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The Icy Dock 5.25” ExpressCage MB324SP-B for four 2.5” drives – Part 3 of 3
By: JohnStutsman Figure 1 – Icy Dock ExpressCage MB324SP-B – 4 Bay 2.5” SAS/SATA HDD Hot Swap Cage for 5.25” Bay This is Part 3 of a 3 part series on the Icy Dock ExpressCage MB324SP-B. In this...
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The Icy Dock 5.25” ExpressCage MB324SP-B for four 2.5” drives in Lian-Li PC-K9WX
By: JohnStutsman Figure 1 – Icy Dock ExpressCage MB324SP-B – 4 Bay 2.5” SAS/SATA HDD Hot Swap Cage for 5.25” Bay In preparation for the HomeServerShow Meetup 2015 I was asked to review the Icy Dock...
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Setting up my HP ProLiant ML10v2 for the first time, Part 6: Performance
By: JohnStutsman Figure 1 – Passmark CPU Performance Index Comparison of ML10v2 to MicroServer and MediaSmart CPU’s. I used the available Average scores from Passmark as of 12/16/2015. The individual...
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SDM-R3 (Schoondoggy Drive Mount – R3) on my HP ProLiant Gen8 MicroServer
By: JohnStutsman Figure 1 – Schoondoggy Drive Mount (“SDM”) – R3 for the HP ProLiant Gen8 MicroServer The Schoondoggy Drive Mount (“SDM”) is used to mount additional HDD’s and SDD’s inside the HP...
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Unboxing my HPE ProLiant ML30 Gen9
By: JohnStutsman Figure 1 – It Works! I now have my iLO4 IP Address and I see that I have 8GB RAM with a Xeon E3-1240v5 in a ML30 Gen9 Dave, Schoondoggy and I have been talking to HPE about their...
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Install Drive-Cage in HPE ProLiant ML10v2
By: JohnStutsman Figure 1 – The Calhoun Technologies HP 686745-002 “Refurbished” drive-cage in anti-static package with Dell 15” mini SAS cable resting on top with other drive-cages and HPE ProLiant...
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Install Icy Dock MB994SP-4SB-1 in HPE ProLiant ML30 Gen9
(And Install Windows Server 2016 in HPE ProLiant ML30 Gen9) By: JohnStutsman Figure 1 – HPE ProLiant ML30 Gen9 with Tower Bezel Assembly removed and both EMI shield’s removed. MB994SP-4SB-1 rests in...
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Install Windows 10 Pro x64 on HPE ProLiant ML30 Gen9
By: JohnStutsman Figure 1 – HPE ProLiant ML30 Gen9 on static mat ready for Windows 10 pro x64 install via iLO4 Figure 2 – This shows my Samsung 840 Pro (This will be my OS drive) set up in a single...
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64GB RAM in HPE ProLiant ML30 Gen9
By: JohnStutsman Figure 1 – Preparing to install new 64GB of RAM I upgrade the stock 8GB to 64GB of RAM in the HPE ProLiant ML30 Gen9 using 4 DIMMs (“Sticks”) of Kingston KVR21E15D8/16. Figure 2...
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HP Microserver Gen8 Drive Bracket and other mods
The SDM R4 is in stock and ready to ship! The SDM R4 is a bracket that facilitates mounting two additional 2.5″ drives in a HP MicroServer Gen8. There are also mounting holes for fans across the bottom...
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