[ale] where would you go for linux 8TB SSD, 32GB RAM, 16+ core rack mount?

[Jim Kinney]

Acmemicro to get a supermicro system. Not local to Atl but ships fast.

On March 14, 2016 9:27:49 AM EDT, Neal Rhodes <neal at mnopltd.com> wrote:
>So, if you were looking for a drive-away quote on a rack mount RedHat
>server with 8TB of SSD, 32GB of RAM, at least 16 cores, basically a
>single purpose box to hold a copy of a 6TB database so we can do
>selective extracts and reporting, and the operant word is "a whole lot
>faster than a Solaris box reading an EMC drive share" where would you
>go? 
>
>I've just spend a rather unsatisfying half hour wandering through
>Dell's
>website, only to conclude that although I can find 2TB Samsung SSD
>drives for $600, by the time you buy their hot-plug drives you are
>staring at more like $2K a pop. 
>
>So, we don't care about possible drive failure, 'cause it's a extract
>application anyway. 
>
>Neal Rhodes
>MNOP Ltd
>
>
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