Re:The database servers powering Let's Encrypt
by tyingq on Thursday January 21, 2021 @08:58PM
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The NVME drives are what's making it so expensive. Dell retail is $6044 for each of the Intel P4610 6.4TB drives. That's $145k.
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Re:The database servers powering Let's Encrypt
by walrus01 on Thursday January 21, 2021 @09:00PM
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after 15 seconds of googling, the P4610 U.2 format 6.4TB seems something more like a single unit street price of $2400 from non-Dell vendors. I'm mildly surprised it's that low considering that the U.2 format stuff, for serious servers, will always command a premium price.
Probably in the range of $2100 to $2200 per unit from a x86-64 component distributor in moderate quantities.
Re:The database servers powering Let's Encrypt
by tyingq on Thursday January 21, 2021 @09:22PM
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Just noticed this in the Dell cart...
"42% off list price: use code SERVER42"
Doesn't make the price reasonable exactly, but it's kind of funny.
Re:The database servers powering Let's Encrypt
by knicknic on Thursday January 21, 2021 @11:54PM
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You should try server43
Re:The database servers powering Let's Encrypt
by k3liutZu on Friday January 22, 2021 @02:10AM
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server100 for the win
Re:The database servers powering Let's Encrypt
by bierjunge on Friday January 22, 2021 @06:00AM
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server1000 and we can retire early
Re:The database servers powering Let's Encrypt
by unreal6 on Friday January 22, 2021 @03:53PM
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it seems like server-1000 is actually what one might be looking for
Re:The database servers powering Let's Encrypt
by Dylan16807 on Friday January 22, 2021 @01:14PM
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It looks like performance-wise I can compare it to a couple of 970 EVOs stuck together, and those are $160/TB retail. So from that point of view you're paying more than double.