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  • 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’t boot at all, how to recover the important information...
    Posted to x(perts)64 by Charlie Russel on Mon, Dec 6 2010
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  • 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, effective immediately. HP, of course, claims this...
    Posted to x(perts)64 by Charlie Russel on Wed, Dec 1 2010
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  • 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 prone to misbehaving in any sort of power event...
    Posted to x(perts)64 by Charlie Russel on Mon, Nov 22 2010
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  • 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 hold 8 GB of RAM (2 slots only), and 4 internal 3...
    Posted to x(perts)64 by Charlie Russel on Sat, Nov 20 2010
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  • 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 stuff: Overall, I love this server. It’s quiet...
    Posted to x(perts)64 by Charlie Russel on Sat, Aug 8 2009
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  • 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 two years. We all see reviews of new hardware, and...
    Posted to x(perts)64 by Charlie Russel on Tue, May 26 2009
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  • 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. On the second HP server, I'm running Windows...
    Posted to x(perts)64 by Charlie Russel on Thu, Dec 13 2007
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  • 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 supply. You'll see Model: DPS-800GB and/or SPN...
    Posted to x(perts)64 by Charlie Russel on Sun, Dec 2 2007
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  • The Multi-Core Fallacy

    More is always better, right? Wrong! Before you start deciding that your life isn't complete without quad cores and multiple CPUs, it makes sense to understand how you use your computer. If you're like me, with currently Outlook, Word (6 different documents), PowerShell (three different windows...
    Posted to x(perts)64 by Charlie Russel on Sun, Nov 11 2007
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  • 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 her product, as well she should be. We met at SMBNation...
    Posted to x(perts)64 by Charlie Russel on Thu, Nov 8 2007
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  • HP ProLiant ML350 G5 Server Experiences (Part 4)

    Well, it had to happen. I knew there was bound to be something I really wouldn't like about this ML350. And I've found it. They have a LOUSY power supply. I've had two power supplies fail, for no apparent reason, in the little over six months I've had this server. That, frankly, stinks...
    Posted to x(perts)64 by Charlie Russel on Mon, Oct 15 2007
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  • WSv (Viridian) Now Available!

    The Preview Release ("pre-beta" quality) of Windows Server Virtualization (WSv) is now available as part of Windows Server 2008 RC0. See John Howard's Blog for details on installing the Virtualization Role in RC0 (US English ONLY at this point.) Even though this is pre-beta quality, it's...
    Posted to x(perts)64 by Charlie Russel on Tue, Sep 25 2007
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  • HP ProLiant ML350 G5 Server Experiences

    I finally have all the pieces for my new HP ProLiant server - an HP ML350 G5 loaded with all the goodies. First the specs: 2 - Intel Xeon 5130 dual core processors 4 - 2x2 GB fbDIMM modules (16 GB total) 8 - 72 GB, 15k, 2.5" SAS drives (configured as a single RAID5 volume) 1 - HP Smart Cache P400...
    Posted to x(perts)64 by Charlie Russel on Thu, Mar 22 2007
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