Wheres NZ's serverboards at?

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AartJansen

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#288732 19-Jul-2021 17:37

I keep seeing people on youtube like Linus tech tips using gigabyte, ASrock, supermicro, or ASUS motherboards for server chips ie the AMD EPYC milan.

All I can find from NZ distributors in the server space is brand name HPe, dell, lenovo, acer. Which are high priced older gen stuff, if any at all stock, thanks covid.

I realise covid is a big thing worldwide, but even before covid there seemed to be nobody in NZ selling / distributing them. Is there really no market for it? Am I blind?

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#2746823 19-Jul-2021 20:37

I'd only ever buy a server motherboard with chassis as a barebones kit, Supermicro only at that for a basic machine that I don't expect service for.

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#2746947 20-Jul-2021 08:57

" Is there really no market for it?"

no market for what. ?
DIY server market , for tinkerers & home use . I cant imagine much demand for that .

Anyway , here you go
https://www.pbtech.co.nz/category/components/motherboards/server-motherboards

https://www.pbtech.co.nz/category/components/cpus/server-cpus

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#2746972 20-Jul-2021 09:46

MadEngineer:

a basic machine that I don't expect service for.

Exactly, when shopping for enterprise server gear most organisations are more interested in the support agreement than the cost of the actual server, which is why the big players like HP, Dell etc are the go-to suppliers.

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#2746973 20-Jul-2021 09:49

Not wanting to hijack the OP's thread too much, but does anyone have experience with the Intel or SuperMicro barebones server stuff in commercial use?

Intel gear can be sourced from Ingram, but what about SuperMicro?

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#2747061 20-Jul-2021 11:02

We run almost entirely on Supermicro, sourced directly from suppliers in the US

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#2747095 20-Jul-2021 12:34

Supermicro have a big chunk of the datacentre market and have high quality equipment. Have purchased dozens of Supermicro servers and have a rack full running at the moment.

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#2747335 20-Jul-2021 20:46

They do have a reputation for being reliable.

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#2747767 21-Jul-2021 16:14

Used plenty of supermicro gear - probably the most reliable kit out there. Digicor are the official distributor I believe - ignore compucon having the supermicro.co.nz domain. In the past I just email them a similar board/chassis I want and ask them to provide a quote on something similar.

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#2748378 22-Jul-2021 18:48

gbwelly:

MadEngineer:

a basic machine that I don't expect service for.

Exactly, when shopping for enterprise server gear most organisations are more interested in the support agreement than the cost of the actual server, which is why the big players like HP, Dell etc are the go-to suppliers.

I'm looking more at small - medium business where enterprise grade gear is silly expensive, and if you use virtualisation, having seperation between the VM host hardware and storage is easy. I just want some nice performance, thats easily replaced if it fails. Like some people have used intel NUC's as esx hosts in home labs, and I don't really see much point in going with brand name servers, that don't even have latest gen hardware options.