Since when was $60k a deal?
Meanwhile... In the real world shouldn't an entry-level appliance actually provide some performance and ROI for the company? $60k for 6-core per node list price isn't a small business or ROBO cost.
Small companies are embracing the benefits of Storage Spaces and flocking to the Microsoft-Defined DataCenter architecture. It's easy to grab a higher performing appliance with minimal SW (Standard Edition) costs when comparing VM and storage. Just look at these kind of hyper-converged appliances promoted by HGST.
https://www.hgst.com/company/media-room/press-releases/dataon-storage-unveils-12gb-s-cluster-in-a-box-shared-storage-appliance
ps... and oh yeah, it was released nearly 2 yrs ago these came out.
