On Sat, Dec 03, 2016 at 02:21:15PM +0100, Stephane HUC "CIOTBSD" wrote: > Hi Stuart. > > What microserver would you recommend?! > > Le 12/03/16 ? 12:08, Stuart Henderson a ?crit : > > On 2016-12-02, Peter N. M. Hansteen <pe...@bsdly.net> wrote: > >> My only complaint is that due to the maze of twisty nonsense that is the > >> HPE web site I never got the BIOS upgrade > > > > It's at > > http://h20564.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/swd/public/readIndex?sp4ts.oid=5390291&swLangOid=8&swEnvOid=4168 > > but HP restrict BIOS downloads for computers, afaik it needs to either be > > under warranty or you need a support contract. > > > > As a result I don't buy HP machines any more, either new or second-hand.
I was considering looking for one of those HP MicroServers but I refuse to deal with a support contract. My suggestion for an alternative would be one of the several systems based on the Supermicro CSE-721TQ-250B chassis. https://www.supermicro.com/products/chassis/tower/721/SC721TQ-250B.cfm Although I am not personally using that particular chassis, I am using some similar custom built systems with Silverstone cases. Bryan