NAS Storage Sale: HP N54L MicroServer $219, G8 $349 + Shipping + Up to $30 OFF EACH Hard Drive

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NAS Storage Sale: HP N54L MicroServer $219, G8 $349 + Shipping + Up to $30 OFF EACH Hard Drive

Store RepShoppingExpress on 21/10/2013 - 11:47 shoppingexpress.com.au (1697 clicks)
Last edited 22/10/2013 - 12:20

Sometimes dreams DO come true - Today we are offering a NAS + Storage Combo deal that "a man can only dream of" - RECEIVE up to $30 OFF EACH Drive with the purchase of a selected NAS, including HP N54L at $219 + Shipping.

NAS on Promotion

$10 OFF Each of these drives when you buy NAS on promotion:

$20 OFF Each of these drives when you buy NAS on promotion:

WD RE4 1TB - $119 = $99 per drive when buy with NAS

$30 OFF Each of these drives when you buy NAS on promotion

Others

Discount on hard drive is capped to a maximum of 4 drives per order
Shipping starts $8.95 and averages $10 Australia Wide
No changes can be made to existing order once it has been made - please choose carefully before confirming the order & thanks for understanding.

Computing HP NAS NetGear Server Synology

23 Oct 2013

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drewbie on 21/10/2013 - 12:04

I thought the last sale on the N54L was a great price (which I bought), but this is the normal price of the N40L! Might have to buy the video card and more RAM for my N54L as a consolation prize.

Can you mix ECC and non-ECC RAM? I'm thinking of buying a 4GB stick and I'd like to also use one of the 1GB sticks that came with the N54L. Or am I being penny wise, pound foolish even considering not buying ECC?
- salem on 21/10/2013 - 12:08
  
  the n54l should have come with a 2gb ECC? anyway, ubuntu 13.04 was fine with it when i mixed ECC and non-ECC ram. I've heard windows doesn't like it though (but haven't tried myself).
  - drewbie on 21/10/2013 - 12:48
    
    I does come with 2GB ECC but I'm already pushing up against the limits with FreeNAS + ZFS + sabnzbd + sick beard. My goal is to add the Plex plugin and use that for the media player on my TV, which is going to require more memory.
    - salem on 21/10/2013 - 13:04
      
      that was in reference to your comment about "one of the 1gb sticks". it should be a single 2gb stick. :)
      
      ZFS will also just suck up any spare ram you have, so unless you're having performance issues, I wouldn't be concerned if your ram looks like it's almost always maxed out.
    - drewbie on 21/10/2013 - 13:44
      
      Huh, I'll admit I just assumed it was 2x1GB. I'll have to look tonight when I get home. It would be even better to go to 6 GB instead of 5GB. :)
      
      It's just a home file server, but I was trying to stay with the 1 GB/TB ZFS rule of thumb. Good to know it's not a hard and fast rule.
    - salem on 21/10/2013 - 14:28
      
      yeah it's just a rule of thumb. A good rule of thumb, but not an absolute requirement. It also depends on if you're running dedup, redundancy, etc. From my reading, dedup was the biggest memory user. I just run the most basic pooled storage zpool, no redundancy, no dedup. 7tb over 3 hdds, with 8gb non-ecc ram (I upgraded and gave my ecc to a mate who only has the original 2gb in his), and the system still pretty much always sits on 90-95% ram usage. It's just the nature of zfs.
- furythree on 22/10/2013 - 10:53
  
  Is this the lowest the N54L has ever been?
salem on 21/10/2013 - 12:07

+1

N54l!
- Store RepShoppingExpress @ Shopping Express on 21/10/2013 - 12:09
  
  +1
  
  Yes, and if you guys wanna stick to tradition, this might be of interest to you!
  
  Regards
  SE
ellave on 21/10/2013 - 12:19

Hey rep any idea when the Synology 214 will be in stock?
Bob Wang on 21/10/2013 - 12:31

Can we have 4x4TB drives installed?

