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Hi, Timothy here from Raptor Engineering. The lesser expensive servers do not use the same firmware as Talos™ or even the more expensive IBM systems. The chea
by tpearson-raptor 10y ago
Hi, Timothy here from Raptor Engineering.
The lesser expensive servers do not use the same firmware as Talos™ or even the more expensive IBM systems. The cheaper machines reduce cost by using proprietary firmware components wherever possible, and by dropping as many features as the market will bear at the lower price point. This is not the market segment that Talos™ is aimed at.
- seanp2k2 10y agoI believe their point is that the segment this is aimed at might not exist. I suppose that's why it's a campaign :) I'd also be interested for $1-2k even, but not at new car prices.
- tpearson-raptor 10y agoRegarding the cost of non-consumer hardware, especially hardware in the $1k range, I encourage you to check out the presentation entitled "Talos™, OpenPOWER™, and the World Beyond x86" at https://www.crowdsupply.com/raptor-computing-systems/talos-secure-workstation#a-world-beyond-x86 https://www.crowdsupply.com/raptor-computing-systems/talos-s... That presentation offers several potential explainations for why that particular market segment is locked to proprietary, non-libre offerings only.