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greatgib • yesterday at 3:08 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

The website looks good but it is very hard to know what they do exactly and what they sell, if you can be their customer or not just browsing the website. If you don't know them before.

Like do they sell a service or a product. Do they sell hardware, software or something else? it is very confusing.

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db48x • yesterday at 3:17 PM

I think https://oxide.computer/product/specifications makes it pretty clear:

    Compute Sleds (Total)         16, 24, or 32
      CPU Cores                   1024–2048
      Memory (DRAM)               8–32 TiB
      Storage                     465.75–931.5 TiB
    
    Network Switches              2
      Switching Capacity          12.8 Tbit/s
    
    Power Shelves                 Up to 2
      Power Supplies per Shelf    6 (5+1 or 3+3)
      Typical / Max Power Draw    12 / 15 kW
    
    Dimensions H × W × D          2354mm (92.7”) × 600mm (23.7”) × 1060mm (41.8”)
    Weight                        Up to ~2,518 lbs (~1,145 kg)
    Max Thermal Output            61,416 BTU/hr
    Airflow Requirements          145.8 × kVA CFM
If you need a rack full of computers that are managed programmatically via an API then this is the machine for you.
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sudomateo • yesterday at 3:25 PM

We're working on making this easier to understand. Stay tuned! We know the last decade or so of using public cloud providers has made people forget that hardware and software are things you can own and run successfully. Oxide is exactly that. Hardware and software designed together to give you the public cloud experience on-premises.

Disclaimer: I work at Oxide.

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