Server itself is might only be $25k but those 224 cores could add another $90k, so the total would be close to $400k.
The previous-gen version, SYS-7088B-TR4FT (link in my comment upthread), has 192 DIMM slots, so if you don't need CPU horsepower, you cn get the lower-density modules and still have 12TB (or the max of 24TB for the price premium!).
Right, which is why the current generation is limited to 12TiB for 8S systems, compared to 24TiB for the generation you quoted.
Even previous gen, if 12TiB main memory is your goal (NUMA concerns aside), it's probably worth going for the 8S system instead of the 4S one, since that's a savings of $144k, and 8 slower/fewer-core CPUs might even be cheaper than 4 that have twice the performance.
https://www.supermicro.com/products/system/7U/7089/SYS-7089P...
Server itself is might only be $25k but those 224 cores could add another $90k, so the total would be close to $400k.
The previous-gen version, SYS-7088B-TR4FT (link in my comment upthread), has 192 DIMM slots, so if you don't need CPU horsepower, you cn get the lower-density modules and still have 12TB (or the max of 24TB for the price premium!).