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Thanks for the review, glad you liked our server. Interesting to see your observations regarding ports. We do fit USB 3 cards as standard in our larger server. We’ll list it as an option for this model alongside the dual-port e-SATA we currently offer. As for front ports, obviously there’s not we can do with this chassis but we do have larger and smaller models with front ports.
Can you identify the motherboard they used? I’ve yet to find a mini-ITX mobo that has 5+ SATA ports — which it appears they used for this build.
Hi Jaxon, the motherboard we use in this model is a pretty special piece of kit. It’s from a company called Portwell and is called the WADE-8011. It’s a board developed primarily for industrial applications, so it’s robust and built for 24/7 operation. As far as we’re aware, no other mini-ITX board currently on the market has the same list of features such as 6 SATA ports, a proper server chipset supporting Xeons with ECC RAM (we offer the Xeon E3-1260L as an option), and AMT remote management.
Thanks for the review, glad you liked our server. Interesting to see your observations regarding ports. We do fit USB 3 cards as standard in our larger server. We’ll list it as an option for this model alongside the dual-port e-SATA we currently offer. As for front ports, obviously there’s not we can do with this chassis but we do have larger and smaller models with front ports.
Can you identify the motherboard they used? I’ve yet to find a mini-ITX mobo that has 5+ SATA ports — which it appears they used for this build.
Hi Jaxon, the motherboard we use in this model is a pretty special piece of kit. It’s from a company called Portwell and is called the WADE-8011. It’s a board developed primarily for industrial applications, so it’s robust and built for 24/7 operation. As far as we’re aware, no other mini-ITX board currently on the market has the same list of features such as 6 SATA ports, a proper server chipset supporting Xeons with ECC RAM (we offer the Xeon E3-1260L as an option), and AMT remote management.
Appreciate you willing to share. Thank you.