Specs from the site:

Internal Drive Support:
4 Internal HDD Support
Maximum internal SATA storage capacity of up to 8.0TB (4 x 2TB 3.5" SATA drives)
- drewbie on 21/10/2013 - 12:49
  
  I've read plenty of reports that 4TB drives work just fine. There's a limitation with windows, but I haven't run windows in years so I can't comment on that.
- salem on 21/10/2013 - 13:07
  
  +2
  
  if you're talking about the n54L, then it should handle 4x4tb drives just fine. As alluded to above though, windows will only boot from a 2tb or less drive. so you'll need to either run your OS off a usb stick, or off another smaller drive plugged into the ODD sata port or the esata port out the back.
  (or so I have read. I personally run ubuntu off a 4gb usb stick, and have a 4tb, 2tb and 1tb hdds in the hdd bays, with the fourth waiting for me to run out of space before i fill it, as hdd prices per tb keep falling so it's best to leave it until I need it).
- bxpressiv on 21/10/2013 - 15:33
  
  Currently I'm booting off a 120Gb SSD and have 2x Seagate 4Tb drives and 2 bays spare. Great little box.
giventofly on 21/10/2013 - 12:39

+2

Love to ditch the desktop, get a Sufrace Pro 2 and one of these NAS systems and have a schmick set up. But I game. Oh well.
kabammi on 21/10/2013 - 12:57

Pfff.. how about shipping your stuff from the last sale instead of starting a new one! Ordered last Wednesday, no shipment notification yet. Slow!
- Store RepShoppingExpress @ Shopping Express on 21/10/2013 - 13:05
  
  +1
  
  Hi kabnammi,
  
  There was an issue with our "dispatch system notification" during last week & previous week starting around thursday. If you can PM me your order ID and i can check if it had been sent out yet, or just due to our shipment notification error issue. Do apologize to all those affected by this issue.
  
  Kind Regards
  SE
  - kabammi on 21/10/2013 - 17:49
    
    Message sent.
bargainerftw on 21/10/2013 - 13:04

Can you use a 4TB HDD as OS Drive for the N54L?

My N40L is only limited to 2TB HDD as OS Drive.
- salem on 21/10/2013 - 13:08
  
  I've read that's a windows issue, not a microserver specific one. if true, it would affect the n54l just as much as the n40l.
- AlexF on 21/10/2013 - 15:21
  
  It's a BIOS limitation.
- Withdr4wn on 22/10/2013 - 07:29
  
  I have an N40L with 4 x 4TB drives and 2 x 2TB drives mounted in the top. It certainly can support them, only the N36L didn't recognise the 4TB drives (well, it recognised they existed, but they wouldn't partition them properly).
  
  No firmware updates from memory required! The drives were a B&H special nearly a year ago - 4TB Hitachi Deskstar.
  
  Cheers,
  Craig Mattson.
daewoo on 21/10/2013 - 13:06

Hi Rep. I bought a G8 from you on 30/09/2013. Is there any way I could purchase 4 4TB WD Red's at $235 each?
- Store RepShoppingExpress @ Shopping Express on 21/10/2013 - 13:21
  
  +3
  
  Hi daewoo,
  
  Can't do $235 each as it is only for this promotion, but please PM me your order ID & i'll see if there is anything i can do for you.
  
  Regards
  SE
lyl-Lychee on 21/10/2013 - 13:11

Can't decide between the N54L or the G8. N54l looks like such good bang/buck =/.

And in complete ozbargain spirit, I actually have very, very little idea as to what these things actually do.
- daewoo on 21/10/2013 - 13:16
  
  +1
  
  I bought the G8 recently. Looks great, however from what I read the fan is nosier (with non-standard fan plug) and it draws more power than the N54L, even when off (due to iLo).
  
  I successfully managed to install CentOS with a bit of a trick: I installed the /boot to a 2GB internal MicroSD, and the main filesystem to an old SATA2 SDD connected to the ODD SATA Port. This leaves the 4 HDD SATA ports free for a Software RAID-5. I hope this helps.
  - lyl-Lychee on 21/10/2013 - 13:37
    
    That does! G8 draws more power even when off?! Didn't even think about that. Will get the G8 anyway since I'll pull the physical plug out every night. This may be overkill for my purposes but to hell with logic, lol.
    
    I also have an old kingston SSD lying around to be put to use. So hang on, is it necessary to install /boot and the main file system to different places? If not necessary, what's the bonus of doing so? Does CentOS override iLo?
    
    Cheers, reply is greatly appreciated. Love you ozbargain community :)
    - daewoo on 21/10/2013 - 13:47
      
      +1
      
      The G8 could not boot from a drive connected the the ODD (this SATA port is intended for a DVD burner drive 9.5mm). You will need a floppy disk power to SATA power converter from eBay, or some soldering skills.
      
