x SSD’s on B120i in RAID1 with ESXi running off SD. I didn’t know disabling Turbo meant it wouldn’t clock down, do you have a reference? I’m not too worried about a sensor reporting a low value, but the box is relucant to increase the fan speed (which is always 29-31% according to the iLO). Raid10 will leave me with 4TB of usable storage, which is enough. There is only 200Mhz standard difference -> 3.3 vs 3.1.Having the 1230 leaves you with future HyperThreading ability if you need it though :) Hi, Frank. 2. Any comments on what sort of power consumption we’re looking at for the Gen8? Some of the links posted above for the cable adapters required are in actual fact wrong, the slimline drives use a MINI Sata power connection and therefore you will need a cable to suit such as: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0027FFRP4/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1. HP ProLiant DL360p Gen8 1U RackMount 64-bit Server with 2×6-Core E5-2640 Xeon 2.5GHz CPUs + 64GB PC3-10600R RAM + 8×300GB 10K SAS SFF HDD, P420i RAID, 4×GigaBit NIC, 2×Power Supplies, … Where should I install OS (VMware) on separate hdd/ssd/usb or on the same disks as virtual system will be runing (4x3tb WD red)? Run 2012 R2 as Hyper-V host. All Rights Reserved. I am looking to upgrade to 16GB. Also look into http://www.nas4free.org/, it’s the successor to FreeNAS and is based on the latest version of ZFS and FreeBSD 9. You have to type it manually because the ‘ or ” is different when you paste it. I made a deal with a big supplier, so I can just return them for full refund. HP has a problem, not just with the micro server, but other models of gen8 as well. I have a Xeon CPU now, and ESXi allows me to setup the passthrough, but it won’t start a VM. Don’t understand it. I run ZFS which also provides SSD caching. 1) went the provisioning route and the system just hung for hours when updating firmware on SAS drives. Help. You wont notice any speed issue from the 6/3 connectors. Hewlett Packard Enterprise ProLiant MicroServer Gen10 Plus Xeon E-2224 16GB RAM 1TB HDD - P18584-421 HPE ProLiant MicroServer Gen10 X3216, 8 GB-U, 4LFF, nicht Hot-Plug … Luckily I had it setup to raid 6. so it was ok to Loose 2 discs. example: http://ark.intel.com/products/65719 Starting February 2014, an active warranty or contract is required to access HP ProLiant Server firmware updates. did you set the 120i to RAID or to Legacy? The Mini runs nice and cool too and is whisper quiet. Server has 4 discs and nas has 6 discs. Interesting, so if you’re going to disable hyper-threading there’s no real reason to get a 1230, you’d be just as well off with the 1220. Patrick, the Stock heatsink may hold up with the new processor BUT that doesnt mean the power circuit on the motherboard for the CPU will with a new CPU thats double the old TDP values… you want to stick as CLOSE as possible to the stock TDP value to avoid problems…. I’m not sure if I used both the start and end PCIhole setting. Somehow I just seem to remember the USB 3.0 ports also to work, both for 2.0 USB HDD and my charging/connection cable for my Garmin GPS watch before. Seams like the only choice if one wants the fan speed at 6%. Search. I bought two of these: http://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php?name=W8GE1600KI I only run ECC memory, maybe there is some non-ECC that would work for people that care less about data integrity. Org: 1Gx8 so I disabled 1 of 4. That part is the most compatible I have found for this server. I have mounted an Akasa k25 cpu-fan to make sure it was cool. With this I think you can run full core’s and threads of a E-1265 V2 in rellatively warm enviroments (30º C), Hi, Marcos. It is. Fast Ethernet, Sorry. They don’t. Not confident the heatsink will suffice? EN55024, My primary concern is annual power consumption, though secondarily I’m also considering the hardware costs. :) I wanna get this and upgrade to Xeon but I’m not sure how’s going to last in time with that “monster” 69W TDP. Comment added: 12/4/2013 2:46:34 PM I now realize my quiet, energy-efficient N40L is probably inadvisable for SBS 2011 — despite reports that it will load. When I try to boot off the new stick, VMWare begins to load and says at the top of the screen: “Recovery”, and then “Loading”, but nothing ever happens. 1) No sound device found on my HD6450 (I assume because the HDMI audio PCI component won’t passthrough Sounds like you might want to take a look at http://www.nas4free.org/ as a potential VM. The server has 16GB of HP equivalent Kingston RAM – the server recognises it as HP RAM so I recommend it. I’ll post more details on my setup in the future, but on the HP Microserver N40L which is half the speed of the G1610T I’ve run a Napp-It All-in-one ZFS server for my RAID/NAS, shared the storage back to VMWare via NFS, and ran half a dozen Ubuntu VMs on top of it without issues. Glad it’s working well for you. I am about to buy microserver and since I only have experiance with synology, without using RAID, I have some questions. Thanks, perhaps I wasn’t clear what I wanted to do…. I’m a little confused. Having obtained a bargainous Gen8 HP MicroServer on eBay, I decided to upgrade the CPU, so I went back to eBay and ordered a second-hand Xeon E3-1265L V2 to replace the stock Celeron G1610T. For people asking for heat sink measurements. I’m using the same DIMM sticks with a Xeon 1220 V2 and they are recognized as genuine HP DIMM. Found the compairison chart here: http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c01608507.pdf. Hmm, crap. It also needs a power source to operate properly but with much smaller amount of energy thus enabling capacitors instead of batteries to be used. Therefore, if you are a consumer within the meaning of the ACL you may still be entitled to server firmware updates and SPP in accordance with your rights under the ACL even if you do not have an active support agreement, HP CarePack or HP Limited warranty. ILO Advanced Lizenz aktiviert. Storage. (11-09-2013 bt