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Best business server with 4+ Processors using latest CPU's

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  • Dell
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  • Business Computing
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October 23, 2013 12:37:45 PM

I'm looking to buy a few servers for business use. I've looked around on IBM + Dell and I've only found servers that use processors that are 2years old (Dell) OR only allows me to configure 2 CPU's per server (IBM) with the latest CPU's and 4 CPU's per server using last year's CPU's (IBM).

Does anyone know where I can find servers that are 4+ CPU's in a similar realm of pricing + warranty of Dell + IBM.

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October 23, 2013 12:48:38 PM

Probably going to need to look into a Blade Servers... I would recommend speaking with a Dell or IBM rep.
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October 24, 2013 10:55:27 AM

The reason why you may be having difficulty with locating this sort of server system is because it's really becoming rare and ineffective. A single Intel Xeon processor today can have up to twelve cores, AMD Opterons up to sixteen cores. When you put two of those processors in a single server the amount of processing power is incredible.

For most system designs, it becomes less efficient to run say four six-core processors at 95W each than it is to run two eight-core processors at 95W each. The amount of cooling needs and power draw for that system is greatly reduced, as well as the platform cost itself. Multiple physical systems utilize clustering and virtualization to operate almost like one large pool of processors and memory.

I think as jfreggie2 pointed out, your best bet at finding a system supporting more than dual-processors is going to be either a multi-node or blade server system, which still is just a collection of dual-processor servers.
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December 2, 2013 8:41:00 PM

What choucove said, basically.

But I wanted to add an actual 4-way server that I have used 2 of and was quite happy with in the prior generations.

HP BLC 685c,
http://www8.hp.com/us/en/products/proliant-servers/prod...!tab=models

1 each ran both prod/test of the main DB server for a 10,000+ company, hooked to a HP SAN, but they did all the rest. Never had an issue with those and I think HP should be able to give the same kinda coverage for you.

I don't represent HP in anyway, nor were these originally my first choice, but they were recommended to me and we used them with succes back then (2007-2011 where I left). Today they still power the Datawarehouse there.

Edit: I just checked the specs and the ones I used back then were maybe 16 cores total, or was it duals?...Today its 64 cores in the top model, holy shishkebab!
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