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Mon, Dec 6 2010 12:56

Recovering an HP Disk Array

As I reported earlier , my HP ML350 G5 died, and it was clearly a motherboard failure. Now that was bad enough, but worse was that I had VHD files on the P400 RAID5 array that were not as recently backed up as was desirable. Given that the ML350 wouldn...
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Wed, Dec 1 2010 7:52

HP Abandons Windows Home Server

Well, we seem to have had a bunch of HP related posts lately. This one is pure bad news, however. HP has decided to stop supporting Windows Home server. As reported on WeGotServed.com , HP has stopped selling or developing any servers for the WHS market...
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Mon, Nov 22 2010 8:54

HP ProLiant ML350 G5 Server– RIP

Well, it’s been an interesting time with this ML350 . It has done yeoman duty as my primary Hyper-V server for 3 1/2 years now. We’ve had good experiences, and bad experiences. Especially during the Power Supply mess three years ago, but it’s also been...
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Sat, Nov 20 2010 11:42

New HP in the House

A new HP Proliant MicroServer just arrived in the office. And it is a sweet little gem. Small, square, and light in weight, this little server packs a decent punch. And is completely quiet. Mine came with 2 GB of RAM, and 2x 1TB hard disks, but it can...
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Sat, Aug 8 2009 16:22

HP ML350 G5 – 26 Months Later (Part 2)

Well, sorry about that. Got a bit distracted after I started writing up my experiences with the ML350 and buried in a project and forgot to get back here. And I’m still a bit buried, so I’ll keep this a bit shorter than I might otherwise. First, the good...
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Tue, May 26 2009 13:33

HP ML350 G5 – 26 Months Later (Part 1)

I got my HP ML350 G5 just about 26 months ago, and as I was sitting here today, thinking about it and what a difference it has made, I thought it was time to provide a real world look at it's strengths and weaknesses after living with it for over...
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Thu, Dec 13 2007 9:39

Hyper-V on HP ProLiant ML 350

I've been running Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V virtualization for a while now. It has become my main virtualization environment. I've got 6 main VMs running on the HP ML350 G5 ProLiant server and another dozen or so that I bring up or down as needed...
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Sun, Dec 2 2007 8:41

HP ProLiant ML350 G5 Server Experiences (Part 6)

Well, the Power Supply Saga continues. Not only did I get a replacement for my latest failed power supply, but in looking at the servers I have here, we determined that I had three others in the bad batch. How to tell? Look at your label on the power...
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Thu, Nov 8 2007 17:08

HP ProLiant ML350 G5 Server Experiences (Part 5)

Well, really, part 4.5. Since I posted about my (and other users) bad experiences with the power supplies in my HP ML350 and DL380 units, I've gotten a call from the Product Manager for the ML350. She's a very nice person who is passionate about...
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