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System76 launching ARM Pro server with 96 cores up to 1TB ECC RAM and 32TB storage

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Re: System76 launching ARM Pro server with 96 cores up to 1TB ECC RAM and 32TB storage

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Post by ckdarby »

htsh wrote: post #48
ckdarby wrote: post #46

Ordered a laptop from them back in the day. Worst purchase in my entire life.

Can you expand upon this please? I'm considering doing the same now but this gives me pause.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12854293

It was a terrible experience across the board, never again. Highly recommend the Zenbook or the Dell XPS for linux distros :).

I personally have the Zenbook but I have three friends with the XPS now. There was some complaining on the XPS about the backlight or something?

Re: System76 launching ARM Pro server with 96 cores up to 1TB ECC RAM and 32TB storage

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Post by dajohnson89 »

salimmadjd wrote: post #12

So many product lines for such a small company. Laptops, Desktops, Servers. Not even Apple is able to effectively manage this many different products. I don't know much about them, but from my first impression it looks like a company with lack of focus. I'm not sure how they will be able to create killer product in any of the segments they're trying to compete in. Based on my above observation (admittedly superficial…

I own a meerkat mini PC from system 76. Bought it almost two years ago and it's great.

Re: System76 launching ARM Pro server with 96 cores up to 1TB ECC RAM and 32TB storage

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Post by atheist »

bmurphy1976 wrote: post #35

Ordered a 1U from them. Going on a month now with no delivery date yet and no indications there would be a problem until after we ordered. Not a big deal for us, we can wait and ordered it because it was cheap, but consider yourselves warned.

Similar experience - buyer beware in this case. Still have the hots for their hardware, though.

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Post by TezlaKoil »

vhost- wrote: post #38

I got Lemur 14" laptop a while back and absolutely hated the build quality. The keyboard is terrible and the screen has the worst viewing angles of any laptop I've ever owned. I got tired of it after 4 or 5 months and converted it to a home server and it's been super reliable in that mode since 2014. AND it also has the benefit of staying online during power outages.

Clevo is a huge Chinese OEM computer manufacturer which exclusively produces cheap, low-quality laptop computers.

System76 selects Clevo configurations that are more-or-less compatible with Linux, puts a brand on them and sells them at a somewhat-inflated price.

Re: System76 launching ARM Pro server with 96 cores up to 1TB ECC RAM and 32TB storage

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Post by slizard »

Sadly these gen-1 ThunderX cores are pretty poor in performance and not particularly power-efficient either. Cache performance is especially sucky. https://www.servethehome.com/exclusive-first-cavium-thunderx... http://www.anandtech.com/show/10353/investigating-cavium-thu...

I hope that this is just a rebranded system showing the redyness of System76 and raising awareness about such products so that they're better positioned for the ThunderX2 release later this year.

Re: System76 launching ARM Pro server with 96 cores up to 1TB ECC RAM and 32TB storage

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Post by Volt »

chx wrote: post #33
codegeek wrote: post #6

aah system 76. I hope they have improved recently with their customer service but I had a horrible experience with them back in 2013 when they had to replace a keyboard (the CEO actually sent an email explaining how shitty their keyboard was) and when I asked for a refund, they simply refused. NO refunds. I had to literally open the laptop myself and install the new keyboard. I am not one of those types who asks for…

So we have a data point from four years ago and you are still harboring a resentment so hard that you feel you need to air your grievances for a completely different product. I get it. Hell hath no fury like a customer scorned.

You're damn right. Let this be a lesson to treat your customers well.

Re: System76 launching ARM Pro server with 96 cores up to 1TB ECC RAM and 32TB storage

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Post by moojah »

thepumpkin1979 wrote: post #9

Reminds me Type 2A at Packet.net, a similar 96 core processor, 128GB RAM and 340 SSD for $0.50 USD /hr https://www.packet.net/bare-metal/servers/type-2a/

This looks very palatable. If only they had more disk space options...

Re: System76 launching ARM Pro server with 96 cores up to 1TB ECC RAM and 32TB storage

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Post by SteveNuts »

cestith wrote: post #47
kristianp wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Not even Apple is able to effectively manage this many different products. That's funny, because Apple is the exception, it has far fewer products than any large PC or phone manufacturer. Apple is hyper-focused, much to the chagrin of people who'd like to buy an updated Mac Pro workstation.

Or an XServe.

As someone who has had to try to manage XServe in a datacenter environment... no thanks!

I can see how they would be nice if you were in a mostly Mac creative department or something though.

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