By default, the hp thingy has created a raid 1 mirror with my two 1 tb drives. It does have raid0 and raid1, but raid0 does not provide any protection and raid1 wastes too much space. I think the hp proliant microserver gen8 is a very interesting little box if you want to build your own zfsbased nas. Amd opteron x3216 1,63,0 ghz, 2 core, 4 core di grafica, 1 mb, 1215w udimm da 8 gb 1x8 gb non incluse, 4 unita lff sata hpe non hotplug supportate. Hello communitynow that i achieved booting my microserver gen8 from ssd i want to know wheter i should use the omv internal raid for mirroring two drives or go for with the builtin raid controller of the microserver. The server does only have a software based raid controller which will not work with the esx. We have the ilo 5 option with ilo essentials license. If one hard drive fails, raid 5 allows data to be recovered from the other two hard drives. Use linux or bsd software raid and dont spend a dime. Quickspecs hp proliant microserver standard features da 716worldwide quickspecs. What changes need to be made to the bios prior to setting up the raid 2. At one point i remember being able to access the onboard raid functionality by activating raid in the bios, and then with ctrlf when the raid message comes on the screen during boot, accessing the raid configuration menu.
Server entrylevel hpe proliant microserver gen10 x3216 1p 8 gbu 4 sata nhp lff 200 w ps. How to configure raid 1 on a hp microserver youtube. Select the drive you want to add to the array my case 2 wd red 3tb and then click create array. Hi all, i have an old microserver n40l with equal drives a a lab machine. I want to setup a new raid 5 with the 3 drives in my n54l microserver running windows server 2012.
Microserver gen8 and raid 5 hewlett packard enterprise. Hpe proliant microserver gen10 is a compact and uniquely designed server that is ideal for small and home offices looking to build the first it server environment with a form factor that is easy to use. We are then going to focus on the storagecentric aspects of the server. Sep 26, 20 in this video i show you how to configure raid 5 on hp proliant dl380 g7. The hp n40l has 2 cpu cores and supports up to 8gb of ram. For example one of my hp microserver gen8 servers has 2x8tb wd red disks in raid1, and gave me around 30mbs performance at best. Hi kenneth, imho the hp microserver is a pretty good lab solution for either an esxi host or for a shared storage appliance assume youll have to use software based raid from the underlying os as the onboard raid controller isnt a 100% hardware based raid solution. These drivers cause problems with the data stores and thus the b120i raid controller of the hp microserver gen8. Youre better off using software raid or fitting an hp smart array p410 controller into the server for proper hardware raid. Hp proliant ml30 gen10 tower server, intel xeon e2124 quadcore 3. Currently the raid setup on the machine is using 8 300 gb 10k sas drive in raid 60, which is entirely incorrect. Hpe proliant microserver gen10 hpe store united kingdom. How to configure raid 5 on hp proliant dl380 g7 youtube.
Hp microserver n36l added a lsi 92118i raid controller and now cant see embedded raid card. If you are into the market for a very small, silent, efficient, yet capable home server, please take this device into consideration. Hi all, ive received my gen8 and managed to install esxi on it. When setting up the raid with the b120i i ran into the first issue this hardware raid controller is only able to create raid 0, 1 or 10 logical volumes. Calling experts with hp gen8 microserver i would like to create a raid 5 with my server as it currently has 4 hds and am running out of space and would rather make most of the hds. Hpe proliant microserver gen10 plus specifications. The server does only have a softwarebased raid controller which will not work with the esx. The hp array configuration utility is a webbased application that helps you configure hp proliant smart2 array controllers, hp proliant smart array controllers, hp proliant integrated smart array controllers, and hp proliant storageworks raid array controllers. Jul 24, 2019 hi all, i just bought a hpe microserver gen10 x3421 and i wish to set it up with proxmox ve. Microserver n40l raid configuration not coming up hp. Configuring raid on hp proliant microserver focused it. Hi, so i have currently got the system running whs on the internal drive with no issues.
