HP Proliant Microserver

[Maxwell]

WHS 2011 is based upon 2008 R2 and indeed reports itself as 2008 R2 for compatability.
I have mine fitted with 8GB RAM, 4 3TB drives plus the 250Gb drive that it is supplied with for the OS and have recently fitted it with a GT430 GFX, Im running Windows Home Server 2011, with Flexraid setup as a drive pool and Snapshot Raid config, the Flexraid setup is far superior to the Raid 5 you are contemplating.
It does require a custom BIOS to be flashed to enable full SATA on the ODD port (where most people put the OS drive) but no big deal to sort it out.
Its a great little server for the money IMO especially if you can get the £100 cashback

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WHS 2011 is based upon 2008 R2 and indeed reports itself as 2008 R2 for compatability.
I have mine fitted with 8GB RAM, 4 3TB drives plus the 250Gb drive that it is supplied with for the OS and have recently fitted it with a GT430 GFX, Im running Windows Home Server 2011, with Flexraid setup as a drive pool and Snapshot Raid config, the Flexraid setup is far superior to the Raid 5 you are contemplating.
It does require a custom BIOS to be flashed to enable full SATA on the ODD port (where most people put the OS drive) but no big deal to sort it out.
Its a great little server for the money IMO especially if you can get the £100 cashback

I was looking at Flexraid but got a bit lost reading it's documentation. Is there any documentation you followed to set your setup using Flexraid?

Also as using WHS 2011; do you require to run any anti-virus software on the O/S?

Lastly, which is the custom BIOS that you require to be flashed on the N40?

Thanks