Thecus W12000 Windows Storage Server, Intel Xeon E3-1225 3.1 GHz Processor, 8GB System Memory, 250GB HDD, SATA III and SAS 6G, No CALs Required

The Thecus W12000 Windows Storage Server is powered by an Intel Xeon E3-1225 quad-core processor working at 3.1 GHz. It has also a 2U height and sports six external USB 2.0 ports, two located on the front panel and four on the back. It also has two USB 3.0 ports on the back side that seem to belong to a separate controller mounted in one of the motherboard's slots. On the storage side, W12000 comes with an LSI 2008 HBA card with eight 6 Gb/s SAS/SATA ports that has an 8x PCI-e bandwidth. The 12 hard drive bays are fueled by a 500 W or greater power supply with 80-Plus efficiency certification.