Over in the USA, HABEY (which is part of Norco, manufacturers of the DS-520 Windows Home Server system we reviewed a while back) have announced a new Mini-ITX board which is suitable for self-build home servers.
Here’s the release:
HABEY USA, leading manufacturer of embedded and server storage products, today announces MITX-6852, a special designed mini-ITX form factor board includes six SATA II ports, PCI-Express, built-in Intel® Matrix Storage Technology and Intel® Core™2 Duo processor support. It brings unprecedented storage and network versatility plus performance for Home Server, Network Video Recorder (NVR), Network Attached Storage (NAS), thin server, digital signage and POS embedded applications. MITX-6852 has a number of unique storage and network features to suit developers, OEMs and system integrators: compact mini-ITX form factor, six onboard SATA II ports, two with eSATA support, dual PCIe Gigabit Ethernet, wireless support, 16x PCIe expansion and a Compact Flash connector.
Features:
■ Mini-ITX form factor
■ Support Intel® Core™2 Duo, Core™ Duo and Celeron® M processors
■ Built-in 6 individual SATA II channels, support 2 eSATA ports
■ Intel® Matrix Storage Technology with ICH7R
■ On-board mini-PCIe for wireless application
■ Built-in two PCIe Gigabit Ethernet ports for high network speed
■ 16x PCIe slot for add-on controller expansion
■ ATX or 12V DC dual power mode option
■ Compatible with Windows Home Server, Windows XP, Linux,
OpenFiler, FreeNAS, Samba, OpenBSD or any other x86 based NAS OS
Applications:
■ Network Attached Storage (NAS)
■ Network Video Recorder (NVR)
■ Home Server appliances
■ POS applications
■ Digital signage applications
Based on request for projects, OEM options are available with storage enclosure, fanless enclosure, 12V DC single power input.
Pictures, links and datasheet at:
Pingback: HABEY Announces MITX-6852 Mini-ITX Motherboard | Mini Computer World