[Gllug] Small form factor backup machine

James Hawtin oolon at ankh.org
Tue Apr 5 23:20:58 UTC 2011


On 5 April 2011 13:18, Stephen Ford <ascdump at gmail.com> wrote:
>> These HP microservers are pretty nice, I grabbed one on this deal late
>> last year and would recommend it if you can stretch for the slightly
>> larger footprint than a two disk nas.
>>
>> It supports ecc ram and non-ecc ram, so if you can get a couple cheap
>> £30 4gb sticks upgrade the ram cheaply.
>>
>> I have also moved the 160/250gb disk to the top bay (where a cdrom can
>> be installed) and installed os, and that allows me to use the four
>> removable bays for large disks.
>>
>> -Steve

Out of interest how much power does one of these use in normal 
operation? Any chance you could plug in a power meter to have a check.

I notice the newer model has a 150W PSU rather than a 200W one!?!, which 
model to you have?

James

--
Gllug mailing list  -  Gllug at gllug.org.uk
http://lists.gllug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/gllug




More information about the GLLUG mailing list