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Oxide Cloud Computer. No Cables. No Assembly. Just Cloud

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Re: Oxide Cloud Computer. No Cables. No Assembly. Just Cloud

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Post by bnprks »

ilhuadjkv wrote: post #2

Would love to know what the minimum buy in is on one of these

The specifications page [1] gives a bit more context. I think minimum buy is about a half rack, which includes at least 16 64-core CPUs, 16 TiB of RAM, and 465.75 TiB of NVMe SSD storage. Playing around a bit with the Dell server configurator tool, it seems like that is going to come in a rough ballpark of $1MM as stated in a sibling comment.

[1]: https://oxide.computer/product/specifications

Re: Oxide Cloud Computer. No Cables. No Assembly. Just Cloud

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Post by fbdab103 »

bnprks wrote: post #12
ilhuadjkv wrote: post #2

Would love to know what the minimum buy in is on one of these

The specifications page [1] gives a bit more context. I think minimum buy is about a half rack, which includes at least 16 64-core CPUs, 16 TiB of RAM, and 465.75 TiB of NVMe SSD storage. Playing around a bit with the Dell server configurator tool, it seems like that is going to come in a rough ballpark of $1MM as stated in a sibling comment. [1]: https://oxide.computer/product/specifications

I do not purchase hardware, but $1MM is way above what I would have expected. Going to Dell, the most expensive pre-built rack mount starts at ~$30k. Assuming 16 of those only gets you to $480k. Throw in an extra premium for the rack itself + small company margins still leaves me reaching to get to that price point.

Re: Oxide Cloud Computer. No Cables. No Assembly. Just Cloud

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Post by ChrisArchitect »

tehnub wrote: post #4

Is this a rebrand? I don’t remember it being called a “cloud computer”. (Or why else is this on HN?)

Yeah, I didn't remember this kind 'branding' message before either...(it was servers?).... but the marketing changed slightly when they hit a milestone 4 months ago....

Bunch of discussion then: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38023891

Re: Oxide Cloud Computer. No Cables. No Assembly. Just Cloud

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Post by deprecative »

athorax wrote: post #10
lopkeny12ko wrote: post #5

> Get In Touch > Contact Sales Nope, hard pass. If you don't list your prices on your website I'm never going to be a customer.

You were never their target audience. There is never one price off the shelf pricing for this kind of hardware

Grift pricing denotes a grift. If there's no price then the price is made up.
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