It really bugs that supermicro went this way. They used to be a very boring company that did nothing but build great chassis. I used to jokingly say that "supermicro is the rsync.net of hardware".
But now they're getting cute and that's never a good sign.
//Used to work for HGST alongside the EMEA 4U60 team, so perhaps a bit sensitive!
///Was often asked to help move the damn things on/off trolleys when the fully-loaded demo units came back for refresh before going out again - it was a 4-person lift with under-unit webbed straps - I'm sure my spine was compressed and I left the job a couple of cm shorter!
We once wanted to buy 200+ JBODs from them and they seemed very happy to put us in touch with their engineering team so we could ask for any modifications we wanted. It felt like they were very flexible and knew how to close deals. We ended up buying that quantity but without any modifications.
Maybe they have gone too large and now have to explore the same tactics from other big companies, like you mentioned. That seems the most plausible explanation.
I'm wondering who signed off on your website. Consider nixing the forced scrolling and/or preventing the header from covering your copy (http://rsync.net/#secondpage).
a) your comment doesn't add anything to the discussion.
b) you've obviously got some issues that you need to work out and the HN community shouldn't need to be exposed to them.
However, instead of buying exclusively supermicro from them, we are now buying these Hitachi 60bay JBODs:
http://www.hgst.com/products/platforms/4U60G2-storage-platfo...
It really bugs that supermicro went this way. They used to be a very boring company that did nothing but build great chassis. I used to jokingly say that "supermicro is the rsync.net of hardware".
But now they're getting cute and that's never a good sign.