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Not finding a ton of information about it, was curious about it too. But the "smallest system" seems huge, like 16 sleds and a HN comment from 2023 (https://new
by diggan 1y ago
Not finding a ton of information about it, was curious about it too. But the "smallest system" seems huge, like 16 sleds and a HN comment from 2023 (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38498840 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38498840) says:
> An oxide rack has a minimum cost of something like 600k not including all the infra you need to run a rack, maintenance, and then needing to upgrade
So maybe not super useful for people who are looking to do some home-lab stuff or even setups for SMBs.
Edit: Another thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36552556 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36552556
> My guess is that a base config would be somewhere between $400K to $500K but could very definitely go up from there for a completely "loaded" config.
- bix6 1y agoWow so really for F500 and such
- sailfast 1y agoGovernment.
- steveklabnik 1y agoIt's much broader than that, but you're right that we make sense for larger organizations, not smaller ones.
- klooney 1y agoAny plans to launch a desk sized version built from Raspberry Pis?
- steveklabnik 1y agoThat would be pretty cool, honestly. I've seen some racks for pi's before, haha. But no plans to get into consumer stuff directly any time soon, sadly.
- axus 1y agoMeanwhile in VMWare-land, you might pay that much in subscription fees with no hardware. https://www.reddit.com/r/vmware/comments/1h8brs2/i_literally_cant_give_500000_to_broadcom/ https://www.reddit.com/r/vmware/comments/1h8brs2/i_literally...