Re: [Dorset] Should of done a backup - Q1

2014-08-15 Thread Tim Allen 

Hi Ralph

On 15/08/14 11:57, Ralph Corderoy wrote:

Hi John,


Have you got a link to a source of them at a reasonable price? If so,
I want to snap one up right away!


Perhaps the £129.99 inc VAT
http://www.ebuyer.com/616877-hp-proliant-microserver-g7-n54l-1p-4gb-u-non-hot-plug-sata-150w-ps-744900-421

They look nice, I agree, but I've an eye on power consumption.  Some
low-powered CPU with an SSD sitting as a buffer in front of hard disks
that occasionally spin up?


HP Microserver consumes 29W with disk spinning.


Cheers

Tim





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Re: [Dorset] Should of done a backup - Q1

2014-08-15 Thread Tim Allen 

Hi John


On 15/08/14 11:31, John Carlyle-Clarke wrote:

I was meaning to buy one of those HP Microservers for myself, since we have
two at work and they are great units. I kept procrastinating, and suddenly
they seemed to vanish from everywhere. The only ones I could find were
either stupidly expensive, or second hand (which I'd rather avoid if
possible).

Have you got a link to a source of them at a reasonable price? If so, I
want to snap one up right away!



£114 + VAT on the HP web site, in stock.

http://store.hp.com/UKStore/Merch/Product.aspx?id=744900-421&opt=&sel=BSRV

Cheers

Tim




On 15 August 2014 08:29, Paul Stenning  wrote:


I have a HP Microserver - excellent little unit!  :)

They come with a single 250GB SATA hard disk and have four bays so you can
add up to three more.  Mine runs CentOS 6.5 very well, used for storage and
as a development web server.

The great thing is that, unlike a NAS, I have control of the software and
configuration.

I paid just over £100 for mine, second hand on eBay.  It looked like new
and the SMART values on the hard disk suggest it had had under 200 hours
use.

Paul.



On 15/08/2014 07:49, Tim Allen wrote:


Hi Peter

On 14/08/14 20:24, Peter Merchant wrote:


On 13/08/14 17:17, Tim wrote:
  > I had a Lacie single disk (500gb) nas but for the last few days I have
  > not been able to contact it. I have rebooted it several time via
  > turning it on and off but that made no difference, there is a blue
  > light that come on and occasionally flickers (which is normal). I have
  > tried to access via Linux and Windows, windows has Lacie disk manager
  > program but that claims there are no disks.
  >
  >
   > Tim >

This raises the question:- that's two Lacie drives that have failed in
our LUG population, Are they any good, or is there a better unit?



One option is an HP Microserver. Up to now they'd done a £100 cashback
twice a year (next one due Sept-Oct), meaning they come in at around
£100, although I see now priced at £114+VAT anyway, so the days of the
cashback may be over. Then stick your favourite distro on it and install
Samba to provide a CIFS server, along with whatever else (BIND9, DHCP3 etc)
and any external USB disks you want.




Cheers

Tim





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Re: [Dorset] Should of done a backup - Q1

2014-08-15 Thread Ralph Corderoy 
Hi John,

> Have you got a link to a source of them at a reasonable price? If so,
> I want to snap one up right away!

Perhaps the £129.99 inc VAT
http://www.ebuyer.com/616877-hp-proliant-microserver-g7-n54l-1p-4gb-u-non-hot-plug-sata-150w-ps-744900-421

They look nice, I agree, but I've an eye on power consumption.  Some
low-powered CPU with an SSD sitting as a buffer in front of hard disks
that occasionally spin up?

Cheers, Ralph.

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Re: [Dorset] Should of done a backup - Q1

2014-08-15 Thread John Carlyle-Clarke 
I was meaning to buy one of those HP Microservers for myself, since we have
two at work and they are great units. I kept procrastinating, and suddenly
they seemed to vanish from everywhere. The only ones I could find were
either stupidly expensive, or second hand (which I'd rather avoid if
possible).

Have you got a link to a source of them at a reasonable price? If so, I
want to snap one up right away!



On 15 August 2014 08:29, Paul Stenning  wrote:

> I have a HP Microserver - excellent little unit!  :)
>
> They come with a single 250GB SATA hard disk and have four bays so you can
> add up to three more.  Mine runs CentOS 6.5 very well, used for storage and
> as a development web server.
>
> The great thing is that, unlike a NAS, I have control of the software and
> configuration.
>
> I paid just over £100 for mine, second hand on eBay.  It looked like new
> and the SMART values on the hard disk suggest it had had under 200 hours
> use.
>
> Paul.
>
>
>
> On 15/08/2014 07:49, Tim Allen wrote:
>
>> Hi Peter
>>
>> On 14/08/14 20:24, Peter Merchant wrote:
>>
>>> On 13/08/14 17:17, Tim wrote:
>>>  > I had a Lacie single disk (500gb) nas but for the last few days I have
>>>  > not been able to contact it. I have rebooted it several time via
>>>  > turning it on and off but that made no difference, there is a blue
>>>  > light that come on and occasionally flickers (which is normal). I have
>>>  > tried to access via Linux and Windows, windows has Lacie disk manager
>>>  > program but that claims there are no disks.
>>>  >
>>>  >
>>>   > Tim >
>>>
>>> This raises the question:- that's two Lacie drives that have failed in
>>> our LUG population, Are they any good, or is there a better unit?
>>>
>>>
>> One option is an HP Microserver. Up to now they'd done a £100 cashback
>> twice a year (next one due Sept-Oct), meaning they come in at around
>> £100, although I see now priced at £114+VAT anyway, so the days of the
>> cashback may be over. Then stick your favourite distro on it and install
>> Samba to provide a CIFS server, along with whatever else (BIND9, DHCP3 etc)
>> and any external USB disks you want.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Tim
>>
>>
>>
>>
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Re: [Dorset] Should of done a backup - Q1

2014-08-15 Thread Paul Stenning 

I have a HP Microserver - excellent little unit!  :)

They come with a single 250GB SATA hard disk and have four bays so you 
can add up to three more.  Mine runs CentOS 6.5 very well, used for 
storage and as a development web server.


The great thing is that, unlike a NAS, I have control of the software 
and configuration.


I paid just over £100 for mine, second hand on eBay.  It looked like new 
and the SMART values on the hard disk suggest it had had under 200 hours 
use.


Paul.


On 15/08/2014 07:49, Tim Allen wrote:

Hi Peter

On 14/08/14 20:24, Peter Merchant wrote:

On 13/08/14 17:17, Tim wrote:
 > I had a Lacie single disk (500gb) nas but for the last few days I 
have

 > not been able to contact it. I have rebooted it several time via
 > turning it on and off but that made no difference, there is a blue
 > light that come on and occasionally flickers (which is normal). I 
have

 > tried to access via Linux and Windows, windows has Lacie disk manager
 > program but that claims there are no disks.
 >
 >
  > Tim >

This raises the question:- that's two Lacie drives that have failed in
our LUG population, Are they any good, or is there a better unit?



One option is an HP Microserver. Up to now they'd done a £100 cashback
twice a year (next one due Sept-Oct), meaning they come in at around 
£100, although I see now priced at £114+VAT anyway, so the days of the 
cashback may be over. Then stick your favourite distro on it and 
install Samba to provide a CIFS server, along with whatever else 
(BIND9, DHCP3 etc) and any external USB disks you want.





Cheers

Tim





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