Voter results are in for Supermicro SuperServer bundle preferences featuring Xeon D-1541/1567/1587
Back on May 19th, I kicked off the vote with this tweet:
Thanks Canada & @Wiredzone for first-in-world look at Xeon D-1587 16 core SuperServer! https://tinkertry.com/a-good-look-at-the-worlds-first-16-core-supermicro-superserver-xeon-d-1587-thanks-canada
.@Wiredzone Video ready https://t.co/oBa7jmBGnM Vote now for your favorite Xeon D-1500 @Supermicro_SMCI SuperServer! https://t.co/FT9kekVsh6
— Paul Braren (@paulbraren) May 19, 2016
soon followed by this article:
with polls closing at the end of May. Now it's June!
Lessons Learned
There were two hiccups in my first real SurveyMonkey survey:
- I had to remove two duplicate IPs (two votes from the same household), leaving 109 valid respondents
- I made a mistake in the 3 descriptions, described here, so I probably should have listed all 3 units at 64GB of RAM instead of 128GB of RAM, knocking about $400 USD dollars off of each bundle
but I'd still say that the voting results are quite telling. More folks want a lower cost SuperServer. Higher core/higher cost systems are more niche, and would likely sell in lower volumes. I really appreciate that so many people took the time to cast their vote.
I will be using this data to try to encourage Supermicro to make a 12 core, and maybe a 16 core, system. I'll also be looking into manually assembled 12 and 16 core systems sold as a bundle by Wiredzone. For me personally, I'd like a Xeon D-1567 12 core myself, to join my rather lonely Xeon D-1541 SuperServer that would love to have a 10GbE connected friend.
Stay tuned!
Results
See also at TinkerTry
