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Isn't this massively overpriced? What does this buy you over a supermicro box running ubuntu?

• theatrus2 4mo ago
  Have you priced a Supermicro box with 16 bays and SAS running Ubuntu?
  • bubblethink 4mo ago
    I have, in pre-COVID days, though. The total bill including a skylake xeon E3-1285 v6 CPU, 64 GB ECC RAM, and the supermicro X11 board + chassis (https://www.supermicro.com/en/products/archive/chassis/SC836TQ-R800B https://www.supermicro.com/en/products/archive/chassis/SC836...) was under $1k.
    • stewartadam 4mo ago
      The current-gen 3U SuperChassis alone is $1200USD.
    • izacus 4mo ago
      Try again with 2026 RAM prices.
    • ikiris 4mo ago
      The world changed. Massively. Reprice everything you're benchmarking pre covid.
      • bubblethink 4mo ago
        Yes I know, but not by 4x. You can buy a lot of real compute for $4k, not an arm box with 16 disk bays.
        • ikiris 3mo ago
          Reread my comment and process it.