From: nospam@example.net   
      
   On Tue, 14 Jan 2025, Scott Dorsey wrote:   
      
   > D   wrote:   
   >> It is very sad. Cheap 1U servers seem to be going out of fashion. I spoke   
   >> with a business partner that deals exclusively in hardware (well, with   
   >> some software defined storage on top, and the occasional HPC setup) and he   
   >> says that all HW vendors only want to sell huge GPU boxes for AI, and they   
   >> no longer want to sell smaller and cheaper boxes. This is very sad.   
   >   
   > Have you tried Supermicro?  They aren't the cheapest thing around, but they   
   > can do an entry level server.   
   >   
   > The absolute cheapest ones are from Chinese companies like Chenbro, but   
   > we aren't allowed to buy that stuff unfortunately.  You might be.   
   > --scott   
      
   I have very good connections at supermicro, and sadly what was   
   communicated to me a few months ago was that they are only interested in   
   selling "AI" servers now, so cheap, high:ish density 1U servers are out   
   and no one gets a lot of commission on it, so it's a pain to get anyone to   
   care about those orders. =(   
      
   Chenbro I have not heard about. I will check it out! Another option is   
   Gigabyte, sometimse it seems as if Gigabyte can be a good replacement for   
   supermicro.   
      
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