The processing is as we know it from HP from the server area, very well thought out. The housing is zusperrbar (2 key here). Board can take out easily or retrofitted with an additional RAM. The relatively large fan on the back is fairly quiet => nevertheless perceptible. An orange or light blue HP logo also signals the tinkers an HP device here. But I think over the BIOS suppressible. (I would have to look again)
The low-power CPU is not overwhelmed with my configuration. GigLAN also brings good transfer rates.
RAM for this config also perfectly adequate.
The power consumption in idle is with me about ~ 26-28W under load ca ~ 35-37W.
With my RAID1 I can achieve the following write speeds of about 45MB / s over SMB FTP ~ 110MB / s. Why is that, I can really only explain that I use on both (Server / Client) Linux systems but can not exploit perfectly the SMB protocol kappieren though.
Writing via FTP goes with almost 85-90MB / s. But the plates are not the fastest. :)
Short Summary:
++ Good workmanship
++ Key to shut off this
+ Retrofitting 2 PCI Express cards possible (note format)
+ Space for 4 HDD (more would be even better, of course)
+ Great Design
+ Plenty of USB ports
+ All necessary screws in the door bottom screwed if you do not need again.
o unfortunately only with Sata 300GBit / s. 600GBit / s would be nice, but really for home not necessary.
o LED strip must be removed briefly for adding an optical drive with a screw. (Or maybe go differently and I habs not seen) :)
- No SATA cable for optical drive here. (Slot available)
- Housing manual only in English language (machine comes from Spain perhaps because of it)
Conclusion:
I'm really excited about the little thing and can only recommend to buy the MicroServer. It is my opinion the best alternative to a NAS that can be only indirectly or not at all to configure how you would imagine. The dispatch from Spain with UPS took me six days (weekend in between). So you need not wait long for his gem.
A very strong buy recommendation.
