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HP ProLiant N40L 1P 2GB-U Emb SATA NHP 250GB LFF 150W PS MicroServer
List Price : £239.00 Price :
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**New Retail** 2GB/250GB LFF/150WPS
HP ProLiant N40L 1P 2GB-U Emb SATA NHP 250GB LFF 150W PS MicroServer Reviews (UK)
HP ProLiant N40L 1P 2GB-U Emb SATA NHP 250GB LFF 150W PS MicroServer Reviews
| 10 of 12 people found the following review helpful  Not as advertised / reviewed, By MoJo (UK) - See all my reviews This review is from: HP ProLiant N40L 1P 2GB-U Emb SATA NHP 250GB LFF 150W PS MicroServer (Accessory) The HP Microserver has been well reviewed on many sites, including Silent PC Review. Unfortunately it doesn't live up to the hype, as many other people have discovered (check the SPCR and AVForums forums).The fans are loud. HP claim 22dB, but my basic meter rated the Microserver at 48dB from 1m. I swapped the 120mm fan for a quieter one which reduced it down to an acceptable level, but even so the PSU fan is far too loud to use as a media centre. Definitely the sort of thing you need to keep out of the living room and bedroom. The PSU is also far less efficient than the review models. SPCR measured an idle power consumption of 25W with two hard drives. As shipping the Microserver comes with one 250GB HDD and idles at 52W. More than twice what the review samples used. This is a common trick - send review sites units with special high efficiency components but ship much cheaper parts to consumers. I confirmed that the PSU is at fault by trying a more efficient one... Read more 4 of 5 people found the following review helpful  Great little server, By This review is from: HP ProLiant N40L 1P 2GB-U Emb SATA NHP 250GB LFF 150W PS MicroServer (Accessory) I just wish I would have known about this when I bought a server from Tranquil PC. The tranquil was more expensive and ran very hot. I missed out on the �100 rebate, but the price was very good anyway.The build quality is good for the money, but don't compare it with one of the bigger Proliant servers if you work in IT as it's not a fair comparison. However if you compare it to most consumer NAS boxes, it compares very well in terms of build quality. The disks aren't hot plug, butI can live with that. The main appeal to me is hardware virtualisation so I can use it for VMware and Linux KVM. Having an internal USB port is a neat way of being able to boot from USB. I've not tried it with Windows Home Server yet, but I would imagine that it would be very good, but you would need a hardware RAID adaptor as it only supports RAID 0 and 1 with the onboard controller. Overall I'm very happy with this little server. It's small, very quiet and... Read more Perfect for my requirements, This review is from: HP ProLiant N40L 1P 2GB-U Emb SATA NHP 250GB LFF 150W PS MicroServer (Accessory) RequirementsI was initially looking for a NAS box to store my media files and I was also looking to replace my HTPC, as it was running at the limit of its capabilities. As most of the existing NAS boxes out there are extremely expensive, I was looking for other options and found this. It is a lot cheaper than the alternatives I was looking at, like synology or qnap and after trying it out I find it a very able HTPC as well, so I can replace 2 machines with this one. Media Centre It has an onboard AMD HD4200, which is more than enough for HD video. Some thing are missing though, like an HDMI port or even a soundcard. As this is supposed to be a server, this is hardly surprising. For me this is not a problem, as my TV has a VGA connector and I am not interested in blueray (which needs HDMI). For the sound, I just bought a USB sound card which is perfectly adequate for my needs. If you want anything more fancy you can use one of the 2 internal PCIe to install a... Read more |
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