Re: [OmniOS-discuss] An alternative to HP Microserver Gen8?

2016-12-01 Thread C. L. Martinez
On Thu 1.Dec'16 at 21:27:33 -0600, Bob Friesenhahn wrote: > On Thu, 1 Dec 2016, Josh Coombs wrote: > > > > Supermicro has > > https://www.supermicro.com/products/system/midtower/5028/SYS-5028A-TN4.cfm > > which looks to have potential as a direct competitor to the microserver, > > utilizing the

Re: [OmniOS-discuss] An alternative to HP Microserver Gen8?

2016-12-01 Thread Geoff Nordli
On 2016-12-01 12:35 AM, C. L. Martinez wrote: Hi all, I need a new NAS for my home :)) .. Due to old hardware supplied on HP Microserver Gen8 (and it doesn't seems that HP release another model soon), I would like to know if exists some alternative with similar features: low noise,

Re: [OmniOS-discuss] An alternative to HP Microserver Gen8?

2016-12-01 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Thu, 1 Dec 2016, Josh Coombs wrote: Supermicro has https://www.supermicro.com/products/system/midtower/5028/SYS-5028A-TN4.cfm which looks to have potential as a direct competitor to the microserver, utilizing the mobo Lauri mentioned. Supermicro has a bunch of builds based around that

Re: [OmniOS-discuss] An alternative to HP Microserver Gen8?

2016-12-01 Thread Josh Coombs
I've just started looking into this myself. Seems the common alternatives are the Dell T20 (on cybermonday blow out this week) and Lenovo T130. Both have support for ECC RAM and four 3.5" drives, but not via externally accessible bays like the HP unfortunately. IX Systems has the FreeNAS Mini

Re: [OmniOS-discuss] An alternative to HP Microserver Gen8?

2016-12-01 Thread Lauri Tirkkonen
On Thu, Dec 01 2016 08:35:16 +, C. L. Martinez wrote: > I need a new NAS for my home :)) .. Due to old hardware supplied on HP > Microserver Gen8 (and it doesn't seems that HP release another model soon), I > would like to know if exists some alternative with similar features: low > noise,