Small PC case

[administrator]

I bought one too (HP Proliant G7), can anyone recommend a decent pcie card for remote/wireless access?

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With the case being so small wouldn't you be better off with a USB one? Lots of those on the market. Other benefit of these is that they can be put on a USB extension cable so if the case is tucked away you may get a better signal than a card.

[The Spartan]

Thanks admin I was hoping that would be the case but I wasn't sure I could use a USB, glad you clarified that for me.

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[FiveTimes]

I bought one too (HP Proliant G7), can anyone recommend a decent pcie card for remote/wireless access?

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Can't you just connect it to your router via powerline adapters ?

I've got mine plugged into my router and just mounted one a particular drive I want to make public

[stek]

I bought one too (HP Proliant G7), can anyone recommend a decent pcie card for remote/wireless access?

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You mean a LOM/iLOM/FSP/IMM sort of thing - to power on/off remotely?

[The Spartan]

I did think about using powerlines but I'm already using a few around the house so I wanted to keep it wireless. As for remote power down I didn't even consider that. I'm looking to use it as a NAS and also for so work with VM's I've not much a clue when it come to this stuff as you can tell.

[FiveTimes]

I did think about using powerlines but I'm already using a few around the house so I wanted to keep it wireless. As for remote power down I didn't even consider that. I'm looking to use it as a NAS and also for so work with VM's I've not much a clue when it come to this stuff as you can tell.

If you want to power it on then it comes with Wake on Lan.

Also if you get a decent corsair flash drive, create a bootable usb drive and put xbmc ubuntu on it. That way if you want you can easily switch it to a media centre.

[The Spartan]

If you want to power it on then it comes with Wake on Lan.

Also if you get a decent corsair flash drive, create a bootable usb drive and put xbmc ubuntu on it. That way if you want you can easily switch it to a media centre.

Thanks buddy that's really good advice, just one more question on the spec it says it'll take a maximum of 4 x 2TB drives has anyone used this with drives with more storage than 2TB? as I'm about to order some WD red.

[FiveTimes]

Thanks buddy that's really good advice, just one more question on the spec it says it'll take a maximum of 4 x 2TB drives has anyone used this with drives with more storage than 2TB? as I'm about to order some WD red.

I have 2x3TB green drives plus the 250GB one that came with it. Other people I know have 5x3TB (you can actually fit 2 where the optical drive can go)

I'd order 3TB ones if you can. I got them for ~ 80 quid

[DirtyDog]

Aw you gave up just too soon! The offer is on again:
HP ProLiant G7 N54L 2.2GHz MicroServer- Ebuyer | Ebuyer.com

£129.85 inc VAT after cash back... I have one in the office here for backups, they are great value for money!

Can you just use one of these as a cheap NAS? Cheapest NAS on eBuyer is £280 for a 4-bay, plus the drives.

Just wondered if it was nice and straightforward to get one of these, whack a few disks in it, and set it up as a NAS with a RAID array.

[The Spartan]

From what I've read it's quite easy to set them up as NAS. It maybe a bit more expensive but the processor's in most NAS are under powered.

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