The list of manufacturers and system builders developing hardware solutions for Windows Home Server continues to grow. Over in the States, Polywell have recently announced their NetDisk 8000v, which can be configured with Windows Home Server or Linux should you wish.
The 8000v is a tall tower unit, offering (count ‘em) 8 hot swappable drive bays, which will get you up to 12 Tb of storage if you popped a 1.5Tb drive in each of them!
You can purchase the unit pre-configured with 4Tb ($1699), 8Tb ($2599) or splash out on the 12Tb system ($2999) if you’re feeling flush. The included memory is low, so you may need to upgrade if you wanted to run a number of add-ins.
Specs are as follows:
| Processor | x86 processor running at 1.5GHz (Guess they’re being a little shy here) |
| Memory | 512Mb |
| Flash RAM | 1Gb (Optional for WHS) |
| LAN | Two Gigabit LAN ports |
| Storage | up to eight 3.5″ SATA-II Hot-Swap Drive 500GB, 1TB or 1.5TB (total 12TB) RAID 5, 10, 1 and 0 with Hot Spare supported |
| USB | 4x USB 2.0 connectors (Rear) |
| Dimensions | 150mm x 340mm x 340mm |
| Weight | 12kg |
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