Vidabox specialise in high-end digital entertainment and control devices for the custom installation market.
eHomeUpgrade reports that Vidabox’s new Rack Server is now shipping – rack mounted Windows Home Server system, which ships with 2Tb but is expandable to 16Tb when purchased with Vidabox’s Rack Server + eSATA storage expansion unit.
The system is designed as a media server, to be used with extenders attached to TVs around the home. The server comes with 8 hot swappable drive bays, a DVD drive (Blu-Ray drive optional) and multi-card reader. Whilst the system is designed as a headless unit, dual DVI/VGA outputs are made available.
Why the DVD drive? Looks like the Vidabox Rack Server is coming bundled with the recently released My Movies add-in, providing east ripping and metadata management as soon as a DVD is placed in the drive.
2 gigs of RAM and an AMD 5200+ Dual Core Processor ensure you have plenty of grunt to move all that media around your home.
If you’re in the market for a 4U rack mounted home server, Vidabox is well worth checking out.
More Info: Vidabox | Specs
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Terry Walsh is the founding editor and owner of We Got Served. Since February 2007, the site has provided detailed coverage and analysis of the emerging home server category, and has subsequently grown into a trusted outlet for digital home news and reviews.
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