there seems to be an A version also but does not seem to fix the issue). Min has actually begun making virtual mem errors, so looking forward to the new bios: :), Well thanks for the info! Thanks to a homeservershow forum member keeping track of prices  I ordered the HP Gen8 Microserver 1610T … of course, nobody wants to run VMWare on a Celeron so obviously the first thing to try is installing a Xeon processor. Thought that’s worth sharing. Another Again: When you guys talk about raid cards allow you to pass through the raid controller to VM, what exactly do you mean by that? You have to think about where to lay your power cable for the 2,5″ HDD though, as HP seemed to intentionally have constructed this bay to only house its own products… ;-) If I should have any questions not quite relevant, I will sure write you :O) Thankz again. Also what program are you using to monitor CPU Temperature and resource usage? I’m using newest bios/firmware/drivers for everything, so that’s not it. Am I wrong to assume, that I won’t get this working, from what is tated in this KB from VMware? Here’s the thing: the Celeron doesn’t appear to really “support” it, either, looking at PCI capabilities. Mine never did that. Still can’t get it to work. As soon as I have the updates I will post my readings. I must have messed up my trial because it now says no license is installed, I was in the BIOS looking at all the settings and I know I adjusted the clock so maybe that invalidated the trial license. P422 has two internal SAS connectors. In my post above i meant replace male floppy connector with FEMALE molex not male. I want to use an SSD on the ODD port that is for ESXi shared storage, used for many vmdk’s for many small VM’s. No worries Benjamin. Herzlich Willkommen hier bei uns. For a pre-built supported solution like the HP Microserver I don’t know of anything that’s had a recent hardware refresh, I imagine most manufacturers are going to skip Broadwell and wait for Skylake processors and hopefully have some updated hardware for us next year. Preferably someone should run the same hwinfo test before swapping the processor out. Thanks :). The license didn’t truly expire, but for some reason the iLO thinks it did. The temps are pretty good, this server is more heat efficient than the old gens because the case is metal, not plastic, allowing heat to escape more easily. Way too loud for me. So the more people leaving a greeting with HP support, the more pressure will be put upon them. I found only 2x16gb (32GB) UDIMM ECC Brand : On max load (8 cores at 100%) for about 10-15 mins. XBMC running movies from Virtual NAS I used rubbing alcohol to clean the old paste off the old processor and heat sink before applying new paste. – I have no idea on the HP smart controller. USB 2.0 equipment work fine in the 3.0 ports. If an E3, do you think a light-duty SBS would run OK under G2020T? So, no. You’re answer helped a lot in the decision! If you like, I can upload my config file so you can compare. https://b3n.org/m1015-hba-in-the-hp-gen8-microserver/, Thanks for the tip Stefan. (1) HP ProLiant MicroServer Gen8 w/ Xeon E3-1220L@ 2.3GHz 16GB RAM 4TB 4x 1TBHDD. 5.1 update 1 is the latest you can use. That’s registered memory so I don’t think it will work. — The 8th Gen HP Microserver is outdated. this is what I use – currently for HBA card but previously for GFX card, Benjamin, you say “I thought it wise to at least go into the BIOS and disable 3.7GHz Turbo, so the max we’ll hit is 3.3GHz.”. – The minimum fan speed is a fickle thing. http://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/1333D3X9M032/. That being said I am keeping other “BYOS” options out there, and so far the only other mini ITX system I have seen that can handle 64gb of ram across 2 DIMM is Gigabytes GA-F2A85XN-WIFI motherboard. Are you sure the server even uses the Intel graphics? I sold my Microserver awhile ago but I never had any problems with it. In what way does the battery help? Next on my shopping list is a 1TB SSD for my Hyper-V VMs. Versand möglich. some days ago I also installed my Intel Xeon E3 1230v2 in my G8, but iLO is always showing a temperature of 40 degree celsius – sometimes up to 46. I don’t have to mess with ESXi windows only client either, and I can use the Mac mini’s GUI as an emergency desktop as it has its own screen, whenever I need one (all running on a monster UPS). PS – Now let’s find the best / most reliable 32GB RAM solution….! 1 - 25 von 42 Ergebnissen für "hp server gen8" in Deutschland. Hmm, played around with the USB disk. http://h20195.www2.hp.com/v2/GetDocument.aspx?docname=4AA4-7034ENW&doctype=data%20sheet&doclang=EN_US&searchquery=&cc=dk&lc=da, Just want to share my setup with you guys. ... Intel Xeon … Here’s a list of processors I think would be good candidates. Your blog about the upgrade of the HP microserver Gen8 Celeron version is very usefull, and gave me the right rush to start the project again with this new Gen8 server. Last night I enabled vmware’s host memory cache so that it could cache memory onto an SSD so I increased the RAM on the web server from 1GB to 2GB and I’m hoping that will increase stability. Virtual-APIC Page Accesses With 32-Bit PAE Paging May Cause a System Crash. I use it as my home network infrastructure via ESXi Server. Is it possible to mount a harddrive anywhere else in the microserver? Thank you for the blog – i ended up going with the Intel Xeon E3-1260L 8M Cache 2.4 GHz SR00M (2.4Ghz – 3.3Ghz, 4 core 8 thread) processor and 16GB of ecc ram. Either the site filtered it out before, or I forgot to add it :), I don’t think there’s any link filtering, everyone’s initial post gets stuck in a queue which I approve every couple of days then after that you’re a trusted poster. Also, Ben… thoroughly impressed with this valuable post and your diligence with replies. I am planning on buying the cheapest version with the G1610T Celeron CPU (to make it at first cheap), so I try it out and upgrade to E3-1220L v2/v3 if more CPU is needed.