u/barrel-roller

A few months ago I noticed this mobo on the site of supermicro:

https://www.supermicro.com/en/products/motherboard/CARAM5-M

I run Linux as my daily driver and I'm looking for a replacement of my hardware.

this mobo seems to fit the specs, and if not too expensive, I might also get two and also use it for my server. that seems like great idea, if I replace my daily driver in the future, I'll have spare parts for my server :-)

But I couldn't find it for sale a few months ago so I figurer it's brand new and hasn't gotten to stores.

fast forward to today, still not a single store that sells this mobo.

any ideas whats going on?

about 10 years ago I got a supermicro A2SDi-4C-HLN4F.

onboard 4 core atom 15W TDP, ecc memory, 4 intel nics and a IPMI port so I can manage the server remotely.

all for no more then 350 Euro's or something. I just added some RAM and got a nice case and I was good to go.

and I can confirm this is server grade hardware.. 10 years of service without a glitch.

but sooner or later I'm gonna have to replace it. and looking on the market for a similar offering I am baffled it just doesn't exist any more.

so what I'm expecting

- server grade hardware

- 4 nics

- low TDP

- price no more then 500 euro (RAM excluded)

any suggestions?