The raid controller in this particular microserver is a fakeraid controller. In this video i show you how to configure raid 5 on hp proliant dl380 g7. Does the hp micro server have hardware or software raid. Hp proliant microserver 7 g and for few months was working without problem, but today morning the storage was inaccesible. Software raid, ubuntu, hp microserver linuxunix neowin. Windows raid is totally software and will work on any pc. Hi all, i just bought a hpe microserver gen10 x3421 and i wish to set it up with proxmox ve. There is no connector for a battery in the microserver gen8. Some software requires a valid warranty, current hewlett packard enterprise support contract, or a license fee. Also looking to test to see how much faster a hp p410 dedicated raid card is going to be in this machine raid 5 versus trying to set up a slower raid off this system. We have the software raid option and used the pcie slot for a faster nic.
Hpe proliant microserver gen10 x3418 1p 8gbu 4lff nhp 200w ps perf server. Quickspecs hp proliant microserver standard features da 716worldwide quickspecs version 14 992011 page3. I know i can get a raid card for it, but that costs a lo. Esxi v6 on hp proliant with raid vmware communities. This mode is probably the best mode for zfs as there seems to be no raid controller firmware active between the disks and zfs. It is a great box, but is missing one big thing which is raid5 capability.
Hpe microserver gen10 x3421 8gb ram 2 x 2tb wd red hdd 1 x 240gb samsung 840 pro what would be the best. Hp microserver use hp raid controller or omv software raid. Hp smart array p212 zm is known to work flawlessly in the microserver and it connects directly to the standard sff8087 cable coming from the hdd backplane rerouting of the hdd sas cable is required to reach the connector on the controller 1. I am looking at hp microserver for use in several places.
It is a great box, but is missing one big thing which is raid 5 capability. Id like to add some disks, can you confirm this is the steps i. I need to update a server in a single server school and might use a micro server as a holding area for files and server rolls while i update the old server but would prefer it has hardware raid. The only way you are going to get raid 5 is by putting in another raid card, which is what i did p212. A while ago i got a hp microserver gen8 with all four drive bays filled as a place to store and encode my media. In order to get the desired raid 5 i had to resort to a softwarebased solution. On the hp support site you can find a link to the amd download page where you can download the chipset driver which also includes the. Esxi does not and has never supported software raid aka fakeraid controllers. Raid 5 raid 5 distributes data across three hard drives. Hp proliant ssd raid configuration hpe hardware spiceworks. Hp microserver n36l added a lsi 92118i raid controller an. How to recover from a raid 1 disk failure on hp proliant. Im sort of reluctant to try that in case i lose all of the data on the raid. Need advice hp microserver gen8, raid 1, and expanding.
For now, i only have a virtual machine running on it, but im just starting. By downloading, you agree to the terms and conditions of the hewlett packard enterprise software license agreement. Aug 14, 2015 the fifth sata port is not bootable if you disable the onboard raid controller and run in pure ahci mode. Zfs performance on hp proliant microserver gen8 g1610t. Hate to burst your bubble, but the b120i only supports raid 5 with a battery for the cache. Now youve got only 3 x 2tb drives to use as a data pool 6tb in raid 0, 4tb in raid 5, and youve split your data storage into two areas, one of just under 2tb and another of, say, 6tb. If you want to use the local disks as an array, you have to buy an additional raid controller. It contains the amd equivalent of intels atom processor, the turion ii neo n40l dualcore, which runs at 1. Press f11 on bootup to boot server from cd\dvd drive. Hp proliant microserver n40l is a great nas or router. I am specing out a raid upgrade on a hp proliant dl380 gen9 with the p440ar raid controller.
Its software raid on the microserver ps the web interface for the raid will allow the creation of raid 10 arrays but they wont survive a reboot. Now i am in a situation where i am running on a single physical disk and cant recover my raid 1 configuration. I have backups so i am going to unraid the hdds and bung on windows server 2012 r2 and make use of storage spaces as opposed to hps offering of raid, which really isnt a proper raid system to begin with. In a raid 5 array configuration, the user data and parity data encoded redundant information are distributed across all the drives in the. Buy an additional hardware raid controller that supports raid 5. Hp microserver n40l raid utility and driver thomas maurer. Press c to configure the discs accordingly and save your settings.
