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by hashtree 4553 days ago
Seriously impressive design all around. However, I still can't pull myself to spend 10k on one when I can instead do a decked out iMac and then offload processing to ~4 custom built servers with far more total procs/ram/ssd. The only hard to replicate piece is the six channel PCI-E SSD (cost-wise).

This is what I have done for years now, and however much I might like to just for the design... I imagine sticking with it.
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lisp-and-seo 4553 days ago
>> The only hard to replicate piece is the six channel PCI-E SSD (cost-wise)

Not really, all you need are a motherboard supporting (fake) hardware RAID (that's almost any over $100) and a couple of good 240GB SSDs. A RAID 0 will far outperform the MacPro in random access (e.g. OS drive) and in the worst case - sequential reading - will be no more than 10% slower.

The hard to replicate part is the OS, but IMHO Linux and Windows with some UI configuration are superior.

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