Re: Dell prepares to rebrand

On Tue, 14 Jan 2025, Scott Dorsey wrote:

D  <nospam@example.net> 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.