      The G8 happily boots from the internal MicroSD because it is treated as a USB bootable port (only the USB2.0 ports are bootable on the G8). Once GRUB boots from the MicroSD, you can happily point the Linux partition on the SSD connected to the ODD SATA2 port. Because the ODD is only SATA2, an old 2.5inch laptop drive or old SSD is sufficient.
      
      By using the ODD SATA2 port and MicroSD slot like an OzBargainer, you have 4x SATA ports free for NAS drives (rather than having to buy a RAID5 hardware controller costing more than the G8 itself). Keep in mind, out of the 4x 3.5inch hard drive bays, 2 are SATA3 and 2 are SATA2.
    - lyl-Lychee on 21/10/2013 - 14:12
      
      Sweet. Ok I'll grab a microSD out of the camera and find an old laptop drive somewhere. Don't want to spend a fairly new SSD if it's overkill. Didn't realize it wants 2 different types of HDDs. Think I'll grab one of the SATA2s out of my computer, buy another, and wait for price drops on the red WDs. Sweet info, thanks tonnes!
    - snvl on 21/10/2013 - 14:13
      
      +1
      
      The G8 could not boot from a drive connected the the ODD (this SATA port is intended for a DVD burner drive 9.5mm).
      
      That's when you use the controller on AHCI mode, If you use it in Raid it is able to boot from the ODD without using the USB/SDHC.
    - daewoo on 21/10/2013 - 14:41
      
      +1
      
      True, you can use AHCI mode or Legacy mode, there was reasons I went against both. I think AHCI mode was a bad idea for my RAID, perhaps it would stop the HDD's auto-powering-down. As for legacy mode (i'm a bit more certain with this once), it was a bad idea for the SSD as it would reduce the lifespan of it.
      
      Please give corrections/thoughts :)
- drewbie on 21/10/2013 - 13:58
  
  +1
  
  I got the N54L and run FreeNAS on it as a home file server. The main reason I didn't choose the G8 besides price was the running costs. The N series will use less power, but still has plenty of performance for what I need.
  - lyl-Lychee on 21/10/2013 - 14:25
    
    I'm pretty shit with the costs/benefits analysis. Lol. May I ask in layman terms how much of a power saving? Say a light bulb or a heater? Trying to go over the specs but pretty illiterate on it. Am planning to just take the G8 cause not planning to run it 24/7 but still interested in not racking up mum & dad's power bills.
    - [Deactivated] on 22/10/2013 - 08:42
      
      +2
      
      I'm pretty shit with the costs/benefits analysis. Lol. May I ask in layman terms how much of a power saving? Say a light bulb or a heater?
      
      The old one is about 30W which is 1/66th of a heater.
      
      The new one is about 45W which is 1/45th of a heater.
      
      In terms of savings, if you ran it 24x7 for 365 days, new one costs $26 more per year in electricity.
    - lyl-Lychee on 22/10/2013 - 14:26
      
      Thanks tonnes. $26 ain't bad at all (in first world terms). Thought it'd be way more. Although I'm pretty motivated to keep the heater off a lot more now.
  - megadeth on 21/10/2013 - 15:55
    
    +1
    
    Any idea of sustained data rate out of the nasty box for larger files (1gb or so)
    - [Deactivated] on 22/10/2013 - 08:46
      
      +2
      
      On my N40L I sustain 280MB/s (that's megabytes per second, or 2.24Gbps) copying from RAID-5 to an internal SSD. The gigabit network port slows everything down to 1Gbps, but it's a consistent sustained 1Gbps. Copying to my Windows 8 PC the gigabit port stays at 100% for the entire copy.
Risser on 21/10/2013 - 13:14

A side question,

What are you doing with this unit that you can't already do with a PC running DLNA?

Confused.
- [Deactivated] on 21/10/2013 - 13:38
  
  +1
  
  Save on power, reduce noise, fit in a small space, etc. Apples and oranges.
  - nafe on 21/10/2013 - 14:28
    
    And cheaper to buy/build :D
- bxpressiv on 21/10/2013 - 15:39
  
  +1
  
  I just use it as a media server which is on 24/7 because I don't want the gaming rig with TriFire going all the time.
murkywater on 21/10/2013 - 13:15

Ah woah… This is so tempting… But i need to save money for the nexus 5 :S
wisc on 21/10/2013 - 13:24

+4

G8 cheaper here:
http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/119257
329+9.95 shipping…
http://www.itspot.com.au/product_info.php?products_id=103788…
so < 340 landed
- lyl-Lychee on 21/10/2013 - 13:41
  
  Woah it is. Thanks much for this.
  
