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Re:The database servers powering Let's Encrypt by alberth on Friday January 22, 2021 @08:54AM (#25871635)
And if you don't want to buy Dell, you can get a SuperMicro server that has about 2x the specs for half the price ($102k).

https://www.siliconmechanics.com/system/a+-ultra-superserver...

2U

128-Core

307TB NVME

4 TB RAM

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= $102k

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Re:The database servers powering Let's Encrypt by haltingproblem on Friday January 22, 2021 @10:18AM (#25872328)
We profiled Supermicro vs. Dell vs. HP vs. IBM servers a decade ago for trading applications.

Supermicro was cheaper by 20-30% had a quantitatively better power profile which basically meant it paid for itself and just rocked on every dimension. And their sales reps were able to answer every question we had including sending us a excel model of their power usage. The dell folks never got back to us on power usage.

I dunno why folks insist on Dell crapola.

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