I'd say it's not even as expensive as something like IBM's 4-socket rack servers...

skuhn · on May 6, 2015

In fairness, 4 socket servers are pretty serious money. Just the difference in cost for 4 socket capable Xeons alone puts them out of reach for many use cases.

  E5-2658 v2 (dual cpu): $1440 per part
  E5-4650 v2 (quad cpu): $3616 per part

As a result, I stick to 2 socket servers for Linux machines. I think the scaling out paradigm just works out a lot better, particularly for Internet services.

exelius · on May 6, 2015

Yeah, except IBM's x86 hardware has always been stupid expensive for no good reason other than it's IBM. And didn't they spin off their xSeries server business to Lenovo once the market settled on HP systems that cost half what IBM's did?

mozumder · on May 6, 2015

Even an HP 4 socket system like the DL980 G7 is going to be as expensive.

None of these servers are going to be cheap.

rconti · on May 6, 2015

Also the DL980 G7 is an unholy piece of crap. HP doesn't know how to build or fix them. I've gone through countless service requests on just a dozen machines or thereabouts.

It's the worst piece of any kind of hardware I've ever used, hands down.