HP Microserver N40L review?

[kevinherring]

Hi Tim, any chance you can review the HP Microserver N40L?

I know it isn't actually a NAS, but it is comparable to a Netgear Ready Nas NV+ 4 Bay (except more powerful CPU, more RAM, 250GB disk included, but slightly bigger) but with the current £100 cash back, much cheaper.

Whack free-nas or debian on it and I would be interested to see how it compares...

Thanks
Kevin

 

[thiggins]

What OS does it come with?

 

[kevinherring]

Nothing. It's OS-less! A bonus for some people, a penalty for others....

 

[thiggins]

Really? I thought I saw a reference to WHS 2011 on one site.

 

[kevinherring]

The barebones model doesn't have anything (£140), but I think you can get it with WHS or WS 2008 R2 if you prefer.

 

[stevech]

http://www.avforums.com/forums/netw...-proliant-microserver-n40l-owners-thread.html

 

[kevinherring]

Thanks Steve, yeah I saw that but I like Tim's unique and thorough style of testing

 

[stevech]

I'd take a pass on this fire-sale:
two unappealing products: HP and Windows Home Server 2011.