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hFX mini storage Home Server

By on March 30, 2009 in Hardware, Windows Home Server

hFX may be a name that’s new to you, but you’ll have seen the Austrian firm’s design on the RipNAS home server we reviewed a few weeks ago.

The company have just launched a brand new home server, the hFX mini storage WHS, which is a passively cooled, rack mounted home server in a rubberised finish to reduce noise.

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The home server ships with an Intel Atom “Duo” (dual core) processor, gigabit and integrated wireless LAN and your choice of 3, 4.5 or 6Tb of storage on board. Weighing in at 9 Kilos, the dimensions are as follows: Height: 6 cm, Width: 43 cm, Depth: 38 cm. At full load, the mini will pull around 45W of power, 43W in general use and 39W at idle.

No word on pricing as yet – but looking at the list of recommended add-ins over at the hFX website, they’re WGS readers so go check them out, and thanks for the linkage guys!

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  • JohnCz

    Beautiful. The built-in 802.11n is the first commercial offering I’ve seen in a WHS unit. You’ll probably have to connect this up to your wired network initially to configure wifi. This added complexity is probably the main reason Microsoft has *excluded* wifi enabled WHS systems from earning WHS logo.

    Btw, has anyone figured out what those 4 wires as depicted in the rear-image are for?

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  • Jim Clark

    I am not sure what “rubberised” finish means, but “rubber” is a very poor conductor of heat. Combine that with passive cooling, I wonder how HOT the components will get. I see the fins, but if they have this rubberised finish, they become worthless.

    Based upon my proximity to the “show-me” state of Missouri, I need to see to believe.

  • http://www.overclockingwiki.org Jebo_4jc

    @Jim Clark – That is odd, however their attention to the cooling capacity of this device indicates to me they wouldn’t have done something so silly as encased the whole thing in an insulator, would they?

    By the way, hello from St. Louis!

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  • Christian

    Check the temperature data on the website. It's cooled alright. Heat is transfered to the fins with heatpipes.

    It's a kick ass solution, but a kick ass pricetag as well. Approx. $2000 in Denmark. Might be 20-30% cheaper elsewhere.