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Multiple server vendors now have Ampere offerings. In 2U, you can have: * 4 Ampere Altra Max processors (in 2 or 4 servers), so about 512 cores, and much faste
by Aissen 4y ago
Multiple server vendors now have Ampere offerings. In 2U, you can have:
* 4 Ampere Altra Max processors (in 2 or 4 servers), so about 512 cores, and much faster than anything those Raspberry Pi have.
* lots of RAM, probably about 4TB ?
* ~92TB of flash storage (or more ?)
Edit : I didn't want to disparage the compute blade, it looks like a very fun project. It's not even the same use case as the server hardware (and probably the best solution if you need actual raspberry pis), the only common thread is the 2U and rack use.
- dijit 4y agothose things are insanely expensive though, I priced a 2core machine at 20,000 EUR without much ram or SSDs. I'm keeping my eyes open though.
- Aissen 4y agoAn open secret of the server hardware market: public prices mean nothing and you can get big discounts, even at low volume. But of course the config I talked about is maxed-out and would probably be more expensive than 20k. It would be interesting to compare the TCO with an equivalent config, and I wouldn't be surprised to see the server hardware still win.
- aeyes 4y agoTry the HPE RL300, should be more reasonably priced but I couldn't get a quote because availability seems to be problematic at the moment.