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The HP Microservers offer a flexible approach to a DIY NAS solution. The hardware has a dual core AMD processor, DIMM slots to allow upto 8G RAM, 1 GByte ethernet, 4 * 3.5" SATA drive bays plus 1 * 5.25" drive bay intended for optical drive. There are 2 models (that I know of) of the microserver - the older N36L and the more recent (as of Feb 2012) N40L. The servers have a very attractive price of £220 and there have been regular offers where there is a £100 cashback - so the price comes in at £220 * 1.2 (to include VAT) - £100 so about £142. UPgrading memory to 2*4G DIMMs with third party and the price is still less than £200.

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