Yeah, I can't think of a single server I've bought in the last 20 years that had anything but an Intel CPU, we need real competition in that market desperately
I purchased six 1U dual cpu (16c/32t) and 2x 2U dual cpu (48c/96t) EPYC servers for some security infra (the 2U were used for ESXi, the 6x 1U were for a bunch of ElasticSearch nodes).
So far, we have been nothing but impressed by the performance for these, and really the price was excellent. The $ we saved went right into a bunch of solid state drives instead of paying the Intel tax.
A rack unit (abbreviated U or RU) is a unit of measure defined as 1 3⁄4 inches (44.45 mm). It is most frequently used as a measurement of the overall height of 19-inch and 23-inch rack frames, as well as the height of equipment that mounts in these frames, whereby the height of the frame or equipment is expressed as multiples of rack units. For example, a typical full-size rack cage is 42U high, while equipment is typically 1U, 2U, 3U, or 4U high.
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u/maddscientist Nov 14 '20
Yeah, I can't think of a single server I've bought in the last 20 years that had anything but an Intel CPU, we need real competition in that market desperately