Psy4 HS3

The Psy4 HS3 is a windows based server solution that offers the Windows home server suite as the platform. Windows Home Server helps you pull together and protect all your family's files in a single, central location that makes sharing easy. Keep all those digital memories safe for future generations with features like automatic daily backups and full system restore. Share your photos, music, movies, and other files from a single, central location that everyone in your home can get to. Friends and family can see and share any files you want, whether they're in another room or another country. This smart hub helps your family organize all your shared files in one place. Windows Home Server cuts down on clutter and brings order to digital chaos. You can add more space easily whenever you need it, so no more hard choices about what to keep and what to delete. And new products and services will be added as Windows Home Server keeps growing and getting better.

The Psy4 HS3 is a powerful home server solution based on the Windows Home server platform to give greater performance for more demanding users. Ideally suited to networks of around 10 users of workstations/PC's and laptop users.

The chassis from Cooler Master has an innovative design and supports dual power supply, making for easy upgrading. It is immensely strong, with a high-quality anti-vibration stand providing extra protection for the system. Designed for maximum extensibility and allowing the user the utmost flexibility in the utilization of the space, making upgrading incredibly easy, and can be configured to meet your own personal needs with minimum hassle. With 11 Optical sized slots the case gives you a full array of discs to store data unlike the Psy4 HS2 that comes with less drive storage and a lower specification.
This systems has an 8-port controller card that supports externally attached SATA and SAS drives and supports the next-generation PCIe connectivity. It features Adaptec RAID Code (ARC) with RAID levels 0, 1, 1E, 5, 5EE, 6, 10, 50, 60, JBOD, as well as Copyback Hot Spare and optional Snapshot Backup. The system also has a 6 SATA controller card on board for other hardware and the remaining discs to be fully functional

The system is based on a server motherboard allowing your to also upgrade the processors if required, the system will hold 36 gigabytes of RAM total and 8 gigabyte is included for performance.
For business users, you may wish to consider having Windows 2003/2008 server installed as this system is capable of running a network of around 100 users.

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This system has windows home server installed, this is limiting and may not offer full server services out of the box which some users may require, The server dosent contain a tape back up or blue ray solution for off site/external back up, there are USB ports for external drive back up to be removed from the site. Business users may wish to consider to upgrade this server to the Windows 2003 or Windows 2008 server platform when required as there is space for a redundant Power supply in the case. Also recommend is a UPS for server systems.


Tuning

  • This system is not tuned by Psy4 computers and is an as is product

Software

  • Windows Home server