Smallest Possible Oxide Sled
Simplest Possible Sled Setup for Oxide Computer Rack
Based on the provided Oxide Rack Specifications, the smallest possible sled setup—if only one sled is used—would be as follows:
Processor
1 × AMD EPYC 7713P
64 cores, 128 threads per sled[1]
Memory (DRAM)
Minimum: 512 GiB (using 16 x DDR4 DIMM slots)[1]
Storage
Minimum: 10 x 3.2 TB NVMe drives (totaling 32 TB raw storage; the spec lists "8 - 32 TiB" as the per-sled storage range, so 8 TB is likely the minimum supported, but the listed configuration is 10 x 3.2 TB = 32 TB)[1]
Network Connectivity
2 × 100 GbE per sled[1]
Summary Table
Processor
1 × AMD EPYC 7713P (64 cores, 128 threads)
Memory
512 GiB DRAM
Storage
8 TiB (minimum listed), up to 32 TiB
Network
2 × 100 GbE
To operate a single Oxide Computer sled, the minimum set of required components—based on the official specifications—is as follows:
Processor: 1 × AMD EPYC 7713P CPU (64 cores, 128 threads)[1][2].
Memory: At least 512 GiB DDR4 DRAM (using the available 16 DIMM slots)[1][2].
Storage: At least 8 TiB NVMe storage (the minimum supported per sled)[1].
Networking: 2 × 100 GbE network connections[1][2].
Motherboard/System Board: Includes the CPU socket, DIMM slots, NVMe bays, networking interfaces, hardware root-of-trust, and embedded service processor (replaces traditional BMC)[2].
Chassis: The sled enclosure itself, designed to be hot-pluggable into the rack cubby[2].
Summary List of Minimum Components for One Sled:
1 CPU (AMD EPYC 7713P)
16 DDR4 DIMM slots, with at least 512 GiB populated
10 NVMe bays, with at least enough drives to reach 8 TiB total storage
2 × 100 GbE NICs (integrated)
Motherboard/system board (with root-of-trust and service processor)
Sled chassis/enclosure
Note:
Power is supplied via the rack’s DC busbar and not by a local power supply in the sled[5].
The minimum configuration assumes only the essential hardware to boot and operate a single sled according to Oxide’s published requirements.
This is the smallest set of components needed for a single Oxide sled to function in the rack[1][2][5].
Sources
1 Oxide-Rack-Specifications-20250217.pdf [2 Introduction / Guides / Oxide ](https://docs.oxide.computer/guides/introduction 3 Hypervisor and Storage / Guides / Oxide [457 - Control plane sled lifecycle / RFD / Oxide ](https://457.rfd.oxide.computer 5 How Oxide Created a Cloud Server by Stripping Components, Wires ... [6 Omicron: Oxide control plane - GitHub ](https://github.com/oxidecomputer/omicron 7 Building Big Systems with Remote Hardware Teams - Oxide Computer 8 Oxide Computer Company 9 The Cloud Computer / Oxide 10 Startups on hard mode: Oxide. Part 1: Hardware 11 System / Release Notes / Oxide
Conclusion: The smallest possible Oxide sled setup, if only one sled is installed, would have 1 AMD EPYC 7713P processor, 512 GiB DRAM, 8 TiB NVMe storage, and dual 100 GbE network connectivity[1].
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