£114 HP ML350p G8 - Restoration + NAS Build

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In this video, I go over restoring a recent eBay find of an HP ML350p G8.
With my current storage server being too noisey and not providing enough expansion, the HP ML350p G8 is a great option for me that provides lots of expansion ability, great power efficiency and enough bays to get by for my 5x 1TB Crucial MX500 SSD's.
The condition of this isn't great, so let's restore it and get it back in working order!
Timestamps:
0:00 The current issue
1:00 The purchase
1:30 Purchase Specs
2:00 Reviewing Damage
2:30 Use Case
3:00 HP P812
3:40 Closer Look
5:30 Expansion Slots
6:00 RAID Card and Supercap
6:30 Fans
7:00 RAM Slots
7:30 Board Components and Ports
08:13 Fan Assembly
09:00 PCIe GPU Power Ports
11:20 Installed RAM
12:00 More System Board Ports
13:30 Back I/O
14:00 Power Supplies
14:10 Back I/O (Continued)
16:00 Front Cover
17:00 Damage in detail
18:30 New Fans
19:30 Installing New Fans
21:00 Testing New Fans
22:30 POST
24:30 Fan Noise
25:00 Conclusion

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@NickGregory 2 жыл бұрын

I’d love to see more on this server, I have the same, so always interested on seeing more!

@brett-m 2 жыл бұрын

JB Weld Epoxy Resin or something similar might be strong enough to glue the PSU handle back on. Would be worth keeping as a spare backup.

@scellyyt 2 жыл бұрын

that gen of hp servers look very nice on the front

@jocnur4004 2 жыл бұрын

The die for...

@philipw 2 жыл бұрын

Doesn't every HPE server look like that now?

@wghardy5577 Жыл бұрын

Did you ever find those cables for the gpus? On a side note hp documentation says you can daisy chain the hdd backplanes as long as the the chain begins and ends at the controller so you don't need sas cards to do that(though I can imagine it would be faster if you did use multiple sas cards for the backplanes)

@ScottieNiven 2 жыл бұрын

I used a ML350p G8 for a while as my main server, the main issue I had with it is if ANY NON HP hardware was added it would ramp the fans, it was ridiculous, even if you put in a standard SATA SSD it would scream

@santosturmio8189 2 жыл бұрын

No way to fix that ?

@firedragon-cute-13-nice13 Жыл бұрын

@@santosturmio8189 Maybe HP fixed it in a bios update or something.

@freejulianassange3143 Жыл бұрын

@@firedragon-cute-13-nice13 Nope, they like it doing that.

@finland413 11 ай бұрын

I didn't experience this with SATA SSD's when plugging into the raid controller. Although I don't know if it has something to do with me using authentic hp drive brackets which I unscrewed from HP SAS drives and placed WD RED SSD's into.

@Zolinho26 3 ай бұрын

You could install modified iLO 4 2.77. Search for “Silence of the fans”. Then you can manually specify the settings for each fan. My DL360 G8 runs with that for a year now without any problem.

@emmanytube Жыл бұрын

Hi Mate , I have this exact server and was running Truenas , Recently I wanted to upgrade a bit so I added a HBA card , 2x PCIe M.2 SSD and a GTX 1660 super ( for plex transcode ) . Now the server fan is at constant 33 - 50 % and its quite noisy in the house . If I remove the PCIe devies , the fans are back to 13% and very quiet . Is there any way to get the fans go quieter ?. Cheers . Emmany

@muddyfunster1 2 жыл бұрын

Firstly thankyou for sharing your knowledge and love your channel ... I have a conundrum I recently got hold of 2 HP ML350p G8 servers for a steal (100quid) .... So before I go making a complete mess of things and installing totally the wrong things I would like to ask you what do you feel I should do with them as I would like to get it sort of right from the start ... Thanks in advance

@CobsTech 2 жыл бұрын

Completely your choice, if it’s your first time getting into the whole server world you ideally want to choose the OS you want to install and really just learn from there, whether it’s Windows, Linux or even BSD. Currently this server runs Server 2016 and holds 3TB redundant SSD and nearly 36TB of HDD storage. If you have two of them it might even be worth learning clustering. I’ve been debating making videos on it but longer videos can be quite difficult to watch I find. Shout me if you need any help though, would love to help out :)

@regalraccoon Жыл бұрын

Hi, do you have a link to the correct HP documentation for this server? I obtained one of these and turned it into a NAS media server, but it came with a SFF drive bay and only 600GB of storage. I'd like to install a second drive bay for LFF drives, but I'm not sure how I should proceed. Any help is much appreciated!

@magesnz 2 жыл бұрын

i got the same server at home but i didn't do all those upgrades and i got 56 gig of ram and 3 900gig 10k rpm sas drives

@tomivalli2505 2 жыл бұрын

Did those mx500 ssd ramp up the fans? I also have ml350 g8 and i'm upgrading old 600gb sas drives to ssd but have read about fans ramping up if those are non-hp drives.. Kingston promises that dc450 and dc500 series will work but i think those are bit overkill in a homelab.

@CobsTech 2 жыл бұрын

Usually in HP's they will ramp up the fans if non-HP drives are detected as they don't read the temps from them properly. I downgraded the firmware of this P420i to 7.02 and the HPSAMD 8.0.4.0 driver in Windows so that the fans don't ramp up for no reason. I'm unsure if this limits any features but so far no issues.

@tomivalli2505 2 жыл бұрын

Just checked and i'm running 6.00 firmware on p420. I might try mx500 then if you got those working and hope for the best. Ams is currently unavailable but i have to check if there is any drivers to esxi. Thanks for the reply!

@noahshoesmith4106 2 жыл бұрын

Ah! It's the server I tried to get

@titalabar Жыл бұрын

Hello can you rescue me? What brand àd model of ssd can i put in a ml350gen8? I bought 3 of them and its not working good with samsung qvo ssd 2to, can you say me if you know a model which have full compatibility with this server? Sorry for my english im french.

@sonicraft9996 2 жыл бұрын

Bro, I just saw one of your comments on the unseen poetry video 4 years ago lol. You probs don't remember haha. Did you eventually get that C you needed in English???

@CobsTech 2 жыл бұрын

Well that is quite a throwback. I never was great with English. If I remember right I got a C and a D (not sure how it is today but ours were split for language and literature iirc). The one I got a D in I resat at a local college a few months later and got a C again. Best of luck to you if you have them coming!

@sonicraft9996 2 жыл бұрын

@@CobsTech haha, I just barely scraped a c in my first mocks. I have my first paper on Thursday (mock). I'm not really as nervous as I should be tbh. Thanks for the good luck man, I really appreciate it. What are you up to nowadays, where did your GCSEs get you?

@CobsTech 2 жыл бұрын

@@sonicraft9996 After resitting English and getting it up to a C along with my other subjects, I went straight from High School into an apprenticeship for an IT Firm where I'm still at today and with what I've earnt built my current channel on, nerdy stuff mostly but it's fun nonetheless. I think with the English GCSE's, it's mainly spending the time for planning during the exam; having to write long stories and stuff can easily go down south if you begin to run out of time and panic which is where I messed up.

@sonicraft9996 2 жыл бұрын

@@CobsTech cool man, I'm glad that you're doing what you love. Have a lovely evening :)

@jupitereye4322 Жыл бұрын

Is this a good purchase for 800$?

@CobsTech Жыл бұрын

Hi, for an ML350p G8, They're worth about $100-120 maximum depending on spec and config. If you find one with a lot of RAM, maybe a little more. For ML350e G8's, I'd say a maximum of about $60-90. They're older kit now unfrotunately.