  Rep I was after the G8 but would you be willing to price match?
- davidl2 on 21/10/2013 - 13:59
  
  +2
  
  any chance of SE beat/match their price?
  - Store RepShoppingExpress @ Shopping Express on 21/10/2013 - 14:43
    
    +1
    
    Today's promotion is all about NAS + Storage combos - All the hard drives we offered are already at the lowest price against competitors without even applying the further savings. The savings is there, but WHERE it really shines is when you buy a NAS/MicroServer with hard drives.
    
    Also, adding additional drive should not attribute further increase in postage cost, nor do we surcharges on paypal transactions.
    
    Kind Regards
    SE
    - lyl-Lychee on 21/10/2013 - 15:15
      
      Appreciate the reply Rep. The $10 difference kind of negates the saving on a HDD combo for me. I have a MSY round the corner so can grab a 4TB WD for $4 more, giving a net saving of $6 if I purchased a 'combo' this way. Would you be willing to cut a discount to tempt myself/anyone else in the same situation over?
      
      Had to ask. Appreciated reply, cheers :).
    - Store RepShoppingExpress @ Shopping Express on 21/10/2013 - 15:29
      
      lol… can't offer another discount to get around that particular "combo" :).
      
      The only way for you is to buy a minimum of 2 x drives from our promo.
      
      Kind Regards
      SE
    - lyl-Lychee on 21/10/2013 - 15:35
      
      +1
      
      No problems. Greatly appreciated and kind regards back :)
surat on 21/10/2013 - 13:32

Hm..tempting to buy but I prefer not to buy from Shopping Express because they never reply or fix my issue.
I raised issue and sent email but never get any reply.
If the item working fine probably is ok but if something wrong??? good luck sending email to them.
Bad experience for me.
- Store RepShoppingExpress @ Shopping Express on 21/10/2013 - 13:36
  
  Hi surat,
  
  Is this a recent issue? Have your issue been resolved? You should try contacting us via 02-8338 8899 and PM me the ticket ID so i can have a look at it too?
  
  Kind Regards
  SE
  - surat on 21/10/2013 - 13:51
    
    just sent.
- daewoo on 21/10/2013 - 13:50
  
  I've found them great so-far.
  - Riczter on 21/10/2013 - 14:37
    
    +6
    
    He probably got shoppingexpress confused with shoppingsquare.
jm2k on 21/10/2013 - 13:42

What are the chances of extending the HDD discounts to Synology's 4-bay systems too? I've been considering either DS413 or DS412+ with the above WD Red drives.
- Store RepShoppingExpress @ Shopping Express on 21/10/2013 - 15:57
  
  Don't have stock of both models atm so can't include them into today's promotion.
  
  Cheers
  SE
schwinn on 21/10/2013 - 13:45

I'm after a fast high storage HDD for my machine, something along the lines of a 3/4TB caviar black. Any offers on anything like that, SE?
Bobjim on 21/10/2013 - 14:33

No love for the G8 - G2020T version?
- Store RepShoppingExpress @ Shopping Express on 21/10/2013 - 14:47
  
  Nope, you may call it the loveless model atm.
  
  Regards
  SE
  - Bobjim on 21/10/2013 - 14:48
    
    Awwwwww.. Poor thing. I'm ready to pounce when there is some love for it. :p
    - Store RepShoppingExpress @ Shopping Express on 21/10/2013 - 14:58
      
      haha.. i hope HP starts showering some love for them too :P
      
      Regards
      SE
Jono 777 on 21/10/2013 - 15:09

Shopping express,

I purchased the samsung 840 120gb ssd from your epic hour sale three weeks ago
found here > http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/118558

I paid for it via paypal, got debited the next day. I emailed you, got a response from James and even called and spoke to the same guy.

He told me that it would be sorted, and that he would email me about whether he has fixed my order or not.

Haven't heard from him or your site since last week.

I'm fed up, you guys have ruined a birthday gift and I have sat here waiting for a ridiculously long time for this to be rectified.

TICKET ID N00139068
Purchased 6th of October
- Store RepShoppingExpress @ Shopping Express on 21/10/2013 - 15:20
  
  +1
  
  Hi Jono777,
  
  I will have a look at your issue and get back to your via PM. From the look of this ticket, it seemed your order went through but the order was empty. Apologize for the delay we've caused you.
  
