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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 5ilv3r »

storrgie wrote: post #68

No offense to System76, I'm very happy they are entering this space early. I just will wait for one of the biggies (e.g. dell, lenovo) so that I know the hardware could be supported. I'm really wanting to shake Intel if possible, and I'm struggling to find chassis that support the amount of addons I require... but with these ARM servers and the network I/O they have onboard, I'm quite excited.

Looking forward to riscv here, since it will be possible for tons of competition in the wackass chip features department. We should get some great purpose built servers out of that in 10 years or so.

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

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Post by markbnj »

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.

Same with my Gazelle which I purchased seven months ago. I definitely would not get another. The build quality of the case is horrible. The keyboard is horrible. The touchpad is horrible. The display is ok and that's about the best thing that can be said for the machine.

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

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Post by luck_fenovo »

schoen wrote: post #79
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…

From my experience their repair services are somewhat understaffed: they did a fine job as described but I had to keep asking them for status updates and it took about a month. Kind of a sharp contrast to the ThinkPad overnight shipping, same-day repair, overnight return shipping experience. I was thinking that System76 might have problems not being in a volume sweet spot; IBM and later Lenovo could invest a lot in a…

> Kind of a sharp contrast to the ThinkPad overnight shipping, same-day repair, overnight return shipping experience.

And an even sharper contrast to the ThinkPad onsite service ;)

(of course, as you can probably tell by my username I'm not a big fan of Lenovo after Superfish etc. So I'll just sit here and wish that Apple would start offering a similar service)

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

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Post by tiffanyh »

sjtgraham wrote: post #65
tiffanyh wrote: post #61

If anyone wants to use these for web servers, you might want to think again. Facebook did the same evaluation recently and decided that the Intel Xeon-D chip was best [1]. YMMV [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11254755

Yea, decided it was best for them. I would like to see benchmarks of a BEAM app running on the Xeon-D and an ARM server with a huge number of physical CPU cores.

BEAM would be an extremely interesting benchmark given the parallel nature of Erlang.

Hopefully the WhatsApp team is investigating high-core count ARM architecture and will report on it.

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

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Post by pipetogrep »

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.

Same type of experience. I had a Lemur 14" and a Sable Complete. The Lemur just stopped posting one day after less than two years of use. The Sable's screen turned off randomly and smoke came out of the USB ports.

After opening it I saw that various components had melted. That too, was less than two year. They were both babied and well cared for.

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

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Post by kentt »

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.

Similar experience. My electronics generally get passed on in similar condition to when I bought them. The System76 Galago, I had was completely broken when I finally replaced it. Battery would not accept a charge, had to replace the keyboard, the replacement board was horrible, the door on the cat5 jack broke off, screen had weird discoloration on the edges, finish wore off various places, etc. Our company bought a few and no one is considering purchasing again.

The only advantage it has over the deluge of low end laptop, is that it will with some version of Ubuntu. If you generally don't find installing Linux difficult, then it's not really any advantage.

I'm reasonably happy with Lenovo t560 I replaced it with.

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

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Post by kentt »

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.

I'd also warn against purchasing system76

Here's some (mostly negative) thoughts on it from last time they came up: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12851080

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

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Post by hellcow »

kentt wrote: post #86
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.

Similar experience. My electronics generally get passed on in similar condition to when I bought them. The System76 Galago, I had was completely broken when I finally replaced it. Battery would not accept a charge, had to replace the keyboard, the replacement board was horrible, the door on the cat5 jack broke off, screen had weird discoloration on the edges, finish wore off various places, etc. Our company bought a…

I had the same issue with the Galago keyboard. They sent me a replacement board which was far, far worse than the original--it flexed dramatically with every key press. Replaced mine with a 2013 Macbook Pro, and I'd do it again in a heartbeat.
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