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I've recently been given the choice between the above two servers, to be used as a development server. However, I'm unsure which would best suit my needs. My development environment will essentially be VMWare host running 2 or 3 VM's. On the vm's will be running MS Small Business Server, Terminal Services and maybe a web server. Your thoughts please and thanks in advance

Hi guys, I need a little hand. I have a ProLiant Microserver Gen8 G1610T running WinServer 2012R2 Essentials, it's a handy piece of kit for lab and SMB/Home Server usage, but I'm having one hell of a problem with it. I always have the same services that keep stopping; W3SVC (IIS), TSGateway (RD Gateway), SQL Server Service and the Printing Service. This is quite annoying as I do rely on the first two services for AnywhereAccess, VPN and Remote desktop. I have done clean installs in the past, but to no avail. Is this something I'm doing, or is it down to a puny 2GB of RAM I have on board? Thanks, Oliver

Performance should be around 187% faster than the original N36L Microserver and 64% faster than the current N54L model due to HP switching from AMD Turion to Intel processors. The estimated release date is sometime during the last three weeks of June. Sources: ServeTheHome, Monsta's Musings http://i.imgur.com/KlCNTJe.jpg Another major boost is the inclusion of HP’s iLO4 hardware management which is usually included on their higher-end Proliant Servers. The G7 lacked this feature, although had a proprietary slot for a RAC (Remote Access Card) which gave similar functionality. The NIC's have also been upgraded to Dual Broadcom-based ports and the iLO port is a separate, dedicated port unlike the ML310e G8 which requires a optional mezzanine card for a separate port. HP’s B120i RAID solution also features in the G8 Microserver, a far cry from the AMD RAIDXpert chip on the G7. This is also fitted to the higher end Proliant offerings like the ML310e G8 and gives ESXi support out of the box, something the AMD solution did not. There is no real information what RAID levels this will support for now, but we know it can do RAID levels 0, 1 and 10 out of the box, and if fitted with 512MB of cache it can do RAID5 also however that may require a HP SmartArray Advanced software key. Until we get more information, we cannot really tell what the hardware will support. There’s also 2 x SATA 3 (6Gbps) ports on the Microserver, perfect for a couple of SSD's to be added. The pictures we have found of it also show a slim optical drive, although it is likely that the internals will be much tighter so finding a place to put them or other mechanical drives may be a problem. I have a feeling you will not be able to stuff an extra 3x 3.5" drives into it like some people were able to do with the G7 chassis. Hopefully there will be a couple of mounts for 2.5" drives in there somewhere. USB ports have been a major talking point in the community and USB3 ports have been high on the wishlist of many. The Intel C204 chipset supports 6 x USB2 ports, although the leaked specs say 7. (Update: 4 x Rear USB 3.0 ports confirmed). HP has also given us the new G8 styling, bringing the look of the unit into what many would call style. The G7's flat black look was sufficient and was able to be hidden away reasonably well, but the G8's look so good that you will want to show them off! I am really looking forward to these being released. My ESXi boxes are really struggling with disk writes as the CPU is reasonably slow. A 4-spindle RAID5 array off a P410 card simply does not see the performance it would with a reasonable desktop CPU. RAM being capped at 8GB is another issue, it really limits the amount of VM's you can have, especially if you cannot get 16GB to work on your G7 Microserver. They should also be compatible out of the box with HP’s ESXi Custom Image which already has all the drivers for the G8 Broadcom NICs and B120i controllers. Of course price will be the issue and I think we will see the retail price on these to be $499 (AUD) for the G530T and $599 (AUD) for the G630T to begin with. The N54L's will be run out with rebates in the near future, You should be able to pick them up for about $180 (AUD) very soon, even though the current price hovers at about $269 (AUD). http://i.imgur.com/uDlkBIv.png