  Regards
  SE
  - Jono 777 on 21/10/2013 - 15:27
    
    Thank you
    - Store RepShoppingExpress @ Shopping Express on 21/10/2013 - 17:33
      
      +1
      
      Hi Jono 777,
      
      Our CS team should have contacted you by now and made arrangement for the order to be dispatch eta tomorrow.
      
      Kind Regards
      SE
    - lyl-Lychee on 21/10/2013 - 17:35
cloud68 on 21/10/2013 - 16:59

+1

Rep got Synology DS213J on Special?

How is the DS213+ compare to the others on sale? Thanks…
Charybdia on 21/10/2013 - 17:27

Can the Netgear ReadyNAS 102 have a USB printer connected to it and act as the print server?
- Store RepShoppingExpress @ Shopping Express on 22/10/2013 - 10:02
  
  yes,
testeagles on 21/10/2013 - 22:18

If anybody interested in my 2gb ecc ram that came with my n40l pm me
whinniwinwin on 21/10/2013 - 23:51

I'm new to micro servers and I'm looking at purchasing one. Just a few questions:
1. Do I need to install windows on it? Or can I just map the server as a drive?
2. Can I also use this as a print server?

Thanks
- logicalmonkey on 22/10/2013 - 00:09
  
  yes you need to install something on them, be it windows or linux or otherwise.
  and yes you can use them as a print server if set up correctly, the microservers are a bit hands on compared to just a NAS.
- [Deactivated] on 22/10/2013 - 08:32
  
  Do I need to install windows on it? Or can I just map the server as a drive?
  
  You need to install something on them. Linux, Windows, FreeBSD, or whatever you like. It's just a small PC.
  
  A good option is FreeNAS. It's small, boots off a USB key (freeing all your bays for storage), and very user-friendly.
  
  Can I also use this as a print server?
  
  Yes.
Joran on 22/10/2013 - 00:04

Hi Guys,

any chance of the DS1513+ for under $820 or the DS1813+ for anything under $1k ?
Would be ordering with a few red drives :)
- Store RepShoppingExpress @ Shopping Express on 22/10/2013 - 10:16
  
  :)
smokenmirraz on 22/10/2013 - 11:04

+1

Just ordered the N54L. Now to work out what to do with it!
coota1268 on 22/10/2013 - 12:03

+1

Hi Rep,
PCCG has KVR1333D3N9/8G 8GB (1x8GB) DDR3 (Non-ECC) for $85 - http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&c…

Could you beat this price and bundle with the N54L?

Thanks
- Store RepShoppingExpress @ Shopping Express on 22/10/2013 - 12:19
  
  Hi coota1268,
  
  Done
  
  Regards
  SE
bostos on 22/10/2013 - 12:15

Hi Rep,

Is pickup possible from your warehouse?
I just don't want to wait for the shipping
- Store RepShoppingExpress @ Shopping Express on 22/10/2013 - 12:21
  
  Hi bostos,
  
  Apologize that we don't allow pickups.
  
  Kind Regards
  SE
DreadEmperor on 22/10/2013 - 17:24

Registering interest in a HP G8; Anyone know what the transfer speeds are like, in RAID 10?
johnnyb on 22/10/2013 - 22:49

Hi rep, any deals expected on the Toshiba DT01ACA range of hard drives? Heard they are quite good.
- Store RepShoppingExpress @ Shopping Express on 23/10/2013 - 09:52
  
  We have some stock of these currently, the rest of the size we have not carry yet, but will have another look at whether we can offer them for future promotions.
  
  Regards
  SE
  - davidl2 on 23/10/2013 - 12:16
    
    would be great to order couple of these with the N54L….. :-(
  - johnnyb on 24/10/2013 - 02:05
    
    Thanks, will keep an eye out.
nafe on 23/10/2013 - 09:00

Ordered the N54L and a couple of drives on Monday, got shipping email last night. Pretty impressed so far. Good job ShoppingExpress!
- nafe on 23/10/2013 - 11:29
  
  And arrived. Very pleased with ShoppingExpress!
Bewater on 23/10/2013 - 10:01

Arhhh!!!! Bought N54L 3 weeks ago on shoppingexperss for the price of 259! After purchasing I realized the discount deal on NAS HDDs, emailed SE asking if I could bundle a few HDDs into my purchase, but they did not reply my email and item was shipping… Oh well, just bad luck I guess :(
- johnnyb on 24/10/2013 - 02:04
  
  Could be worse- could have bought it for $299 3 weeks ago.
  
  There you go, I've made your day.