With a Microserver G8 used with vt-d enabled it's most likely related, unless there was an unclean shutdown, you though you weren't affected but possible were, though very lightly, unclear for now why some users see severe issues after a couple of minutes use while others only minor or even no issues after a few days, as long as vt-d is now disabled you shouldn't see any more issues.
Note that it's unclear for now if the NIC is the source of the problem, it has been found in all affected models so far but it could be just a coincidence, in fact the last case I've found might indicate that the NIC is not the problem, the only thing I know for sure for now is that there's an issue with the kernel and vt-d, and it affects mostly HP servers, not for example HP workstations, at least not so far, but there's also one Lenovo server, so it's not just HP.