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0 pointssiscia2y ago0 comments

I am missing how AWS/GCP/Azure does not solve this for you.

Price point?

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EvanAnderson2y ago· 4 in thread

On prem. Reliable and inexpensive network connectivity they has any resemblance to a 10G LAN doesn't exist where I am.

I work with some businesses who need very, very reliable, high-bandwidth, and low latency connectivity to their data. The amortized cost of on-prem beats the cost of any off-prem offering as soon as the cost of the necessary connectivity is factoted-in.

electroly2y ago

AWS Outposts is the solution. I like Oxide but people seem to be blind to the actual competition when they focus on Dell as the competitor. AWS has been shipping Outposts racks for years. All prices are public on their website and you can order it today. Nearly every configuration is sub-$500k. Fully managed and AWS supports the entire stack; no buck-passing among vendors, same as Oxide.

linklocaladdr2y ago

I’m not sure where his customers are, but Outpost up/downlinks are supposed to to be at least 1gbit, and they don’t behave well in situations where the latency to the paired region is high. EBS lazy loading blocks is great in region but awful when your ping is 300ms.

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MichaelZuo2y ago

Isn't that exactly what this Oxide rack is for?

Your not going to find any serious hardware product with reliability guarantees, in writing, for much less than half a million anyways.

EvanAnderson2y ago

I'm talking shops who spend $200-$500K on servers and storage, not north of $1M (which is where this Oxide gear lives). Something like a 1/4 scale Oxide rack, perhaps.

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EvanAnderson2y ago· 4 in thread

On prem. Reliable and inexpensive network connectivity they has any resemblance to a 10G LAN doesn't exist where I am.

I work with some businesses who need very, very reliable, high-bandwidth, and low latency connectivity to their data. The amortized cost of on-prem beats the cost of any off-prem offering as soon as the cost of the necessary connectivity is factoted-in.

electroly2y ago

AWS Outposts is the solution. I like Oxide but people seem to be blind to the actual competition when they focus on Dell as the competitor. AWS has been shipping Outposts racks for years. All prices are public on their website and you can order it today. Nearly every configuration is sub-$500k. Fully managed and AWS supports the entire stack; no buck-passing among vendors, same as Oxide.

linklocaladdr2y ago

I’m not sure where his customers are, but Outpost up/downlinks are supposed to to be at least 1gbit, and they don’t behave well in situations where the latency to the paired region is high. EBS lazy loading blocks is great in region but awful when your ping is 300ms.

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MichaelZuo2y ago

Isn't that exactly what this Oxide rack is for?

Your not going to find any serious hardware product with reliability guarantees, in writing, for much less than half a million anyways.

EvanAnderson2y ago

I'm talking shops who spend $200-$500K on servers and storage, not north of $1M (which is where this Oxide gear lives). Something like a 1/4 scale Oxide rack, perhaps.

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