According to hp it is a integrated 4 port sata raid. The main disadvantage is that the failure of one drive will cause the entire array to fail. First, we are going to look at the general purpose server hardware. How i set up a raid 5 on my hp microserver gen8 patrick muff. I have set up the raid array using hps configuration tool, and it seems to be recognised during the boot process. Select the array controller dynamic smart array b120i raid and then click configure button under actions section. As you can see, i have set up 2x 1tb drives with raid 1. The supported optional controller has cache, smart array p222 controller part number 631667b21. Hp microserver n36l added a lsi 92118i raid controller. Overview of the raid 5 rebuild process in a redundant array of independent disks raid configuration, data are stored in arrays of drives to provide fault tolerance and improved data access performance. This microserver has a built in raid controller that i have read is supported by esxi. Nov 09, 2012 now youve got only 3 x 2tb drives to use as a data pool 6tb in raid 0, 4tb in raid 5, and youve split your data storage into two areas, one of just under 2tb and another of, say, 6tb.
Google authenticator update adds dark mode, tool to transfer accounts between devices. Microserver raid5 hewlett packard enterprise community. Now after setting up my hp microserver n40l as a windows homeserver i had to install the utilities to monitor the raid and other hardware. Enable sata raid functionality in rbsu enabling the sata raid feature in rbsu on page 33. Power outage is no concern to me as i am using an ups. Hpe proliant microserver gen10 x3216 1p 8gbu 4lff nhp sata 200w ps entry server. The other option would be a raid 0 on the 4 drives with just backing up select data to the 2 tb to reduce the hard drive failure risk.
Embedded raid setup instructions are located in the microserver user guide. Flexible data protection recovery flexible data protection recovery is a feature of intel rapid storage technology software. In order to get the desired raid 5 i had to resort to a software based solution. You can use the array configuration utility for several tasks such as configuring. I intend to run a linuxbased software raid5, because i do not want to rely on the controller hardware and raid5 isnt supported anyway. It does have raid 0 and raid 1, but raid 0 does not provide any protection and raid 1 wastes too much space.
I have an old microserver n40l with equal drives a a lab machine. Jul 25, 2011 hi kenneth, imho the hp microserver is a pretty good lab solution for either an esxi host or for a shared storage appliance assume youll have to use software based raid from the underlying os as the onboard raid controller isnt a 100% hardware based raid solution. But most importantly, like its brother the b140i trouble installing esxi 5. Aug 12, 2017 0 raid 0 splits data evenly across two or more disks, without parity information, redundancy, or fault tolerance. Dec 27, 2012 hi, so i have currently got the system running whs on the internal drive with no issues. Installing a hdd in the optical drive bay on an hp. Some products seem almost too good to be true and i think the hp proliant microserver n40l is one of them. Its software raid on the microserver ps the web interface for the raid will allow the creation of raid 10 arrays but they wont survive a. Hp proliant array configuration utility for windows 64bit.
Jul 29, 2012 if you want to make a nas out of this device you want to go for raid 5. Watch out for the raid configuration menu and press f to configure. Hp proliant dl360 g6 1u 64bit server with 2xquadcore x5550 xeon 2. It seems that a new and faster version is on the horizon. I can see the alerts on hps smart storage administrator software, but i cannot remove the failed drive from the array without loosing all the data the software clearly warns of data loss. I have set up the raid array using hp s configuration tool, and it seems to be recognised during the boot process. Need advice hp microserver gen8, raid 1, and expanding reddit. Although this is quite low for a hypervisor, it should be sufficient for a pure test environment. To restore each lost stripe, the raid 5 rebuild process requires one read request from each of the operational drives n1 read requests, and one write request to the replacement drive. The top of the unit has a slim optical drive bay, however we suspect most people will use it for a ssd. By using a small hd say 250gb in the top bay just for the whs 2011 installation you have 4 x 2tb to use as your data pool 6tb in raid 5, 8 tb in raid 0. The main reason raid 5 is not supported with the b120i is the controller as configured in the microserver gen8 doesnt have a cache module.
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