[Official] HP 290-p0043w Owner's Thread

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Hey @rlk0007 -

  • On the PMS box, yes you’d run Ubuntu instead of Windows
    Presumably your HP 290 came with Windows pre-installed on a slow 500gb hard drive; you should add a 512gb NVMe M.2 SSD (like the Sabrent Rocket Q from The Lord Almighty @JDM_WAAAT’s excellent guide to Intel Quick Sync Video hardware) and install Ubuntu + PMS on that SSD instead. And throw an 8gb stick of RAM in while you’re at it

  • Do you have an existing NAS you’re looking to utilize for storage (if yes, what specs?) That’ll determine whether you should be running Unraid or not on your second SAB / torrent HP 290

I’m happy to help you out and no consulting fee necessary, just pay it forward to the ServerBuilds crew and try to buy parts through their affiliate links